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Luke 13:32

Luke 13:32

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that fox: This was probably Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, who is described by Josephus as a crafty and incestuous prince, with which the character given him by our Lord, and the narratives of the evangelists, exactly coincide. Luke 3:19-20, Luke 9:7-9, Luke 23:8-11; Ezekiel 13:4; Micah 3:1-3; Zephaniah 3:3; Mark 6:26-28

I cast: Luke 9:7; Mark 6:14; John 10:32, John 11:8-10

I shall: John 17:4-5, John 19:30 *Gr: Hebrews 2:10, Hebrews 5:9

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