AN IMAGE OF PARENTAL AFFECTION. WOLFGANG MUSCULUS: We see here in this royal official first an image of paternal feelings toward children, whereby parents naturally strive after the well-being of their children, a fact which is seldom recognized by children.… Nowhere in all the gospel stories will you find some child coming to Christ to say, “Lord, come down before my parent dies.” But several times we read about parents who brought concern for their children to the
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