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Here we see four things.

I. Base ingratitude.

1. They had received special favours from Him.

2. They were under the greater obligation.

3. Tendency of gratitude to bind to benefactor.

II. Rash impulsiveness, probably roused by

(1)  disappointment;

(2)  alarm.

III. Involuntary influence. One fled, then all fled. This should

(1)  act as incentive to become thoroughly sound in character;

(2)  make us cautious as to associations we form.

IV. False policy. Doing wrong to save the body

(1)  injures the soul;

(2)  endangers it. Learn —

(a)  importance of cherishing a practical impression of our obligations to Christ;

(b)  of cultivating the habit of acting from intelligent conviction;

(c)  of habitually realizing the principle, that the path of duty is the path of safety..

(Homilist.)

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KJV: But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

WEB: But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.