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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on John 11:53

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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they took council together to put him to death--Caiaphas but expressed what the party was secretly wishing, but afraid to propose. Jesus . . . walked no more openly among the Jews--How could He, unless He had wished to die before His time? near to the wilderness--of Judea. a city called Ephraim--between Jerusalem and Jericho.
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