22. little one--Even one, and that the smallest in number and rank,
shall be multiplied a thousandfold in both respects
(Mic 5:2;
Mt 13:31, 32).
his time--not our time; we might wish to hasten it, but it will
come in due time, as in the case of Jesus' first coming
(Ga 4:4);
so in that of the restoration of Israel and the conversion of the world
(Isa 66:8;
Hab 2:3;
Ac 1:7;
Heb 10:37).
JFB.
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