“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. ...
'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.'” Though Paul was persecuting the church, Christ suffered when the church suffered since he is the head ...
While the author of Lamentations remains nameless within the book, strong evidence from both inside and outside the text points to the prophet Jeremiah...
''And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others....