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the highest standard of morality. Those who ex amined the Lord had a low standard of morality. But as the One who behaved in the highest stan dard of morality, the Man-Savior appraised the poor widow, for she also lived according to a high standard of morality.
THE MAN-SAVIOR'S
TRIPLE STATUS
According to Exodus 12, each family was to take a lamb without blemish for the Passover (Exo. 12:3-5). We may say that the Lord Jesus was the Passover Lamb appointed to die for the family of mankind. In the Old Testament the lamb had to be examined to determine if it was without blemish. In Luke 20 the chief priests, scribes, elders, Pharisees, Herodians, and Sad ducees were examining the real Passover Lamb. But they did not realize that the One they were examining was the God-provided Lamb to die for them. This Lamb had the highest standard of morality. In the words of Exodus 12, He was without blemish; that is, He was altogether per fect, without defect, without spot. Therefore, the term "without blemish" is equal to the expres sion "the highest standard of morality."
Consider who was the One examined in