John 15:25. ‘But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law.’ This one and only reference in the upper-room discourse to the law of Moses is most significant...
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him” [Psalm 25:14]. He deals familiarly with them. He calls them not servants only, but friends; and he treats them as friends [John 15:15]...
Alfred Edersheim wrote a major life of Christ called "The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah." Edersheim's Jewish heritage gave him interesting insights into many of the beliefs and ways of life during the time of Christ. In his book (Vol.11, p.12), he wrote of the Jewish traditions concerning the defilement of hands and the accusation that Jesus did not keep these traditions (as recorded in Mark 7:1-9).
