Travels in Palestine: Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan, Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala in the Decapolis, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - Eretz Israel |
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... face of such an assumption , it must appear that the city has gained on the one side by just as much exactly , as that is now within and distant from its walls . In making this place of Calvary the chief point from which the relative ...
... face of such an assumption , it must appear that the city has gained on the one side by just as much exactly , as that is now within and distant from its walls . In making this place of Calvary the chief point from which the relative ...
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... face of this was even artificially extended to ad- mit of the extensive courts that surrounded it . This is still preserved by the magnificent mosque of Omar , now covering the same ground , and , like the temple of old , forming by far ...
... face of this was even artificially extended to ad- mit of the extensive courts that surrounded it . This is still preserved by the magnificent mosque of Omar , now covering the same ground , and , like the temple of old , forming by far ...
Page 111
... face to face . As it was here , too , that his name was + Genesis xxxii . 24. et seq . * Judges , xi . 22 . " A patriarchæ itinere incipiemus , qui ex Mesopotamia regressus à monte Galaad in locum venit , quem à visis ibi angelorum ...
... face to face . As it was here , too , that his name was + Genesis xxxii . 24. et seq . * Judges , xi . 22 . " A patriarchæ itinere incipiemus , qui ex Mesopotamia regressus à monte Galaad in locum venit , quem à visis ibi angelorum ...
Page 117
... face of this region improved as we ad- vanced farther in it , and every new direction of our path opened upon us views which surprised and charmed us by their grandeur and their beauty . Lofty mountains gave an outline of the most ...
... face of this region improved as we ad- vanced farther in it , and every new direction of our path opened upon us views which surprised and charmed us by their grandeur and their beauty . Lofty mountains gave an outline of the most ...
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... face toward the west t ; but these are mostly broken and injured by their exposed situation . Those on the western hill are more perfect , the passage into them being cut obliquely down through the earth on a gentler slope . Some of ...
... face toward the west t ; but these are mostly broken and injured by their exposed situation . Those on the western hill are more perfect , the passage into them being cut obliquely down through the earth on a gentler slope . Some of ...
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Page 290 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
Page 265 - Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Page 38 - Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day ; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
Page 338 - And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. 20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him : and all men did marvel.
Page 79 - And the devil said unto him. All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Page 23 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter ; for they shall bury in tophet till there be no place.
Page 398 - And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
Page 349 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Page 65 - In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
Page 397 - And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria...