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ANNOTATIONS

ON THE

FOUR GOSPEL S,

AND THE

ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

1824

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V. 1. In the beginning) i, e, from the beginning of the world; taken from Gen. i. 1. . LXX, év ápx . Here, cùm primùm rerum universitas copit creari. *Hv, jam tum erat. Thus the Hebrews are accustomed to express an eternal existence; as John xvii. 5. “the glory before the world began See Lightfoot ad loc. et Har. Ev. Grotius. Whitby ad loc. et passim on this chapter.

V. 6.-sent from God,] Mal. iii. 1.

V, 16.--grace for grace.xapıs avri xápitos, w one favour instead of another;" opposing "the law of Moses” to the “grace and truth by Jesus Christ,"

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