JB/037/227/002

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1819 Dec. 10
Mt Paul

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This of itself would be plain enough. of But in the
afterwards next verse but one comes an account of what, in
consequence of the recommendation thus signified intimated, was
actually done. "Purifying himself" is the term phrase employed
in speaking of that which he was doing, in and by this
ceremony: purifying himself, or as, at this time of day
we should say clearing himself: clearing himself of
what? of an imputation that had been
Of the charges or accusations that had been brought against
him. Clearing himself? how? Answer – by exhibiting
that which under the Jewish law was regarded as
conclusive evidence of the truth of the assertion for which
the ceremony was employed to give evidence: viz. that he
never had told the Jews people in question, not to circumcise
their children, not to walk of after the curtains
i.e. to leave the burthensome ordinances in question
unobserved.

Identifier: | JB/037/227/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 37.
Date_1	1823-07-07	Marginal Summary Numbering	27-29
Box	037	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	227	Info in main headings field	constitut. code
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e5*
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & c<…> 1813
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1813
Notes public		ID Number	11442
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