The ExpositorSamuel Cox, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt Hodder and Stoughton, 1880 - Bible |
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... rests on slender foundations . On the whole , then , we conclude that Tertullian , un- supported by other evidence , is not a safe witness for occurrences that are said to have taken place in the Apostolic age . He represents the belief ...
... rests on slender foundations . On the whole , then , we conclude that Tertullian , un- supported by other evidence , is not a safe witness for occurrences that are said to have taken place in the Apostolic age . He represents the belief ...
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... rest . He the true , the Sicilian bee , gathering the spoil of the flowers of the prophetic and apostolic meadow , engendered in the souls of his hearers a deathless element of knowledge . Well , they , preserving the tradition of the ...
... rest . He the true , the Sicilian bee , gathering the spoil of the flowers of the prophetic and apostolic meadow , engendered in the souls of his hearers a deathless element of knowledge . Well , they , preserving the tradition of the ...
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... rests an obligation : because of this the woman ought . This obligation he describes in the words , to have authority upon the head ; and supports it by a further motive , because of the angels . These very obscure phrases now demand ...
... rests an obligation : because of this the woman ought . This obligation he describes in the words , to have authority upon the head ; and supports it by a further motive , because of the angels . These very obscure phrases now demand ...
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... rests and turns , in particular and selected instances ; not by abstract reasoning or logical formulæ , but by drawing pictures of human life which suggest more than they say , by embodying its truths in tales . Elihu is true to the ...
... rests and turns , in particular and selected instances ; not by abstract reasoning or logical formulæ , but by drawing pictures of human life which suggest more than they say , by embodying its truths in tales . Elihu is true to the ...
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... rest in God and to wait patiently for Him ? Was not the very delay of which he complained a merciful delay ? Was it not gracious of God , and not ungracious , to postpone sentence upon him until it could be one of cordial and complete ...
... rest in God and to wait patiently for Him ? Was not the very delay of which he complained a merciful delay ? Was it not gracious of God , and not ungracious , to postpone sentence upon him until it could be one of cordial and complete ...
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Page 226 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 229 - If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean; Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Page 320 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 180 - So, after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, "Know ye what I have done unto you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 227 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 83 - For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good : but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it ? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Page 83 - And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me : for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
Page 67 - Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Page 321 - A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation: the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Page 473 - Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.