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he is grievous unto us even to behold. For his life is not like other men's; his ways are of another fashion.
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We are esteemed by him as counterfeits; he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness; he pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and maketh his boast that God is his father.
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Let us see if his words be true, and let us prove what shall happen at the end of him.
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For if the just man be the son of God, He will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies.
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Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.
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Let us condemn him to a shameful death, for by his own saying he shall be respected."
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Such things they did imagine and were deceived, for their own wickedness hath blinded them.
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As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not; neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls.
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For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of His own eternity.Œ
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Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world; and those who take hold of his side do find it.