The Acts of the Apostles, with intr. and notes by J.R. LumbyJoseph Rawson Lumby 1879 |
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... language , enforcing , from a review of their own history and pro- phecies , the position which Stephen had taken up , in the defence of the new doctrine , and rather going beyond , than defending himself against , the accusation of his ...
... language , enforcing , from a review of their own history and pro- phecies , the position which Stephen had taken up , in the defence of the new doctrine , and rather going beyond , than defending himself against , the accusation of his ...
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... language . Cephas and Thomas are Aramaic , while Peter and Didymus are Greek . But Silvanus and Lucanus have both a Latin origin . With still less ground has it been suggested that Titus was the author of these personal sections and ...
... language . Cephas and Thomas are Aramaic , while Peter and Didymus are Greek . But Silvanus and Lucanus have both a Latin origin . With still less ground has it been suggested that Titus was the author of these personal sections and ...
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... language which only one who had personal knowledge of the event would have used . He gives a notice of Herod Agrippa which accords with Josephus in most minute details , and which shews that the writer of the description was most ...
... language which only one who had personal knowledge of the event would have used . He gives a notice of Herod Agrippa which accords with Josephus in most minute details , and which shews that the writer of the description was most ...
Page xxi
... language which agrees with what we read in the Acts ( ix . 23—25 ) . In like manner he makes mention ( Gal . i . 18 ) of his visit to Jerusalem to see Peter and James exactly as St Luke mentions it in the history ( Acts ix . 28 ) . We ...
... language which agrees with what we read in the Acts ( ix . 23—25 ) . In like manner he makes mention ( Gal . i . 18 ) of his visit to Jerusalem to see Peter and James exactly as St Luke mentions it in the history ( Acts ix . 28 ) . We ...
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... language there used , and of its simi- larity in style to the Gospel of St Mark , the vivid narratives of which have much in common with the acknowledged language of St Peter , it seems not improbable that the xxii INTRODUCTION . The ...
... language there used , and of its simi- larity in style to the Gospel of St Mark , the vivid narratives of which have much in common with the acknowledged language of St Peter , it seems not improbable that the xxii INTRODUCTION . The ...
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Page 136 - How GoD anointed JESUS of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for GoD was with him.
Page 65 - And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, saying; Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name ? and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Page viii - Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I.
Page 25 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne : He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Page 51 - And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
Page 26 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Page 78 - And said. This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 77 - And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses, which said ; This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
Page 74 - And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 9 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white : for they are worthy.