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1 | serpents are wise?and doves harmless? | Matt 10:16 | ishi | 19016 | ||
is a sepent wise,and just how are doves harmless | ||||||
2 | serpents are wise?and doves harmless? | Matt 10:16 | Makarios | 19020 | ||
Good question ishi.. Here's a little commentary that I hope helps you to come to your own answer about this.. "Be wise as serpents —Serpents have always been an emblem of wisdom and cunning, Gen. 3:1. The Egyptians used the serpent in their hieroglyphics as a symbol of wisdom. Probably the thing in which Christ directed his followers to imitate the serpent was in its caution in avoiding danger. No animal equals them in the rapidity and skill which they evince in escaping danger. So said Christ to his disciples, You need caution and wisdom in the midst of a world that will seek your lives. He directs them, also, to be harmless, not to provoke danger, not to do injury, and thus make their fellow-men justly enraged against them. Doves are, and always have been, a striking emblem of innocence. Most people would foolishly destroy a serpent, be it ever so harmless, yet few are so hard-hearted as to kill a dove." (Barnes' Notes on the NT) Your Brother in Christ, Nolan |
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