Unlike Mark, Matthew has no implied request by others for the woman’s cure. Jesus acts on his own initiative, and the cured woman rises and waits not on “them” (Mk 1:31) but on him. 8:16 By a word: a Matthean addition to Mk 1:34; cf. 8:8. 8:17 This fulfillment ...
I went to the President this afternoon at the request of Mr. Ashley on a matter connecting itself with the pending amendment of the Constitution. The Camden and Amboy railroad interest promised Mr. Ashley that if he would help postpone the Raritan railroad bill over this session, they would, ...
Slavery, in essence, acted as a form of subsidy for southern plantation owners due to the lower cost of labor. With slaves effectively-being freed from the control of the plantation owners, this created a considerable lack of manpower for the South, which prevented its economic recovery from ...