Matthew 14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. "The disciples came and took up the body and buried it." I like that way of speaking of human burial; it is the true way; it is emphatically the Christian way of speaking of the act. You buried it, not Him. "By and by," said Socrates to his friends, "you will be saying, ' Socrates is dead, but Socrates will not be dead. By and by you will be saying, ' Socrates is in his coffin,' but Socrates will not be in his coffin. By and by you will be saying, ' We are going to bury Socrates,' but you will not bury Socrates, you will only bury something that belonged to him." Well spoken, thou Old World philosopher; the fuller light of Christianity comes to confirm thy conjecture, and to verify thy reasoning. No; there is no burying a man. You cannot bury a soul. (J. B. French.) Parallel Verses KJV: And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.WEB: His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus. |
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