roach of night. There is only one door, which a single shepherd
guards, while the others go home to rest. In the morning the shepherds
return, are recognized by the doorkeeper, call their flocks round them,
and lead them forth to pasture."
FOOTNOTES:
[834] John 7:1-10.
[835] Page 343.
[836] John 7:5; compare Mark 3:21 in which "friends" is an inaccurate
rendition for "kinsmen".
[837] Compare Christ's answer to His mother, John 2:4; see also 7:30;
8:20.
[838] John 7:11-53.
[839] Note 1, end of chapter.
[840] Note 2, end of chapter.
[841] John 5; see pages 206-208 herein.
[842] Page 69.
[843] Note 3, end of chapter.
[844] This was regarded as a literal fulfilment of Isa. 12:3.
[845] John 7:37, 38; compare with the assurance respecting "living
water" given to the Samaritan woman, 4:10-15.
[846] John 7:39; compare 14:16, 17, 26; 15:26; 16:7; Luke 24:49; Acts
2:4.
[847] Note 4, end of chapter.
[848] John 3; page 158 herein.
[849] According to many excellent authorities, Jonah, Nahum, and Hosea
were all of Galilee; and it is further believed that Elijah also was of
Galilean nativity.
[850] John 8:1-11.
[851] Deut. 22:22-27.
[852] Matt. 5:21-48.
[853] Deut. 17:6, 7; also 13:9.
[854] Compare Rom. 2:1, 22; Matt. 7:1, 2; Luke 6:37; 2 Sam. 12:5-7.
[855] John 8:10, 11; compare 5:11. Consider another instance of mercy
granted through contrition Luke 7:36-50.
[856] Note 5, end of chapter.
[857] John 8:12-20.
[858] Note 6, end of chapter.
[859] John 8:12; compare 1:4, 5, 9; 3:19; 9:5; 12:35, 36, 46. See also
Doc. and Cov. 6:21; 10:58, 70; 11:11; 14:9; 84:45, 46; 88:6-13.
[860] Deut. 17:6; 19:15; Numb. 35:30; Matt. 18:16.
[861] John 8:21-59.
[862] Compare P. of G.P., Moses 4:4; 5:24; B. of M., 2 Nephi 2:18; Doc.
and Cov. 10:25; 93:25.
[863] Pages 174, 183.
[864] Exo. 3:14; compare 6:3.
[865] Compare Isa. 44:6; Rev. 1:4, 8; see also John 17:5, 24; Col. 1:17.
Page 36 herein.
[866] Page 13.
[867] John 9.
[868] Whether this incident occurred in immediate sequence to the events
last considered, or at a later time after the return of Jesus to
Jerusalem following an unrecorded departure therefrom, is not stated in
the scriptural record. The value of the lesson is not affected by its
place in the catalog of our Lord's works.
[869] Exo. 20:5; 34:7; Lev. 26:39; Numb. 14:18; 1 Kings 21:29; compare
Ezek. chap. 18.
[870] Pages 192 and 208.
[871] Note 3
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