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ing them, and then be expected to show his permanent
attachment and devotion to the liberator. The Jews were
not inmates of a hospital to be attended by physicians and
nurses; they were practically prisoners in bonds and needed
a hero to set them free. Their faith in God and in His Law
was as perfect as was that of their ancestors at the foot of
Mount Sinai when He delivered it to Moses. They were
not in need of a thaumaturgical prophet; all their history was
interwoven with wonders and miracles. The raising to life
of a dead Lazarus, the opening of the eyes of a blind Barti-
maeus, or the cleansing of an outcast leper, would neither
strengthen their faith nor satiate their thirst for independence
and liberty. The Jews rejected Jesus, not because he was
not the Apocalyptic "Son of Man" or the Messiah - not be-
attachment and devotion to the liberator. The Jews were
not inmates of a hospital to be attended by physicians and
nurses; they were practically prisoners in bonds and needed
a hero to set them free. Their faith in God and in His Law
was as perfect as was that of their ancestors at the foot of
Mount Sinai when He delivered it to Moses. They were
not in need of a thaumaturgical prophet; all their history was
interwoven with wonders and miracles. The raising to life
of a dead Lazarus, the opening of the eyes of a blind Barti-
maeus, or the cleansing of an outcast leper, would neither
strengthen their faith nor satiate their thirst for independence
and liberty. The Jews rejected Jesus, not because he was
not the Apocalyptic "Son of Man" or the Messiah - not be-