35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
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For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. …
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. …
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 25-40)Even when he humbles himself, still Christ has honour done him to balance the offence of it. That we might not be stumbled at the meanness of his birth, angels then did him honour; and now, that we may not be offended at his being presented in the temple, like other children born in sin, and without any manner of solemnity peculiar to him, but silently, and in the crowd of other children, Simeon a…
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