2 Samuel 12:1

“And Nathan said unto him, Thou art the man who hast done this.”” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1, etc.

“Moreover her husband in war he caused to be killed: and after this deed there was sent to him Nathan the prophet; sent by the Lord, to reprove him for so great an outrage.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1.

“Consequently Matthew traces the succession downwards from David through Solomon, in connection with whose mother it was that he sinned; while Luke carries the genealogy upwards to the same David through Nathan, by which prophet God took away his sin.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1–14.

“Again, St. Matthew descends through Solomon, by whose mother David sinned; St. Luke ascends through Nathan another son of the same David, through whom he was purged from his sin.” — editor's note: 2 Sam. xii. 1.

“You will maintain communion, too, with the murderer: because Ahab, by deprecation, washed away (the guilt of) Naboth’s blood; and David, by confession, purged Uriah’s slaughter, together with its cause—adultery.” — editor's note: See 2 Sam. xi.; xii. 1–13.

“So, too, had the prophets (of old) granted to the repentant the pardon of murder, and therewith of adultery, inasmuch as they gave, at the same time, manifest proofs of severity.” — editor's note: Comp. 2 Sam. xii. 1–14, etc.