An Introduction to the Critical Study of the Holy Scriptures, Volume 2Desilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - Bible |
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... probably because criminals were executed there . Calvary , which now groans beneath the weight of monastic piles , was probably open ground , cultivated for gardens ( John xix . 41. ) , at the time when He , who suffered without the ...
... probably because criminals were executed there . Calvary , which now groans beneath the weight of monastic piles , was probably open ground , cultivated for gardens ( John xix . 41. ) , at the time when He , who suffered without the ...
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... probably called Bethesda , or the house of merey , from the miraculous cures there mercifully vouchsafed Jolliffe's Letters from Palestine , p . 103 . Antiq . Jud . lib . xv . c . 9. § 3. De Bell . Jud . lib . i . c . 21. § 1. et lib ...
... probably called Bethesda , or the house of merey , from the miraculous cures there mercifully vouchsafed Jolliffe's Letters from Palestine , p . 103 . Antiq . Jud . lib . xv . c . 9. § 3. De Bell . Jud . lib . i . c . 21. § 1. et lib ...
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... probably alludes . ( xxxviii . 17. ) There- fore , to enter into the holes of the rocks , and into the caves of the earth , for fear of the Lord ( Isa . ii . 19. ) , was to the Jews a very proper image to express terror and ...
... probably alludes . ( xxxviii . 17. ) There- fore , to enter into the holes of the rocks , and into the caves of the earth , for fear of the Lord ( Isa . ii . 19. ) , was to the Jews a very proper image to express terror and ...
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... probably taken from this or some similar cause . The Psalmist evidently alludes ( Psal . ciii . 15 , 16. ) to the desolating influence of the simoom . 6. But the greatest of all the calamities that ever visited this highly favoured ...
... probably taken from this or some similar cause . The Psalmist evidently alludes ( Psal . ciii . 15 , 16. ) to the desolating influence of the simoom . 6. But the greatest of all the calamities that ever visited this highly favoured ...
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... probably the number was not always uniform . ' pretended that this was a permanent and supreme court of judicature ; but as the sacred writers are totally silent con- cerning such a tribunal , we are authorized to conclude that it was ...
... probably the number was not always uniform . ' pretended that this was a permanent and supreme court of judicature ; but as the sacred writers are totally silent con- cerning such a tribunal , we are authorized to conclude that it was ...
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Popular passages
Page 162 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Page 247 - A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Page 216 - Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon." And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies.
Page 191 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.
Page 41 - Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 153 - What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light : and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Page 169 - But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city : and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
Page 70 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
Page 54 - As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 255 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...