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Excerpt from A Commentary, Critical, Expository, and Practical, on the Gospel of John: For the Use of Ministers, Theological Students, Private Christians, Bible Classes, and Sabbath Schools
His public discipleship, although as above stated he probably at tached himself to Jesus at Bethabara beyond Jordan (1 28; 35 commenced at the same time with that of Peter, Andrew, and his own brother James (matt. 4 18-22 Mark 1 16 - 20; Luke 5: 1 Subsequently to this he was chosen with eleven other disciples to the apostleship (matt. 10 2 - 4; Mark 3 14 - 19; Luke 5 13 He was one of the three favored ones admitted to the most confiden tial intercourse with Jesus, being present with Peter and James at the raising of Jairus' daughter (mark Luke 8: on the Mount of Transfiguration (matt. 17 1; Mark 9 2; Luke 9 and in Gethsemane (matt. Mark His boldness and devotion to his master were evinced in the fact, that although at first he fled in company with the other disciples (matt. Mark 14: he nevertheless returned and followed Jesus into the palace of the high priest, and was present during his examination and condemnation. He was the only one of the apostles recorded as having been present at the crucifixion, and to him was committed by his dying Lord the care and support of his mother (19 26, On the report of Mary of Magdala in company with Peter, he repaired to the sepulchre, and was the first of the apostles who came to the tomb of Jesus, although in entering it he gave pre cedence to his elder and leading companion (20 6 He was one of the seven to whom our Lord made his remarkable appearance at the sea of Tiberias (21 1, and was there honored by Jesus with a prophetic intimation, that he should tarry on earth until he came, as we have shown in the comments on that passage, to take vengeance upon his Jewish enemies and close up the old ceremonial dispensa tion (21. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
