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... says it commenced with the new moon of July . Others , however , place it a month later . [ See MONTH , YEAR . ] ABAD DON . In Hebrew , Chaldee , and Syriac this word signifies destruction . It is personified , in Rev. ix . 11 , as ...
... says it commenced with the new moon of July . Others , however , place it a month later . [ See MONTH , YEAR . ] ABAD DON . In Hebrew , Chaldee , and Syriac this word signifies destruction . It is personified , in Rev. ix . 11 , as ...
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... says that the " abomination of desolation foretold by Daniel denotes , according to the best interpreters , the ... say the prophecy of Daniel was fulfilled when Antiochus sacrificed to idols upon the altar of God , and called the temple ...
... says that the " abomination of desolation foretold by Daniel denotes , according to the best interpreters , the ... say the prophecy of Daniel was fulfilled when Antiochus sacrificed to idols upon the altar of God , and called the temple ...
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... says this is owing to the fact that it is built upon the rubbish of many generations . Some gardens and olive groves are to be found in the neigh- bourhood ; but much of the country round is barren and uninteresting . The climate is ...
... says this is owing to the fact that it is built upon the rubbish of many generations . Some gardens and olive groves are to be found in the neigh- bourhood ; but much of the country round is barren and uninteresting . The climate is ...
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... says of it : - " During eight months in the year , the climate of Hamadan is delight- ful ; but in winter the cold is excessive , and fuel with difficulty procured . The plain is intersected by innu- merable little streams , covered ...
... says of it : - " During eight months in the year , the climate of Hamadan is delight- ful ; but in winter the cold is excessive , and fuel with difficulty procured . The plain is intersected by innu- merable little streams , covered ...
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... say both of Peter and Paul , but that could not have been otherwise . These 66 were the two great pillars of the Church ... says of the Acts , with reference to his own great Scriptural doctrine of justification by faith alone , that the ...
... say both of Peter and Paul , but that could not have been otherwise . These 66 were the two great pillars of the Church ... says of the Acts , with reference to his own great Scriptural doctrine of justification by faith alone , that the ...
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Page 255 - God, of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the Blessed Virgin, of her substance : so that two whole and perfect natures — that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood — were joined together in one Person, never to be divided ; whereof is one Christ, very God and very Man...
Page 134 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 266 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 297 - ... all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. 3 And the king stood on the platform, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book : and all the people stood to the covenant.
Page 374 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 34 - Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Page 89 - And the other books, (as Hierome saith,) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine.
Page 79 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren : and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 6 - And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
Page 34 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.