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... recorded by no fewer than four inspired writers of the highest class , one of these has been deemed sufficient to relate the acts of his fol- lowers ; these being proportionally of less absorbing interest , as the acts and sayings of ...
... recorded by no fewer than four inspired writers of the highest class , one of these has been deemed sufficient to relate the acts of his fol- lowers ; these being proportionally of less absorbing interest , as the acts and sayings of ...
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... recorded if they had not been uttered ; and assuming that they were uttered , they lead irresistibly to the convic- tion , that Mary was truly described in the preced- ing verses , and that she was really a pure and unspotted virgin ...
... recorded if they had not been uttered ; and assuming that they were uttered , they lead irresistibly to the convic- tion , that Mary was truly described in the preced- ing verses , and that she was really a pure and unspotted virgin ...
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... recorded re- specting the literal fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy , -of the immaculate conception of the virgin , and the divinity of the Saviour , so far as these two facts are proved , by the same evidence . Of the latter , the divine ...
... recorded re- specting the literal fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy , -of the immaculate conception of the virgin , and the divinity of the Saviour , so far as these two facts are proved , by the same evidence . Of the latter , the divine ...
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... recorded , as above all suspicion , we have secondly , through them , the evidence of two angelic witnesses - the angel Gabriel , who ap- peared to Mary at the Annunciation , and the angel who appeared to Joseph in a dream , certifying ...
... recorded , as above all suspicion , we have secondly , through them , the evidence of two angelic witnesses - the angel Gabriel , who ap- peared to Mary at the Annunciation , and the angel who appeared to Joseph in a dream , certifying ...
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... recorded to have taken place during that important period . Mark is known to have been the friend and companion of St. Peter , the first called of the Apostles , from whom he had am- ple opportunities of deriving information , and who ...
... recorded to have taken place during that important period . Mark is known to have been the friend and companion of St. Peter , the first called of the Apostles , from whom he had am- ple opportunities of deriving information , and who ...
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Page 23 - And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest...
Page 125 - And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Page 4 - Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be...
Page 72 - For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father ; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Page 32 - But while he thought, on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Page 106 - And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Page 54 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Page 27 - For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy and blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Page 26 - And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost...
Page 33 - Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife, and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son. And he called his name JESUS.