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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on John 13:16

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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The servant is not greater than his lord, &c.--an oft-repeated saying (Mat 10:24, &c.). If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them--a hint that even among real Christians the doing of such things would come lamentably short of the knowing.
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