Exhibition of the Works of Vassili VerestchaginAmerican art association, 1889 - 77 pages |
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... building is semi - circular and entirely built of blocks of basalt . A great number of Christians , especially during the reign of Julian , were torn to pieces here by wild beasts . 2 13. Solomon's Wall . The six lower ranges of these 17.
... building is semi - circular and entirely built of blocks of basalt . A great number of Christians , especially during the reign of Julian , were torn to pieces here by wild beasts . 2 13. Solomon's Wall . The six lower ranges of these 17.
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... build one for them- selves on Mount Gerizim , and their hostility to the Jews . increased to such a point that it became a sin to extend the rites of hospitality on either side , and the words of the woman of Samaria to Christ expressed ...
... build one for them- selves on Mount Gerizim , and their hostility to the Jews . increased to such a point that it became a sin to extend the rites of hospitality on either side , and the words of the woman of Samaria to Christ expressed ...
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... building that our Lord gave the discussion on the Bread of Life ( John vi . ) . " These things said he in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum . " In Capernaum Christ passed three years of his life and had " his own house . " And ...
... building that our Lord gave the discussion on the Bread of Life ( John vi . ) . " These things said he in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum . " In Capernaum Christ passed three years of his life and had " his own house . " And ...
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... buildings . The view from this point is beautiful . 26. Entrance to the Grotto of the Mount of Temptation . From time out of mind this mountain was pierced with grottoes of anchorites , and there is a very probable tradi- tion ...
... buildings . The view from this point is beautiful . 26. Entrance to the Grotto of the Mount of Temptation . From time out of mind this mountain was pierced with grottoes of anchorites , and there is a very probable tradi- tion ...
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... build a good mill for some cloister , and afterward to die in peace near the Sacred River . He was particularly pleased with the chaplets on the sketch , which serve him for his prayers , three times a day , morning , evening , and ...
... build a good mill for some cloister , and afterward to die in peace near the Sacred River . He was particularly pleased with the chaplets on the sketch , which serve him for his prayers , three times a day , morning , evening , and ...
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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.