mercy … remember … oath These three words have been thought by some to be an allusion to the three names John (-Jehovah's mercy"); Zacharias (- rememberedby Jehovah"), and Elizabeth (see p. 45). Such paronomasiae, or plays on words, are exceedingly common in the Bible. For similar possible instances of latentparonomasiae see the author's Life of Christ, i. 65; ii. 200, 240.

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