A Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, the DivineJames M. Usher, 1849 - 388 pages |
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... Matt . iv . 21. He was moved power- fully by the appeal of Jesus , when he called him at first , and immediately left the ship and followed him . His companion , for the most part , in his early labors as an apostle , was Peter ; see ...
... Matt . iv . 21. He was moved power- fully by the appeal of Jesus , when he called him at first , and immediately left the ship and followed him . His companion , for the most part , in his early labors as an apostle , was Peter ; see ...
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... Matt . xxiii . 34-37 . If , then , the blood of the Jewish - Christian martyrs was unavenged when the Apocalypse was written , must it not have been written before the lamented city fell ? We might mention other signs which were pointed ...
... Matt . xxiii . 34-37 . If , then , the blood of the Jewish - Christian martyrs was unavenged when the Apocalypse was written , must it not have been written before the lamented city fell ? We might mention other signs which were pointed ...
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... Matt . xvi . 27 , 28. It seems difficult to entertain a doubt that the Lord refers to the same coming in the Apocalypse , ( for the words are represented as coming from the mouth of Jesus , ) which Matthew here describes . The event was ...
... Matt . xvi . 27 , 28. It seems difficult to entertain a doubt that the Lord refers to the same coming in the Apocalypse , ( for the words are represented as coming from the mouth of Jesus , ) which Matthew here describes . The event was ...
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... Matt . xix . 28. This meta- phor of reigning with Christ is of frequent occurrence in the New Testament . " It is a faithful saying , For if we be dead with him , we shall also live with him ; if we suffer , we shall also reign with him ...
... Matt . xix . 28. This meta- phor of reigning with Christ is of frequent occurrence in the New Testament . " It is a faithful saying , For if we be dead with him , we shall also live with him ; if we suffer , we shall also reign with him ...
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... Matt . xxv . 31 , and xvi . 27 , 28. Because the event was very near when St. James wrote , he said , " Behold the Judge standeth before the door ; " v . 9. St. Paul said , that Jesus should " judge the quick and the dead at his ...
... Matt . xxv . 31 , and xvi . 27 , 28. Because the event was very near when St. James wrote , he said , " Behold the Judge standeth before the door ; " v . 9. St. Paul said , that Jesus should " judge the quick and the dead at his ...
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Page 212 - And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 151 - And white robes were given unto every one of them ; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
Page 367 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God ; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone ; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord : in whom ye also are builded together, for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
Page 324 - And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
Page 136 - And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people : and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time : and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Page 168 - And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters...
Page 221 - He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity : he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Page 172 - And he opened the bottomless pit, and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth ; and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
Page 376 - Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Page 92 - Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for ^my name's sake.