1 Peter iii. 15.
[017]
See Handbook of Christian Evidences, Principal Stewart, chap. i.
[018]
Deut. vi. 4.
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Gen. i. 26; iii. 22; xi. 7. Different views have been taken of these passages. Some commentators think the plural forms represent the plural of majesty. There is, however, no indication in the Old Testament or in ancient monumental inscriptions that sovereigns had adopted this style of speech. Nebuchadnezzar and Darius begin their proclamations with the singular first personal pronoun "I"; not with the plural "We" which modern kings assume. On the Moabite stone Mesha uses "I," not "We," throughout the inscription in which he records his achievements. Another view is that Moses, accustomed to hear of the numerous gods of Egypt, used the plural inadvertently. This supposition does not accord with any view of inspiration held by evangelical churches. The interpretation which regards the passages as early indications of the doctrine of the Trinity is simple and natural, and accords with the principle of gradual revelation which is apparent in Scripture.
[020]
Job xi. 7.
[021]
Deut. xxix. 29.
[022]
John x. 30.
[023]
John xvii. 5.
[024]
See Hodge'sSystematic Theology, vol. i. p. 444.
[025]
Psalm lxxvi. 10.
[026]
Rom. viii. 28.
[027]
Rom. i. 20.
[028]
Confessions, Bk. x. chap. vi.
[029]
Luke ii. 34.
[030]
Acts viii.
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2 Tim. ii. 17.
[032]
2 Tim. i. 15.
[033]
SeeLandmarks of Church History, by Professor Cowan, D.D., p. 16.
[034]
Isaiah ix. 6.
[035]
Matt. i. 21.
[036]
Col. iv. 11.
[037]
Matt. xxi. 11.
[038]
Matt. i. 23.
[039]
Acts iv. 12.
[040]
Phil. ii. 9-11.
[041]
John i. 41.
[042]
John iv. 29.
[043]
Matt. xvi. 16, 17.
[044]
Acts xviii. 28.
[045]
John ix. 22.
[046]
Psalm xlv. 7; Heb. i. 9.
[047]
John xx. 31.
[048]
Psalm ii. 7.
[049]
Isaiah ix. 6.
[050]
John i. 1, 14 (R.V.).
[051]
Heb. i. 1-3.
[052]
John i. 49.
[053]
John xi. 27.
[054]
John viii. 58.
[055]
Prov. viii. 22, 30.
[056]
Matt. xxvi. 63; Mark xiv. 61.
[057]
Matt. xxvi. 65, 66.
[058]
Matt. xxviii. 6.
[059]
John xx. 2.
[060]
1 Cor. xi. 23.
[061]
1 Cor. viii. 6.
[062]
Matt. xxviii. 18.
[063]
Matt. xi. 27.
[064]
John iii. 35.
[065]
Phil. ii. 9-11.
[066]
Acts x. 36.
[067]
Rev. xvii. 14.
[068]
Isaiah xxvi. 13.
[069]
Ques. 22.
[070]
Mark i. 1.
[071]
Mark i. 11.
[072]
John i. 1-3.
[073]
Isaiah vii. 14.
[074]
SeeThe Origin and Connection of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, andThe Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul, by Mr. Smith of Jordanhill.
[075]
Luke i. 29, ii. 19, 51.
[076]
Vol. i. p. 376.
[077]
John xix. 26, 27
[078]
John v. 31
[079]
Col. iii. 11.
[080]
Acts x. 35.
[081]
1 Cor. i. 23.
[082]
PearsonOn the Creed, vol. i. p. 337.
[083]
1 Peter iii. 18.
[084]
Isaiah liii. 5. In this chapter, which all the earlier Jewish authorities understood to refer to Messiah, there are no fewer than eleven expressions which clearly describe the vicarious character of these sufferings. SeeSpeaker's Commentary, in loco.
[085]
Luke xii. 50.
[086]
John xii. 33.
[087]
Matt. xx. 28; xvii. 22; xxvi. 2; John x. 11.
[088]
John x. 17.
[089]
Isaiah liii. 7.
[090]
Matt. xxii. 29.
[091]
Luke xxiv. 25, 26.
[092]
Matt. ii. 13-15.
[093]
John i. 11; John vii. 5; Heb. xii. 3.
[094]
Matt. xxvi. 39.
[095]
Heb. ii. 10.
[096]
Heb. iv. 15.
[097]
Gal. iii. 13.
[098]
Heb. ix. 22.
[099]
1 Cor. xv. 3.
[100]
Rev. v. 6.
[101]
Matt. xxvi. 26, 28.
[102]
Rom. v. 10.
[103]
Col. i. 14.
[104]
John x. 17, 18.
[105]
1 Peter ii. 24.
[106]
Rom. v. 9.
[107]
Rom. iii. 25, 26.
[108]
Rom. v. 18, 19.
[109]
Rev. i. 18.
[110]
Isaiah liii. 8, 9.
[111]
Deut. xxi. 22, 23.
[112]
John xix. 31.
[113]
Mark xv. 46.
[114]
Luke xxiii. 53 (R.V.).
[115]
Matt. xxvii. 63, 64.
[116]
Matt. xxvii. 65, 66.
[117]
Luke xvi. 19-26.
[118]
Mark xv. 37.
[119]
Luke xxiii. 46.
[120]
Ques. 50.
[121]
Heb ii. 17.
[122]
John iii. 13.
[123]
Heb. ix. 27.
[124]
S.C. Ques. 37.
[125]
1 Peter ii. 24.
[126]
Heb. x. 14, 26, 27.
[127]
John i.; 1 Tim. iii.
[128]
See Principal Stewart'sHandbook of Christian Evidences, chap. vi.
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Jesus appears to have shown Himself during the forty days after His Resurrection at least ten times, viz.—1. To Mary Magdalene, Mark xvi. 9; John xx. 11-18.2. To two disciples, Mark xvi. 12; Luke xxiv. 13-32.3. To Peter on same day, Luke xxiv. 34; Cor. xv. 5.4. To ten Apostles, Thomas only being absent, John xx. 19-25.5. To all the Apostles, Mark xvi.14; John xx. 26-29; 1 Cor. xv. 7.6. To the women at the sepulchre, Matt, xxviii. 9, 10.7. To the Apostles, and at this time probably to five hundred others, on a mountain in Galilee, Matt, xxviii. 16-20; 1 Cor. xv. 6.8. To seven disciples at Tiberias, John xxi. 1-24.9. To James, 1 Cor. xv. 7.10. To the Apostles at His Ascension, Mark xvi. 15-18: Luke xxiv. 44-50; Acts i. 4-8; 1 Cor. xv. 7.These seem to be all the appearances recorded, but there were probably many others, Acts i. 3.After His Ascension He appeared to Saul of Tarsus, Acts ix. 3-18; 1 Cor. xv. 8.He was seen by Stephen also, Acts vii. 55, 56.
[130]
Acts ii. 25-32.
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