The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of The Holy LandT. Nelson & Sons, 1877 - 718 pages |
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Page 24
... certainly add great emphasis to the parable . " You are doubtless aware , however , that other critics besides our orator of the back - woods maintain that the sycamore of the New Testament is actually the mulberry - tree , and others ...
... certainly add great emphasis to the parable . " You are doubtless aware , however , that other critics besides our orator of the back - woods maintain that the sycamore of the New Testament is actually the mulberry - tree , and others ...
Page 25
... certainly an air of great solemnity in their mode of worship , Air of and , when performed by a large assembly in the mosques , or by a detachment solemnity . of soldiers in concert , guided in their genuflections by an imaum or dervish ...
... certainly an air of great solemnity in their mode of worship , Air of and , when performed by a large assembly in the mosques , or by a detachment solemnity . of soldiers in concert , guided in their genuflections by an imaum or dervish ...
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... certainly very remarkable . The connec- tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they build their nests and rear their young , and there may be heard all day long ...
... certainly very remarkable . The connec- tion of the dove with the olive , however , is quite natural . These groves are their favourite resort . In them they build their nests and rear their young , and there may be heard all day long ...
Page 53
... certainly in the case of the olive , the pro- cess referred to by the Apostle never succeeds . Graft the good upon the wild , and , as the Arabs say , it will conquer the wild ; but you cannot reverse the process with success . - If you ...
... certainly in the case of the olive , the pro- cess referred to by the Apostle never succeeds . Graft the good upon the wild , and , as the Arabs say , it will conquer the wild ; but you cannot reverse the process with success . - If you ...
Page 58
... Certainly neither Greeks nor Romans . I find no mention of this place , unless it be the Heldua , which , according to the " Jerusalem Itinerary , " was twelve miles south of Beirût . This distance , however , would take us to the next ...
... Certainly neither Greeks nor Romans . I find no mention of this place , unless it be the Heldua , which , according to the " Jerusalem Itinerary , " was twelve miles south of Beirût . This distance , however , would take us to the next ...
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Abraham Acre allusions ancient appear Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beit Beth-horon Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER church cisterns columns custom David Dead Sea deep descended desert doubt east Egypt En-rogel entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Gerar Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron hills Holy hour Hûleh inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains never night north-west Palestine pass Philistines plain pools prophet Ramleh remarkable ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell Temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs towers travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion