A Plain Commentary on the Four Holy Gospels: Intended Chiefly for Devotional Reading, Volume 1Herman Hooker, 1859 |
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... spake the words here recorded , because he was well aware of the perfect holiness of our SAVIOUR'S character ; not because he yet knew for certain that his mighty Kinsman was the Son of GOD . He did not know that until after the Baptism ...
... spake the words here recorded , because he was well aware of the perfect holiness of our SAVIOUR'S character ; not because he yet knew for certain that his mighty Kinsman was the Son of GOD . He did not know that until after the Baptism ...
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... spake to His people by the hand of Moses ; now , face to face . 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven . It seems a beautiful circumstance , that whereas the volume of the Old Testament ends by ...
... spake to His people by the hand of Moses ; now , face to face . 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven . It seems a beautiful circumstance , that whereas the volume of the Old Testament ends by ...
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... spake a Parable to this end , that men ought always to pray , and not to faint : " ( d ) and en- forced His own Divine example , when He " continued all night in prayer to God . " ( e ) It is rather , the employment of many irreverent ...
... spake a Parable to this end , that men ought always to pray , and not to faint : " ( d ) and en- forced His own Divine example , when He " continued all night in prayer to God . " ( e ) It is rather , the employment of many irreverent ...
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... spake as never man spoke ! Sin enters at the eye : compare ch . v . 28 , 29 , —and the notes there . The organ which was meant to be the avenue of Light to the Body , thereby becomes the channel by which Pollution enters , and darkness ...
... spake as never man spoke ! Sin enters at the eye : compare ch . v . 28 , 29 , —and the notes there . The organ which was meant to be the avenue of Light to the Body , thereby becomes the channel by which Pollution enters , and darkness ...
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... spake these things unto them , behold there came a certain Ruler , St. Matthew relates the raising of Jairus ' daughter more concisely , by far , than either St. Mark or St. Luke . For example , he tells us neither the name of the ...
... spake these things unto them , behold there came a certain Ruler , St. Matthew relates the raising of Jairus ' daughter more concisely , by far , than either St. Mark or St. Luke . For example , he tells us neither the name of the ...
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Page 38 - Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted : it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Page 223 - But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Page 126 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Page 181 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 208 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 198 - And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
Page 41 - It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 241 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
Page 117 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 192 - Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.