And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
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Titus of Bostra
AD 378
Because it was necessary that the true Lamb should there be offered, where the typical lamb was sacrificed; but it is said, he steadfastly sethis face, that is, He went not here and there traversing the villages and towns, but kept on His way straight towards Jerusalem.
They thought it much juster that the Samaritans should perish for not admitting our Lord, than the fifty soldiers who tried to thrust down Elijah.
