Article May 9, 1964 Issue

WORDS OF CURRENT INTEREST

[The words in this issue are related to the Lesson-Sermon in Christian Science Quarterly designated to be read in Christian Science churches on May 17, 1964.]

Thou art not yet fifty years old (John 8:57)

Plummer holds that "'fifty years' is a round number, the Jewish traditional age of full manhood (Num. 4:3, 39;8:24, 25). There is no reason to suppose that Jesus was nearly fifty, or looked nearly fifty. In comparing his age with the 2000 years since Abraham the Jews would not care to be precise so long as they were within the mark."

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