John 21:24-25 This is the disciple which testifies of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.… Supposing a complete biography of Christ to have been written, let us consider — I. ITS MAGNITUDE. In every life there are many transactions which would add nothing to the completeness of a biography. There are many things in the experience of us all which are like blades of grass. To distinguish them in a picture would be to impair it and give us not the field but the grass. But things were otherwise with Christ. Every miracle, prayer, look, &c., was worthy of a picture by itself. And suppose instead of our present summary we had all the details what a library there would be. And then there are many things which it takes a longer time to describe than to do. II. ITS CUMBROUSNESS. 1. What life would be long enough to produce it. 2. What means could be adequate to disperse it. 3. What man could read, let alone remember it. Conclusion: Let us see the impossibility of making any improvement in God's Word. There is wisdom as well in its limits as in its matter and form. (Mathematicus.) Parallel Verses KJV: This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. |
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