running to Jesus, and that on reaching his presence he kneeled down before him. The deep earnestness thus exhibited must not be lost sight of in our estimate of the young man’s condition and his subsequent fate. 18. why callest thou me good?—The term good which the man applied to Jesus, saying, “Good Master,” and the simultaneous act of kneeling to him, were both suggestive of the Divine Being. Jesus catches the word for the purpose of directing attention to its real force when applied understandingly