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... expressions of those writers ; and finally , that when men , ill - informed or ignorant of the true nature of scriptural language , misinterpret or pervert it , it can be no good ground of objection to the sacred books PREFACE. ...
... expressions of those writers ; and finally , that when men , ill - informed or ignorant of the true nature of scriptural language , misinterpret or pervert it , it can be no good ground of objection to the sacred books PREFACE. ...
Page 55
... expression ; or , at all events , have expressed him- self thus : εἰς τίνα , καὶ ποῖον καιρόν . Even then τίνα would be altogether obscure , when thus separated from xugóv . Nor , in such a case , could it be interpreted as signifying ...
... expression ; or , at all events , have expressed him- self thus : εἰς τίνα , καὶ ποῖον καιρόν . Even then τίνα would be altogether obscure , when thus separated from xugóv . Nor , in such a case , could it be interpreted as signifying ...
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... expressions of the like meaning . So is it also with the word hour . The sum of all is , that the specific designations of time , viz . day , days , year , years , etc. , are often employed in the generic sense of time . In all such ...
... expressions of the like meaning . So is it also with the word hour . The sum of all is , that the specific designations of time , viz . day , days , year , years , etc. , are often employed in the generic sense of time . In all such ...
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... expression is different from this . the These examples render it quite plain , therefore , that when , in Dan . 9 : 24 , the angel speaks of seventy heptades he must of course be understood as meaning so many hep- tades of years = 490 ...
... expression is different from this . the These examples render it quite plain , therefore , that when , in Dan . 9 : 24 , the angel speaks of seventy heptades he must of course be understood as meaning so many hep- tades of years = 490 ...
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... expression time , times , and the dividing ( i . e . half ) of time . In chap . 7:25 ( which is Chaldee ) , the main word is 173 ; in 12 : 7 ( Hebrew ) , it is Both of these words are from the kindred roots and , and mean , conformably ...
... expression time , times , and the dividing ( i . e . half ) of time . In chap . 7:25 ( which is Chaldee ) , the main word is 173 ; in 12 : 7 ( Hebrew ) , it is Both of these words are from the kindred roots and , and mean , conformably ...
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