when there appear'd to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the incense-altar.

being come to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; according to his custom, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, and standing up to read,

then advancing, he touch'd the bier, and the bearers standing still, he said, young man, arise, I command you.

the Pharisee in a standing posture pray'd thus by himself, O God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, a robber, a cheat, an adulterer, or like that Publican.