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... Christ is their principal subject . They are histories of his life . Their authors obviously considered him worthy of profound reverence and implicit credit . And yet their accounts have not the faintest shadows of the character or ...
... Christ is their principal subject . They are histories of his life . Their authors obviously considered him worthy of profound reverence and implicit credit . And yet their accounts have not the faintest shadows of the character or ...
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... Christ , tell us plainly . " On these occasions , as the historians have not hesitated to inform us , he directly and uniformly refused to comply with the request made to him . They give us no explanation of the reasons of his refusal ...
... Christ , tell us plainly . " On these occasions , as the historians have not hesitated to inform us , he directly and uniformly refused to comply with the request made to him . They give us no explanation of the reasons of his refusal ...
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... Christ ? They wanted him to assume a character and to perform miracles , conformable to their cherished and pre - established notions . So that although at first sight it may appear that when they asked of him " a sign , " they meant ...
... Christ ? They wanted him to assume a character and to perform miracles , conformable to their cherished and pre - established notions . So that although at first sight it may appear that when they asked of him " a sign , " they meant ...
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... Christ is spoken of in the most exalted terms . He is described as the image of God , and the brightness of his glory . In him , it is said , dwelt the fulness of the Divinity . him it pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell ...
... Christ is spoken of in the most exalted terms . He is described as the image of God , and the brightness of his glory . In him , it is said , dwelt the fulness of the Divinity . him it pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell ...
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... Christ , it does not surprise me . In all times the tendency to deify the great and good has shown itself . Man has always been disposed to recognize the brightest manifestation of God in his own nature . What were the gods of the ancient.
... Christ , it does not surprise me . In all times the tendency to deify the great and good has shown itself . Man has always been disposed to recognize the brightest manifestation of God in his own nature . What were the gods of the ancient.
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Page 117 - And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
Page 116 - And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast.
Page 38 - Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
Page 265 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
Page 264 - Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
Page 161 - Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always : but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
Page 117 - And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 61 - And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Page 145 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Page 220 - Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.