5And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
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If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here, I. Samuel gives them a short account of the late revolution, and of the present posture of their government, by way of preface to what he had further to say to them, 1 Sam. 12:1 , 2 . 1. For his own part, he had spent his days in their service; he began betimes to be useful among them, and had continued long so: “ I have walked before you , as a guide to direct you, as a shepherd that leads…
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