1. 1 Cor. 10:13.
2. Cf. Acts 20:24.
3. Ps. 27:14.
4. The visit was to take place a week later, because Mr van Gogh wrote on 17 March 1877 to Theo: ‘How wonderfully lucky that you can go straightaway to Uncle Cor and will be there tomorrow together with Vincent’ (FR b2514).
Uncle Cor had taken the initiative in suggesting that both brothers come and visit him, and had written of his idea to Theo. Mr van Gogh wrote to Theo on 27 February: ‘Friendly, too, of Uncle Cor to invite you, and Vincent as well. I had wished that the latter would go some time – but I’m afraid he won’t. Surely it is good if you go and see him, but make an appointment with him beforehand. Otherwise you might miss him. And make the most of a good day’ (FR b2509). See letter 107.
5. Hotel De Toelast at Groenmarkt in The Hague. Evidently family members frequented this hotel: Mr van Gogh, for example, stayed there occasionally on visits to The Hague (FR b2498).
6. This is letter 107.
7. Van Gogh had a break between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. See Verzamelde brieven 1973, vol. 1, p. 110.
8. The windmills on the Weeskinderendijk: see letter 102, n. 36.
9. 1 Chron. 22:13 and 1 Chron. 28:20.
10. Vincent’s own variation on 1 Cor. 12:26.
11. 2 Cor. 7:10.
12. Biblical, cf. Ps. 139:10.
13. Prov. 21:13 and Matt. 6:7.
14. Cf. 2 Sam. 22:33.
15. This remark and what follows reveal that Van Gogh was already thinking of becoming a clergyman.
16. Matt. 19:26; Luke 18:27.
17. Ps. 62:2 (in KJ Ps. 62:1).
18. Ps. 33:9.
19. Luke 19:42.
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