Exhibition of the Works of Vassili VerestchaginAmerican art association, 1889 - 77 pages |
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... church having once stood there ; but of this nothing remains but a half - ruined arch over the well itself . This is doubtless the well at which Christ was resting when he conversed with the woman of Samaria . " What might have been our ...
... church having once stood there ; but of this nothing remains but a half - ruined arch over the well itself . This is doubtless the well at which Christ was resting when he conversed with the woman of Samaria . " What might have been our ...
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... church here dedicated to the Archangel Michael , who appeared to Joshua at this spot- " a man over against him with ... churches . 7. Samuel's Tomb . It is not well known if this really be the burial - place of the great Israelitish ...
... church here dedicated to the Archangel Michael , who appeared to Joshua at this spot- " a man over against him with ... churches . 7. Samuel's Tomb . It is not well known if this really be the burial - place of the great Israelitish ...
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... church dedicated to the Virgin , also now in ruins . The walls are thick and the stones very huge . Some of these stones , of unusual size , are identified , according to the legend , with the twelve stones brought from the Jordan and ...
... church dedicated to the Virgin , also now in ruins . The walls are thick and the stones very huge . Some of these stones , of unusual size , are identified , according to the legend , with the twelve stones brought from the Jordan and ...
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... churches of the Crusaders ' time . The Catholic monks to whom they belong intend to restore the once splendid ... church attributed to the Empress Helena : " And the devil taking him up into a high mountain showed unto him all the ...
... churches of the Crusaders ' time . The Catholic monks to whom they belong intend to restore the once splendid ... church attributed to the Empress Helena : " And the devil taking him up into a high mountain showed unto him all the ...
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... Church the ruins of the Basilica of the Emperor Constantine were discovered some years ago by the Russian archimandrite , Antonin , and apparently also the foundation of a city gate , by which pos- sibly our Saviour was led to execution ...
... Church the ruins of the Basilica of the Emperor Constantine were discovered some years ago by the Russian archimandrite , Antonin , and apparently also the foundation of a city gate , by which pos- sibly our Saviour was led to execution ...
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Page 39 - Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
Page 25 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the • water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him : 1 7 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Page 26 - the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
Page 22 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
Page 30 - Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Page 37 - Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, " Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another...
Page 37 - And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings
Page 37 - Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me; for he was before me.
Page 20 - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
Page 12 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.