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Doctrine of Atonement
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
—Revised Standard Version of the Bible
Hearing a word from behind alludes to the custom of shepherds calling out to sheep—or teachers to students—who had wandered from right paths. Turning aside from God’s law is a common subject of warnings to disobedient Israelites (see Deuteronomy 11:16; Joshua 23:6; Psalms 40:4).
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Resources cited in this issue
GT: Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
RR: New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved; Benson, Joseph. Commentary on the Old and New Testaments. New York: T. Carlton & J. Porter, 1857. Also available at biblehub.com/commentaries; THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress, represented by Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
Cit. 10: Barclay, William. The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of John. Vol. 1. Edinburgh: Saint Andrew, 1955. Revised and updated by Saint Andrew, 2001. Reprinted as The New Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of John. Vol. 1. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001–04.
Cit. 17: CSB Study Bible. Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers, 2017.
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