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Page 11
... eyes turn to the judge who prepares to pronounce my sentence . For the first time , I look closely at the judge's face . It is majestically illuminated . Though all eyes are on the regal judge , he appears unshaken and confident . His ...
... eyes turn to the judge who prepares to pronounce my sentence . For the first time , I look closely at the judge's face . It is majestically illuminated . Though all eyes are on the regal judge , he appears unshaken and confident . His ...
Page 12
... eyes - his concerned , compassionate eyes - tell a story of great love . As the goodness of the judge permeates the courtroom , Fear subsides . The judge tells the bailiff , Love , and the cor- rections officer , Power , to stand next ...
... eyes - his concerned , compassionate eyes - tell a story of great love . As the goodness of the judge permeates the courtroom , Fear subsides . The judge tells the bailiff , Love , and the cor- rections officer , Power , to stand next ...
Page 13
... eyes toward the silence - making of the judge . Then , with a voice like the sound of many waters , the judge speaks . He pro- claims to the world , " If the defendant accepts my conditions of love , I give myself for full payment , and ...
... eyes toward the silence - making of the judge . Then , with a voice like the sound of many waters , the judge speaks . He pro- claims to the world , " If the defendant accepts my conditions of love , I give myself for full payment , and ...
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... eyes open with the realiza- tion that he was dreaming . He rises and brushes his fingers through his tangled black hair and stretches his well- proportioned body . " Some dream or nightmare , " he mutters to himself . I wonder what it ...
... eyes open with the realiza- tion that he was dreaming . He rises and brushes his fingers through his tangled black hair and stretches his well- proportioned body . " Some dream or nightmare , " he mutters to himself . I wonder what it ...
Page 27
... eyes soak up the elaborate glasswork of the oil lamps and the gold and silver trimmings of the furniture . Evidently the position of the high priest is a lucrative one . The tall but overweight Caiaphas walks into view from another room ...
... eyes soak up the elaborate glasswork of the oil lamps and the gold and silver trimmings of the furniture . Evidently the position of the high priest is a lucrative one . The tall but overweight Caiaphas walks into view from another room ...
Contents
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Pilate Herod Antipas | 73 |
Love Lust | 89 |
Zealots Shepherds | 109 |
Passing Over the Sacrifice | 125 |
John BaptistDance of Death | 151 |
Prisoner of Freedom | 177 |
Essene MonasteryQumran | 197 |
Men Miracles | 221 |
God or Man | 239 |
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Page 77 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 198 - And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Page 204 - And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow , of wines on the lees well refined.
Page 260 - Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Page 170 - He that cometh from above is above all. He that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven is above all.