57-62. The Three Aspirants.

57. as they went in the way St Matthew (Matthew 8:19-22) places these incidents before the embarkation for Gergesa. Lange's conjecture that the three aspirants were Judas Iscariot, Thomas, and Matthew is singularly baseless.

a certain man a Scribe (Matthew 8:19). The dignity of his rank was nothing to Him who had chosen among His Twelve a zealot and a publican.

whithersoever thou goest There was too little of -the modesty of fearful duty" in the Scribe's professions.

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