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IV. Mar. ix. 40. He, says our Lord, that is
mt against us, is for us.
Agreeable to which is the new Version ofMat. xii. 30. And yet here in a most wantonManner it varies into a quite different Sense; Sucha one is mt against us, but for us.
V. Mar. x. 2 6 . New Version. Who then can
be saved ?
So also the new Interpreter in the parallelPlaces of Mat. xix. 15. Luc. xviii. 2 6. But here,in utter Defiance to the Greek , He makes theDisciples ask, How then can such a One be saved ?
VI. Lu. viii. 45. Our Lord asked who touched
him in the Crowd?
The Evangelist says expresiy they all deniedit, i. e. each one for himself. For which thenew Version says, they were all at a Loss whatto Answer.
VII. Lu. ix. 18. It came to pass as he was
praying alone, mvmav auTa 01 MaSri^xl,his Disciples were with'him.
Grotius well observes, that alone,
did not exclude the Disciples, but the People.Yet our Translator, that his Readers might notfee the lax Use of exclusive Words in the NewTestament , which pinches the Arian Scheme onanother Occasion, expresses the Evangelist’s Re-mark in a Way purely his own. Having retird,fays he, alone to Lrayer, his Disciples came tohim.
VIII.