The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... reference to a special need . The zeara is a pilgrimage with a specific purpose . The zayir ( visitor to a shrine ) comes seeking either to be healed of a certain ailment , to atone for a sin , or to be divinely helped in some other way ...
... reference to a special need . The zeara is a pilgrimage with a specific purpose . The zayir ( visitor to a shrine ) comes seeking either to be healed of a certain ailment , to atone for a sin , or to be divinely helped in some other way ...
Page 112
... reference to time is made in the thir- teenth verse , where it is said : " When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi , he asked his disciples , saying , Whom do men say that I the Son of man am ? " But here no defi- nite date ...
... reference to time is made in the thir- teenth verse , where it is said : " When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi , he asked his disciples , saying , Whom do men say that I the Son of man am ? " But here no defi- nite date ...
Page 131
... indeed the large gate to be called the needle . The name of that door , in the common speech of the country , is the " plum , " and I am certain the Scriptural passage makes no reference to it whatever . The [ 131 ] IMPRESSIONS vs.
... indeed the large gate to be called the needle . The name of that door , in the common speech of the country , is the " plum , " and I am certain the Scriptural passage makes no reference to it whatever . The [ 131 ] IMPRESSIONS vs.
Page 132
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. Scriptural passage makes no reference to it whatever . The Koran makes use of this expression in one of its purest classical Arabic passages . The term employed here- sûm - el - khiat - can mean only the sewing ...
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany. Scriptural passage makes no reference to it whatever . The Koran makes use of this expression in one of its purest classical Arabic passages . The term employed here- sûm - el - khiat - can mean only the sewing ...
Page 146
... reference to the allusions to Oriental life which they contain . In the thirteenth chapter of Matthew , we have the parable of the wheat and the tares : " The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field ...
... reference to the allusions to Oriental life which they contain . In the thirteenth chapter of Matthew , we have the parable of the wheat and the tares : " The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field ...
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Abraham American ancient Anglo-Saxon Arabic behold Bible blessed Book Book of Acts Book of Judges Book of Kings Book of Proverbs bread and salt camel chapter of St child Christ Christians church clan command disciples divine door drink East enemies faith father fear feast feet flock friends give guest hand hated hath hatred heart heaven holy host housetop husband Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus journey Last Supper living loaves Lord Luke Master Matt means Midianites mother Mount Lebanon ness never night occasions Occidental Oriental speech Oriental's parable parents passage prayer prophet Psalm rendering Revised Version sacred salutation say unto Scriptural servant sheep shepherd simple social soul speak spiritual star swear Syrian tares Testament thee things thou shalt thought threshing threshing-board tion twenty-third Psalm verse West Western wheat wife wine woman women word writer Yusuf zeara