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... Judea ; and that the Evan- gelists and Apostles , with the exception per- haps of St. Luke , were all of the Hebrew nation . Much of the peculiar beauty of the inspired writings cannot be perceived , unless the history , condition , and ...
... Judea ; and that the Evan- gelists and Apostles , with the exception per- haps of St. Luke , were all of the Hebrew nation . Much of the peculiar beauty of the inspired writings cannot be perceived , unless the history , condition , and ...
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... Judea , the greatest part of the habitable earth was subjected to the Romans ; and their vast do- minions were styled , all the world , as in Luke ii . 1. The sceptre of universal power was then swayed by Augustus Cæsar , who , after he ...
... Judea , the greatest part of the habitable earth was subjected to the Romans ; and their vast do- minions were styled , all the world , as in Luke ii . 1. The sceptre of universal power was then swayed by Augustus Cæsar , who , after he ...
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... Judea for 129 years , ) he began to exhibit a marked contempt for the religion and laws of the Jews . He abolished several of the cere- monies enjoined in the Mosaic code ; and in- 1 troduced some foreign customs , which were expressly ...
... Judea for 129 years , ) he began to exhibit a marked contempt for the religion and laws of the Jews . He abolished several of the cere- monies enjoined in the Mosaic code ; and in- 1 troduced some foreign customs , which were expressly ...
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... Judea groaned under all the corruption and misery which might be expect- ed from a prince who , though a Jew in out- ward profession , was , in practice , a contemner of all laws , human and divine . The murder of the children of ...
... Judea groaned under all the corruption and misery which might be expect- ed from a prince who , though a Jew in out- ward profession , was , in practice , a contemner of all laws , human and divine . The murder of the children of ...
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... Judea and Samaria were given to Archelaus , whose op- pressive administration induced the Jews and Samaritans to write a petition to the emperor , in consequence of which he was deposed , and Judea reduced to a Roman province . The ...
... Judea and Samaria were given to Archelaus , whose op- pressive administration induced the Jews and Samaritans to write a petition to the emperor , in consequence of which he was deposed , and Judea reduced to a Roman province . The ...
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Page 142 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Page 141 - Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage.
Page 64 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Page 141 - But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise.
Page 150 - Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 77 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 141 - But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth : and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Page 27 - Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, and thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among the Princes of Judah: for out of thee shall come a governor that shall rule my people Israel.
Page 134 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 89 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.