Editorial note — X. THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS. Matt. xi., xii.
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[10]This is the literal translation, which means more than "give you rest." It is not as if rest were a blessing He could bestow, as a friend would make a present which might be retained after the giver had gone. Rest is not so much what He gives to us as what He is to us; and so He says, not "I will give you rest," but "I will rest you" (i.e., I will be your rest).
[11]"The Service of Man," by J. Cotter Morrison.