(from whom the Samaritans pretended to deduce their genealogy) who erected altars in this place: (Gen. 12:6, 7 and 33:18, 20.) And possibly to the whole congregation, who were directed when they came into the land of Canaan, to put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, Deut. 11:29. Ye Jews say, In Jerusalem is the place—Namely, the temple. 21. Believe me—Our Lord uses this expression in this manner but once; and that to a Samaritan. To his own people the Jews, his usual language is, I say unto you. The
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