 If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me." So let us not be inquisitive or solicitous to know the judgment to be pronounced upon our brethren, or to solve the enigmas of their destiny, but take heed to our own; and take...  The London Quarterly Review - Página 1701850Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Thomas Bissland - 1835 - 434 páginas
...gracious Being, who ordereth all events, who will ever " keep the feet of his saints." Jesus simply replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me." This expression appears by some to • have been misunderstood ; to have led to the erroneous... | |
 | Hermann Olshausen - 1839 - 256 páginas
...sufficiently obvious. To this, as it were jealous, or at least too inquisitive question of Peter, the Lord replied; If I will that he tarry, till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me. The word, tarry, was understood by many of John's contemporaries to refer to his remaining alive... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1850 - 546 páginas
...not Peter but John who followed the Lord, and to Peter who had asked, "But what about this one?" the Lord replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Follow thou Me," which means that the good of charity will continue with those who are the Lord's, even to the... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1850 - 336 páginas
...beneficial purpose. When Peter asked him, Lord, and what shall this man do \ meaning St. John, his Lord replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee \ follow thou me." Many things we may be anxious to know, but they are hidden from us; there is sufficient, there... | |
 | Thomas Verner Moore - 1858 - 318 páginas
...John, and asked, Lord, and what shall this man do? Our Lord, in rebuke to this feeling thus expressed, replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Follow thou me." It ia recorded that from this, the saying went forth that John was not to die. The utter uncertainty... | |
 | 1860 - 806 páginas
...disciple, he enquired, " And what shall this man do ?" We know that our Lord gave him no satisfaction, but replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Follow ihou me." (John xx. 22.) Here again, the practical exhortation is substituted for the information which,... | |
 | 1844 - 458 páginas
...exhibition of uneasiness for distinct information and for satisfaction upon this point. Jesus accordingly replied, — " if I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee," — follow thou me, nevertheless, though the way shall be for you so much more difficult. If such was the significance... | |
 | James Spence - 1863 - 300 páginas
...turning round, and seeing John following, he asked, "Lord, and what shall this man do?" To which Christ replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me." Peter's question in this case may. have been dictated by loving regard for John; as if he had... | |
 | 1865 - 374 páginas
...Lord, and what shall this man do f " Jesus (rebuking the curiosity, or the anxiety, of the Disciple) replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? Follow thou Me." Those words misunderstood — strangely mysterious they must then have seemed to the hearers !... | |
 | 1866 - 392 páginas
...John, and asked, Lord, and what shall this man do ? Our Lord, in rebuke to this feeling thus expressed, replied, " If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me." There are two things that arrest our attention in this scene : the question and the answer. I.... | |
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