Oriental customs: or, An illustration of the Sacred scriptures by an explanatory application of the customs and manners of the Eastern nations1839 |
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... act of the person who was desi- rous of receiving a stranger into his family , with respect to the object of his choice , and was a transaction between the parties : the latter was an acknowledgment of it in the forum , when the adopted ...
... act of the person who was desi- rous of receiving a stranger into his family , with respect to the object of his choice , and was a transaction between the parties : the latter was an acknowledgment of it in the forum , when the adopted ...
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... ACTS vi . 1. Their widows were neglected in the daily_ministra- tion . ] A distribution of alms was made every day . This prac- tice obtained among the Jews in common , for they used to collect every day for the poor , and give it daily ...
... ACTS vi . 1. Their widows were neglected in the daily_ministra- tion . ] A distribution of alms was made every day . This prac- tice obtained among the Jews in common , for they used to collect every day for the poor , and give it daily ...
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... ACTS vii . 30. There appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai an angel of the Lord , in a flame of fire in a bush . ] The heathens had either read or heard of this circumstance , as appears by Artapanus , who mentions it ( in ...
... ACTS vii . 30. There appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai an angel of the Lord , in a flame of fire in a bush . ] The heathens had either read or heard of this circumstance , as appears by Artapanus , who mentions it ( in ...
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... ACTS xvii . 23. As I passed by , and beheld your devotions , I found an altar with this inscription , To the unknown God . ] From the express testimony of Lucian , we learn , that there was such an inscription at Athens . Whence it ...
... ACTS xvii . 23. As I passed by , and beheld your devotions , I found an altar with this inscription , To the unknown God . ] From the express testimony of Lucian , we learn , that there was such an inscription at Athens . Whence it ...
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... act of inauguration , or investiture , into his regal power and authority , and that many of the expressions here used are taken from the ceremonies of solemn investitures , in which there are several instances of its having been done ...
... act of inauguration , or investiture , into his regal power and authority , and that many of the expressions here used are taken from the ceremonies of solemn investitures , in which there are several instances of its having been done ...
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Page 382 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 95 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 438 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 72 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 237 - Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Page 252 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Page 394 - And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
Page 357 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 51 - And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
Page 461 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.