Sympathy with a Character Involves Likeness to that Character
Matthew 10:41
He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward…


The power of sympathizing with an)" character is the partial possession of that character for ourselves. A man who is capable of having his soul bowed by the stormy thunder of Beethoven, or lifted to heaven by the etherial melody of Mendelsshon, is a musician, though he never composed a bar. The man who recognizes and feels the grandeur of the organ music of "Paradise Lost" has some fibre of a poet in him, though he be but; a " mute inglorious Milton."

(Dr. Maclaren.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

WEB: He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.




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