The Acts of the ApostlesUniversity Press, 1885 - 387 pages |
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... thee . " shall so come ] This promise of the return of Jesus , on the immediate expectation of which so many of the first Christians fixed their thoughts , explains those words in the abridged account of the Ascension in St Luke's ...
... thee . " shall so come ] This promise of the return of Jesus , on the immediate expectation of which so many of the first Christians fixed their thoughts , explains those words in the abridged account of the Ascension in St Luke's ...
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... thee a place ( makom ) whither he shall flee " ( yanus ) , and from the verb yanus the noun nisah is formed ; ( 2 ) Numb . xxxv . 26 , " But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border ( gebul ) of the city of his refuge ...
... thee a place ( makom ) whither he shall flee " ( yanus ) , and from the verb yanus the noun nisah is formed ; ( 2 ) Numb . xxxv . 26 , " But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border ( gebul ) of the city of his refuge ...
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... thee , O land of Israel , when there shall reign over thee Jeroboam the wicked , and shall exterminate from the midst of thee the offering of the morning sacrifice , and when thy lords shall eat bread before any man has offered the ...
... thee , O land of Israel , when there shall reign over thee Jeroboam the wicked , and shall exterminate from the midst of thee the offering of the morning sacrifice , and when thy lords shall eat bread before any man has offered the ...
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... thee ] Better literally , what I have that give I thee . We are nowhere told how much time had passed since the day of Pentecost , and it is probable that this was not the first miracle which Peter wrought ( see ii . 43 ) . For he ...
... thee ] Better literally , what I have that give I thee . We are nowhere told how much time had passed since the day of Pentecost , and it is probable that this was not the first miracle which Peter wrought ( see ii . 43 ) . For he ...
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... thee ” ( Matt . ix . 5 ) . given among men ] Communicated to men by God , as a means of salvation . whereby we must be saved ] Through whom we must of necessity seek our salvation if we would be saved . 13 14 13-22 . The Apostles are ...
... thee ” ( Matt . ix . 5 ) . given among men ] Communicated to men by God , as a means of salvation . whereby we must be saved ] Through whom we must of necessity seek our salvation if we would be saved . 13 14 13-22 . The Apostles are ...
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Page 26 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Page 257 - Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Page 36 - Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Page x - Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I.
Page 247 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 25 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne : He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Page 121 - But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, 'and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Page 107 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still : and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch ; and he baptized him.
Page 168 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 19 - And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.