Their phylacteries and fringes were given as tactile reminders of who they are-covenant children of the uniquely sovereign God. |
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On the cross, Jesus wears the phylacteries of a devout Jew and holds the Torah scroll in his right hand. |
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They performed rituals just as God performed rituals, wearing fringes as did he, putting on phylacteries just as God put on phylacteries. |
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Jesus said of them that they made broad their phylacteries and loved the chief seats in the synagogue in order to be seen and to be called Rabbi. |
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The mysteries of Judaism did not initially refer to phylacteries, fringes, or the Shekhinah. |
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Even in this painting Jesus on the cross is the predominant feature, proclaiming his Jewishness by the taint round his loins and the tefillin, the phylacteries, fastened on arm and forehead. |
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Or phylacteries on skulls unyielding, While our river of days flows dark With a yeartide of days, a yeartide of nights Unhallowed, unhallowed? |
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