A Biblical and Theological Dictionary: Explanatory of the History, Manners, and Customs of the Jews, and Neighboring Nations, Volume 1 |
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... supposed to signify the sun , or morning star , so called from its brightness . Abednego was thrown into a fiery furnace , at Babylon , with his two companions Shadrach and Meshach , for refusing to adore the statue erected by the ...
... supposed to signify the sun , or morning star , so called from its brightness . Abednego was thrown into a fiery furnace , at Babylon , with his two companions Shadrach and Meshach , for refusing to adore the statue erected by the ...
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... supposed that he had some promise or intimation to this effect , on which , improbable as the event was , he nobly relied ; and in the result God honoured his faith in the sight of all men . The faith of Noah had immediate respect to ...
... supposed that he had some promise or intimation to this effect , on which , improbable as the event was , he nobly relied ; and in the result God honoured his faith in the sight of all men . The faith of Noah had immediate respect to ...
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... supposed by some interpreters to denote the statue of Jupiter Olympius , which Antiochus Epiphanes caused to be erected in the temple of Jerusalem . The second of the passages above cited may proba- bly refer to this circumstance , as ...
... supposed by some interpreters to denote the statue of Jupiter Olympius , which Antiochus Epiphanes caused to be erected in the temple of Jerusalem . The second of the passages above cited may proba- bly refer to this circumstance , as ...
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... supposed as viewed by Abraham as an act sanctioned by the Pagan practice of human sacrifice . The immolation of human victims , particularly of that which was most precious , the favourite , the first - born child , appears to have been ...
... supposed as viewed by Abraham as an act sanctioned by the Pagan practice of human sacrifice . The immolation of human victims , particularly of that which was most precious , the favourite , the first - born child , appears to have been ...
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... supposed to float upon the abyss , of which it covered a small part . According to the same notion , the earth was On the power of the Saracens prevailing in founded on the waters , or at least its founda- the east , all communication ...
... supposed to float upon the abyss , of which it covered a small part . According to the same notion , the earth was On the power of the Saracens prevailing in founded on the waters , or at least its founda- the east , all communication ...
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Page 230 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 397 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 288 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her, with timbrels, and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 194 - Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began; But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel : Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
Page 20 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 258 - Son of God, begotten of His Father before all worlds ; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father ; by whom all things were made...
Page 54 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 362 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 129 - Simon, Seest thou this woman ? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Page 109 - The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth : in his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.