Scripture Lessons: Or, The History of the Acts of the Apostles, in Question and Answer, Volume 2 |
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... governor under the Roman dominion . Herods often called kings ? But were not the Yes ; but in their Acts x . 36 . + Eph . i . 22 . case it was permitted by favour of the reigning Emperor D 3 ACTS XVII . 7 . 29 introduced confusion ...
... governor under the Roman dominion . Herods often called kings ? But were not the Yes ; but in their Acts x . 36 . + Eph . i . 22 . case it was permitted by favour of the reigning Emperor D 3 ACTS XVII . 7 . 29 introduced confusion ...
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... governor judge such matters ? Because he did not regard them as per- taining to his office . Was Gallio right in this opinion ? Yes ; he understood how far civil power may go , and where it should stop . Of what offences did he , as a ...
... governor judge such matters ? Because he did not regard them as per- taining to his office . Was Gallio right in this opinion ? Yes ; he understood how far civil power may go , and where it should stop . Of what offences did he , as a ...
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... governor ? The governors of the provinces endeavoured to make the Roman yoke as light as possible , by passing over such offences as did not affect the state . * 1 Cor . i . 1 . But was it a right thing to let the mob 58 ACTS XVIII . 17 .
... governor ? The governors of the provinces endeavoured to make the Roman yoke as light as possible , by passing over such offences as did not affect the state . * 1 Cor . i . 1 . But was it a right thing to let the mob 58 ACTS XVIII . 17 .
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... governors , called pro - consuls . What is the meaning of the word pro - consul ? A ruler commissioned to act in the room of a superior . In whose stead , and by whose authority did the Roman pro - consuls act ? In the stead , and by ...
... governors , called pro - consuls . What is the meaning of the word pro - consul ? A ruler commissioned to act in the room of a superior . In whose stead , and by whose authority did the Roman pro - consuls act ? In the stead , and by ...
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... governor of Judea . How came Felix to be at Cesarea ? That city was the favourite residence of the successive Roman governors of Judea . For what purpose was Paul to be conveyed to the governor ? That he might be tried by the Roman law ...
... governor of Judea . How came Felix to be at Cesarea ? That city was the favourite residence of the successive Roman governors of Judea . For what purpose was Paul to be conveyed to the governor ? That he might be tried by the Roman law ...
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Page 146 - And now why tarriest thou ? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
Page 256 - For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 206 - And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me ? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 210 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Page 194 - To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
Page 44 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn .again and rend you.
Page 87 - Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter...
Page 212 - The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Page 131 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law...
Page 206 - Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.