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... telling them that they were by no means so secure of continuing the peculiar people of God as they imagined ; for that God was able to raise children to Abraham from the most inanimate parts of nature ; as he had already raised seed ...
... telling them that they were by no means so secure of continuing the peculiar people of God as they imagined ; for that God was able to raise children to Abraham from the most inanimate parts of nature ; as he had already raised seed ...
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... after him ; telling the Jews that the power and authofity of this eminent personage would be so much greater than his own that he was not worthy to perform for him the meanest office which a slave performs for his master , that of ...
... after him ; telling the Jews that the power and authofity of this eminent personage would be so much greater than his own that he was not worthy to perform for him the meanest office which a slave performs for his master , that of ...
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John was sent to tell the Jews that it was at hand ; and such a message from heaven ought to have been received by them with sentiments of the warmest gratitude to that being from whom it came : but we have enjoyed the benefits of this ...
John was sent to tell the Jews that it was at hand ; and such a message from heaven ought to have been received by them with sentiments of the warmest gratitude to that being from whom it came : but we have enjoyed the benefits of this ...
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tells us was the case . But supposing this scene , as well as other parts of this narrative , to be a vision , all these difficulties are removed . Jesus appeared to himself to be transported by the devil to an exceedingly high mountain ...
tells us was the case . But supposing this scene , as well as other parts of this narrative , to be a vision , all these difficulties are removed . Jesus appeared to himself to be transported by the devil to an exceedingly high mountain ...
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... who lived nearly in the same age with the apostles , and was well acquainted with the sentiment of his countrymen in respect to possessions : he expressly tells us that dæmons are the spirits of wicked men who enter the living * .
... who lived nearly in the same age with the apostles , and was well acquainted with the sentiment of his countrymen in respect to possessions : he expressly tells us that dæmons are the spirits of wicked men who enter the living * .
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Page 395 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes, and they shall conde'mn him to death, 19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Page 541 - All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Page 368 - But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence ; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Page 455 - Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them...
Page 400 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
Page 29 - And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona : thou shalt be called Cephas, which is, by interpretation, A stone.
Page 275 - Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Page 376 - For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb : and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it...
Page 573 - Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; 10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Page 526 - Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.