| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Finally, departure was a word used by the farmers; it meant ???to unyoke the oxen.??? Paul had taken Christ???s yoke, which is an easy yoke to bear (Mt 11:28-30), but how many burdens he carried in his ministry! (2Co 11:22-12:10.) To depart to be with Christ would mean laying aside the burdens, his earthly work completed. (Wiersbe, W. W. The Bible Exposition Commentary.
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