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John Gill's Exposition on Luke 18:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Jesus said unto him, etc.] In answer to his question, beginning with the character he gave him: why callest thou me good? it being unusual to address men, even their Rabbins, under such a title: none is good, save one, [that is], God: or “but God alone”; as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; or, “but the one God”, as read the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; (see Gill on “<401917>Matthew 19:17”).
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