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unto_o he_o how_o long_o do_v thou_o hold_v we_o in_o suspense_n if_o thou_o be_v the_o messiah_n tell_v we_o plain_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n in_o direct_a word_n for_o that_o st._n john_n use_v it_o in_o that_o sense_n we_o may_v see_v chap._n xi_o 11-14_a jesus_n say_v to_o they_o lazarus_n sleep_v his_o disciple_n say_v if_o he_o sleep_v he_o shall_v do_v well_o howbeit_o jesus_n speak_v of_o his_o death_n but_o they_o think_v he_o have_v speak_v of_o take_v of_o rest_n in_o sleep_n then_o say_v jesus_n to_o they_o plain_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lazarus_n be_v dead_a here_o we_o see_v what_o be_v
large_a here_o by_o st._n luke_n it_o be_v plain_a that_o the_o answer_n of_o our_o saviour_n set_v down_o by_o st._n matthew_n chap._n xxvi_o 64._o in_o these_o word_n thou_o have_v say_v and_o by_o st._n mark_n chap._n fourteen_o 62._o in_o these_o i_o be_o be_v a_o answer_n only_o to_o this_o question_n be_v thou_o then_o the_o son_n of_o god_n and_o not_o to_o that_o other_o be_v thou_o the_o messiah_n which_o precede_v and_o he_o have_v answer_v to_o before_o though_o matthew_n and_o mark_n contract_v the_o story_n set_v they_o down_o together_o as_o if_o make_v but_o one_o question_n omit_v all_o the_o intervening_a discourse_n whereas_o it_o be_v plain_a out_o of_o st._n luke_n that_o they_o be_v two_o distinct_a question_n to_o which_o jesus_n give_v two_o distinct_a answer_n in_o the_o first_o whereof_o he_o according_a to_o his_o usual_a caution_n decline_v say_v in_o plain_a express_a word_n that_o he_o be_v the_o messiah_n though_o in_o the_o latter_a he_o own_v himself_o 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