The Journal of sacred literature, ed. by J. Kitto. [Continued as] The Journal of sacred literature and biblical record. [Continued as] The Journal of sacred literature, Volume 5; Volume 25John Kitto C. Cox, 1853 - Bible |
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... Persian capture of Sardis , and the consequent destruction of the Lydian monarchy . It appears , indeed , to the ... Persians three years after Croesus had sent his first embassy to Delphi . And the self - defensive reply of the oracle ...
... Persian capture of Sardis , and the consequent destruction of the Lydian monarchy . It appears , indeed , to the ... Persians three years after Croesus had sent his first embassy to Delphi . And the self - defensive reply of the oracle ...
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... Persian capture of Sardis , which appears to be quite inconsistent with Herodotus , and would make the accession of Alyattes to have been in 617 B. C. The establishment of this date ( assuming the accuracy of the calculation ) is ...
... Persian capture of Sardis , which appears to be quite inconsistent with Herodotus , and would make the accession of Alyattes to have been in 617 B. C. The establishment of this date ( assuming the accuracy of the calculation ) is ...
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... Persian portion of Herodotus ' history teaches us that the Cimmerians must , in all probability , have taken Sardis ... Persia ' in terms which not only assert their exist- ence , but also their accuracy . It is highly probable that Hero ...
... Persian portion of Herodotus ' history teaches us that the Cimmerians must , in all probability , have taken Sardis ... Persia ' in terms which not only assert their exist- ence , but also their accuracy . It is highly probable that Hero ...
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... Persian chronology of Herodotus , and the statements of the Holy Scriptures ( and , to a certain degree , of Berosus ) in reference to the career of Sennacherib . He teaches us that one hundred and seventy - nine years elapsed from the ...
... Persian chronology of Herodotus , and the statements of the Holy Scriptures ( and , to a certain degree , of Berosus ) in reference to the career of Sennacherib . He teaches us that one hundred and seventy - nine years elapsed from the ...
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... Persian than Assyrian , resembling , in its termination , such Persian names as Tissaphernes . If this event really occurred , it must have happened subsequently to the reign of Esarhaddon . But the utter silence of the Scriptures on ...
... Persian than Assyrian , resembling , in its termination , such Persian names as Tissaphernes . If this event really occurred , it must have happened subsequently to the reign of Esarhaddon . But the utter silence of the Scriptures on ...
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Page 39 - And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Page 427 - For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Page 140 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Page 42 - Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Page 439 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 431 - But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God...
Page 85 - And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Page 305 - And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great : ye shall not be afraid of the face of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Page 231 - The FALL of the ROMAN REPUBLIC ; a Short History of the Last Century of the Commonwealth.
Page 55 - And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city : and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.