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The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels

CHAPTER XII
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[395] i.

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[396] The attentive student of the Gospels will recognize with interest how gracefully the third Evangelist St.Luke (ix.

5) has overcome this difficulty.
[397] Augustine, with his accustomed acuteness, points out that St.
Mark's narrative shews that after the words of 'Sleep on now and take your rest,' our Lord must have been silent for a brief space in order to allow His disciples a slight prolongation of the refreshment which his words had already permitted them to enjoy.

Presently, He is heard to say,--'It is enough'-- (that is, 'Ye have now slept and rested enough'); and adds, 'The hour is come.

Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.' 'Sed quia commemorata non est ipsa interpositio silentii Domini, propterea coartat intellectum, ut in illis verbis alia pronuntiatio requiratur.'-- iii^{2}.


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