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said above. Matthew tells us that the man was young (verse 22).

For all that Christ did God is to be given glory. The cleansed leper gave glory to God (Luke 17:11-19). See also Matthew 9:8; 15:31 and Mark 2:12. Also a number of passages in Luke. Christ did not seek his own glory when here (John 7:18; 8:50), and certainly not from men (Matthew 6:2 and John 5:41). Not only men glorified God, but so did the angels in Luke 2:14. What was seen in the raising of Lazarus was the glory of God (John 11:40).

In fine, all that Christ said and did had its source in God (John 8:28); all the goodness that was manifested in Him He derived from God (John 5:19/20 and Psalm 16:2 possibly - the meaning of the text is uncertain).

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