Summary
Text goes on, verse 13, but the text collector, standing far off would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast. One other time, when the Bible references people beating their breasts, and when it did happen, Luke, the 23rd chapter, it was the crucifixion, and it said, after the people had seen the, quote, spectacle, they returned home, beating their breasts. The cry here of this text collector, it's a different cry, it's a different cry. But the word translated, mercy in our text, that the text collector said, that's a different word. It only appears that word two times, and the entire New Testament, and the only other time that word that the tax collector said appears in the New Testament, is in Hebrew's the second chapter, that says, therefore, Jesus had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful, high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of a tonement for the sins of the people. It's a different word here that the only other use of the word in the New Testament is used in conjunction with Jesus, as the tax collector cries and says, Carrier, a liaison.
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