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If- ( be observations which have been made upon the nature of a parable be well fofcnded , tbi& passage will nat afford any solid foundation for the belief krf / the
existence and agency , of sueJb a being . It only assumes , that such an opinion was admitted by the Jew * .
We must now afteance to . the gospel of John , dw vi . 70 . Jesus answered * Have not 1 chosea yioju twelve , and one of you is a devil f We ate so nauch accustomed to
consider every thing sacred , which
relates to the N . T . that sometimes we are not aware of tfce irnprre- > prieties which ocoiu ? in the En- / glish translation- On , due confederation it will be uUow ^ dy tbafe
ia- this instance , the language of this translation is very inproper to be put into the naoutla of Jsesus , * who w $ l § meek and lowly of heait , \ vbo ~ -vrtu-tn he was reviled ,, reviled ;
not again ^ ' and who cannot be supposed to have made use o , f words , which would shock , a . cultivated mind , even from the lips of the ignorant and propbane ; ' ¦ one of you is a devil !> It is
only justice to the evangelist to observe , that the primary meaning of the word translated devil is cdtumniafor , accuser v which is also the meaning of the
Corresponding term Satan . Mr , Wakofield ha * therefore properly translated this verse , * Did not I chusui you , ( he txuelve * for myself , but one ot you is an accuser * : it is £ < Jtieii , u He meant Judas Iscariciif one of the twelve who was going to deliver hin ? . ' up . "
Thi ^ s pi ^ ssage tjierefp re cannot be adduced as ' ^ ffovding any support to the OoiprixoMy received opinion
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* On tie Existence o ^ tic JDnit . 139
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of the existence amd agency of an invisible and powerful evil beihg , fhe next instance in which thq word occurs , is John viii . 44 ^ whicli is supposed to be more < & r ^ etly in point . . It is the reply whixrh Jesus ntade to those who sought his life *> * Ye are of your fether the deviL and the rust of
your * father > ye will do ; he was a murderer froni the beginnings and abode not in the truth , because there is i \ o truth , in him ; when he sp < 2 akelh of-a . lie he speaketh of feis owTi , for he is a liar and the father of it ^; Such is the influence of association , and of long established habits of thinking .
tbaB it will not be easy to suggest aiiy interpretation of this passage *
different from the common one , which will not appear to many very harsh and unsupported . It may however , be observed , thai the Jews with whoaa Jesus held this conveffsatiop , prided them *
selves on being the descendants of Abraham . ; to which Jesus Teplied * that fc if they were Abraham ' s
children , * i . e . the true children o £ | he patriarch in character and disposition , \ they would do the works of Abraham , but knowing their evil designs he odds , * Ye are of your father the dcrviL and
the lxist of your father ye will do , who was a murderer from the be * ginvingS These words naturally direct o * w thoughts to Cain , and it is not improbable that the meaning of Jesus may be thus expressed ; * Ye have no just pre ^
tensions to-the character of faithful Abraham , nor do ye sustain ajiy relation to him ; but are rather of tfi ^ kindred and o ^ Vbrrqg
* 8 cc klso fc& $ New Version , a f * kk aicuar *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 139, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/19/
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