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I. OPPOSED BY THE DISCIPLES as —

1. Dangerous (ver. 8).

2. Unnecessary (vers. 12, 13). Hence —

3. Imprudent, if not also —

4. Wrong.

II. JUSTIFIED BY JESUS. As —

1. Imperative, being undertaken at the call of His Father.

2. Safe, since He could not stumble in the path of duty.

3. Merciful, inasmuch as He went to comfort the sisters and raise Lazarus.

4. Profitable, even for those who were so strongly against it.

(T. Whitelaw, D. D.)

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KJV: Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

WEB: Jesus answered, "Aren't there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because he sees the light of this world.