Mark 14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.… A young man, it is told, was for several months in a backsliding state, which manifested itself in the usual way, — of conformity to a fashionable and unholy course of life, and a neglect of the ordinances and institutions of the house of God. During this time he called on a deacon of the church, who was a watchmaker, and asked him to repair his watch. "What is the difficulty with your watch?" said he. "It has lost time lately," said the young man. The deacon looked at him with a steady and significant eye, and said, "Haven't you lost time lately?" These few words brought the backslider to repentance, to the church, and to duty. Parallel Verses KJV: And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. |
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