Providence as Manifested Through IsraelLeonard C. Bowles, 1833 - 207 pages |
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... writer of Ecclesiastes , indicate a very different state of conviction from that which animated the heroes and martyrs under the rule of the Mac- cabees . It was probably by intercourse with their Persian conquerors , with the Chaldeans ...
... writer of Ecclesiastes , indicate a very different state of conviction from that which animated the heroes and martyrs under the rule of the Mac- cabees . It was probably by intercourse with their Persian conquerors , with the Chaldeans ...
Page 74
... writers . The same remarks apply to the Epistle to the Hebrews , whoever might be its author . The style and argument of this Epistle were alike adapted to the pur- pose of conciliating the interest of Israelitish readers . The then ...
... writers . The same remarks apply to the Epistle to the Hebrews , whoever might be its author . The style and argument of this Epistle were alike adapted to the pur- pose of conciliating the interest of Israelitish readers . The then ...
Page 75
... writer , or could have been supposed by his best informed , that is by his Hebrew readers . No one analogy holds throughout ; and those which relate to the death of Christ are above all various ; as he is represented sometimes as the ...
... writer , or could have been supposed by his best informed , that is by his Hebrew readers . No one analogy holds throughout ; and those which relate to the death of Christ are above all various ; as he is represented sometimes as the ...
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... writers who believed on him ; Hebrew writers who did not believe on him ; and Gentile historians , ( As the Gospel was not originally offered to the Gentiles , it is evident that contemporary Gentile writers could not be be- lievers ...
... writers who believed on him ; Hebrew writers who did not believe on him ; and Gentile historians , ( As the Gospel was not originally offered to the Gentiles , it is evident that contemporary Gentile writers could not be be- lievers ...
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... writers of the first class ; some , who like Josephus , are silent respecting Jesus and the Christians ; and one , Tacitus , -who attests the history of Jesus , without admitting his claims . It is clear , on the mere enumeration of ...
... writers of the first class ; some , who like Josephus , are silent respecting Jesus and the Christians ; and one , Tacitus , -who attests the history of Jesus , without admitting his claims . It is clear , on the mere enumeration of ...
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Page 90 - But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
Page 78 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
Page 92 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 27 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 81 - Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen ; and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 87 - The people answered him, We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
Page 71 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Page 71 - That upon you may come all the righteous blood, shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 71 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city...
Page 94 - Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth ; behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.