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Page xiv
... shew that one of the inspired writers of the New Testament was him- self an artist , and had furnished examples of this sort . Hence perhaps originated the story , which is found in Metaphrastes , a Byzantine author of the 9th and 10th ...
... shew that one of the inspired writers of the New Testament was him- self an artist , and had furnished examples of this sort . Hence perhaps originated the story , which is found in Metaphrastes , a Byzantine author of the 9th and 10th ...
Page xviii
... shews familiarity with them on the part of the writer , and assumes it in the reader . It is not certain , though it may be considered probable , that the articles of the faith were reduced to any set form of words in the first age ...
... shews familiarity with them on the part of the writer , and assumes it in the reader . It is not certain , though it may be considered probable , that the articles of the faith were reduced to any set form of words in the first age ...
Page xxi
... shew consideration for the circumstances , the tastes , and even for the prejudices of those to whom they were addressed . ( See notes on ii . 24 ; vii . Introd .; xiv . 15 , & c . ) These peculiarities , together with the ' unde ...
... shew consideration for the circumstances , the tastes , and even for the prejudices of those to whom they were addressed . ( See notes on ii . 24 ; vii . Introd .; xiv . 15 , & c . ) These peculiarities , together with the ' unde ...
Page xxiv
... shew a preference for long compound words ; e . g . διακατε λέγχομαι , διαχλευάζω , προσαπειλησάμενοι , συμπερι- Xaßwv , and not to be strict in his use of prepositions ; e . g . giving ἐπὶ the sense of duration , ἐπὶ πολλὰς nuépas ...
... shew a preference for long compound words ; e . g . διακατε λέγχομαι , διαχλευάζω , προσαπειλησάμενοι , συμπερι- Xaßwv , and not to be strict in his use of prepositions ; e . g . giving ἐπὶ the sense of duration , ἐπὶ πολλὰς nuépas ...
Page xxvii
... shew how and to what extent the Latin Vulgate has influenced the modern translators of Scripture . It is owing to that influence ( as has been already observed , p . xxiii . ) that our Authorised Version frequently overlooks the ...
... shew how and to what extent the Latin Vulgate has influenced the modern translators of Scripture . It is owing to that influence ( as has been already observed , p . xxiii . ) that our Authorised Version frequently overlooks the ...
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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.