Aleph, the Chaldean: Or, The Messiah as Seen from Alexandria |
Common terms and phrases
Alabarch Aleph the Chaldean Alexander Alexandria Amun answer arms Canopus Cimon and Aleph Cornelius court cried custom Diapleuston Divine door doubt Draco dungeon Egypt Egyptian emperor exclaimed eyes face father favor fear friends gate Germanicus give governor grandfather Greek hand hear heard Heaven hope inquired Jesus Judea khan knew lady lecture leech light look magician Malus matter Messiah mighty Miriam morning Museum Nathan never notice once palace palæstra papyrus Parthia passed Perhaps person Pharaohs piazza pinnace Piso possible priest promised prophets Ptolemies returned Roman Rome Sea of Galilee seats seemed seen Septuagint Serapeum servants Setian Sextus Flaccus Shaphan side silent Simon soldiers soon standing stars staters steps stood street sure synagogue tell things thought Tiberius tion to-day took turned voice whole wish woman wonderful worship young
Popular passages
Page 298 - Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions...
Page 324 - He was oppressed, and he was afflicted ; yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who shall declare his generation...
Page 48 - Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock ; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Page 285 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 377 - Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
Page 48 - Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. While I live will I praise the Lord : I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Page 169 - Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
Page 310 - Who will rise up for me against the evil doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity...
Page 167 - What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God ? art thou come hither to torment us before the time ? If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd, of swine.
Page 324 - And after threescore and two weeks shall the Messiah be cut off, but not for himself : and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.