keep his shoes on while he goes to sleep' (Yom. 78 l). It is also used of sleep, as: 'All the
days of the joy of the house of drawing [Feast of Tabernacles] we did not taste the taste
of sleep' (Succ. 53 a). It is needless to add other quotations.
85. vv. 52, 53.
86. On the expression 'keep (τηρειν ) His work,' Bengel beautifully observes: doctrinam
Jesu, credendo; promissa, sperando; facienda obediendo.
88. Ber. R. 44, ed. Warsh. p. 81 b, lines 8, 7, 6 from bottom.
87. Gen. xv. 17.
89. In the Targum Jerusalem on Gen. xv. also it seems implied that Abraham saw in
vision all that would befall his children in the future, and also Gehenna and its torments.
So far as I can gather, only the latter, not the former, seems implied in the Targ. Pseudo -
Jonathan.
Note on the differences between the Feast of Tabernacles and that of its Octave (see p.
156, note 1). The six points of difference which mark the Octave as a separate feast are
indicated by the memorial words and letters b#$@&q& r&z&p&, and are as follows: (1) During the
seven days of Tabernacles the Priests of all the 'courses' officiated, while on the Octave
the sacrificial services were appointed, as usually, by lot (Myyp&). (2) The benediction at the
beginning of a feast was spoken again at the Octave (Nmz$). (3) The Octave was
designated in prayer, and by special ordinances, as a separate feast (lgr&). (4) Difference
in the sacrifices (Nbrq& ). (5) Difference in the Psalms - on the Octave (Soph. xix. 2)
probably Ps. xii. (ry#). (6) According to 1 Kings viii. 66, difference as to the blessing
(hkrb&).
It was as if they had only waited for this. Furiously they rushed from the Porch into the
Court of the Gentiles - with symbolic significance, even in this - to pick up stones, and to
cast them at Him. But, once more, His hour had not yet come, and their fury proved
impotent. Hiding Himself for the moment, as might so easily be done, in one of the
many chambers, passages, or gateways of the Temple, He presently passed out.
It had been the first plain disclosure and avowal of His Divinity, and it was 'in the midst
of His enemies,' and when most contempt was cast upon Him. Presently would that
avowal be renewed both in Word and by Deed; for 'the end' of mercy and judgment had
not yet come, but was drawing terribly nigh.
Book IV
THE DESCENT: FROM THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION INTO THE VALLEY
OF HUMILIATION AND DEATH.
Chapter 9
THE HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND.
(St. John 9.)
After the scene in the Temple described in the last chapter, and Christ's consequent
withdrawal from His enemies, we can scarcely suppose any other great event to have
taken place on that day within or near the precincts of the Sanctuary. And yet, from the