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... reason to be satisfied with the favour- able reception which has been given to this work ; and I trust that the numerous additions which have been now made to it , as well as the cheaper form in which it is republished , will render it ...
... reason to be satisfied with the favour- able reception which has been given to this work ; and I trust that the numerous additions which have been now made to it , as well as the cheaper form in which it is republished , will render it ...
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... reason of the feast , which brought many of the foreign Jews back to Jerusalem . Compare xx . 16. The law requiring all males to appear before the Lord at the three great feasts ( Deut . xvi . 16 ) , was now of course not strictly ...
... reason of the feast , which brought many of the foreign Jews back to Jerusalem . Compare xx . 16. The law requiring all males to appear before the Lord at the three great feasts ( Deut . xvi . 16 ) , was now of course not strictly ...
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... reason why the people looked favourably upon them , because they suffered none of their number to be in need . The mutual charity of the disciples had its effect on the Jewish populace , as it afterwards had on the Gentiles , when they ...
... reason why the people looked favourably upon them , because they suffered none of their number to be in need . The mutual charity of the disciples had its effect on the Jewish populace , as it afterwards had on the Gentiles , when they ...
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... reason , & c . ' It may also be inferred from the names of the seven , which are all of Greek origin , that they belonged to , and were intended to minister exclusively to , the Hellenistic part of the com- munity . Again , the election ...
... reason , & c . ' It may also be inferred from the names of the seven , which are all of Greek origin , that they belonged to , and were intended to minister exclusively to , the Hellenistic part of the com- munity . Again , the election ...
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... reason . ' ( Vulg . and Beza , non æquum est ) . Latimer , in a sermon preached A. D. 1548 , quotes this passage against some bishops of his time , who were comptrollers of the mints . τραπέζι Tрarélais . ] Tables or counters at which ...
... reason . ' ( Vulg . and Beza , non æquum est ) . Latimer , in a sermon preached A. D. 1548 , quotes this passage against some bishops of his time , who were comptrollers of the mints . τραπέζι Tрarélais . ] Tables or counters at which ...
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Page 125 - Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 171 - I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 [And] the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 217 - At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me : I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Page 52 - And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
Page 165 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.