An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. With an Appendix, Giving a Condensed History of the Jews from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present Day. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings |
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... council called the Sanhedrim , consisting of 72 judges , which possessed the power of life and death . The Jews called it a hedge to the laws ; " and maintained that it was instituted by God in the days of Moses , when He appointed 72 ...
... council called the Sanhedrim , consisting of 72 judges , which possessed the power of life and death . The Jews called it a hedge to the laws ; " and maintained that it was instituted by God in the days of Moses , when He appointed 72 ...
Page 85
... council of 120 elders , who , in regular succession , from the time of Ezra , laboured to restore the Jewish state and extend a correct knowledge of the Scriptures . The whole of the sacred books thus collected and arranged , is called ...
... council of 120 elders , who , in regular succession , from the time of Ezra , laboured to restore the Jewish state and extend a correct knowledge of the Scriptures . The whole of the sacred books thus collected and arranged , is called ...
Page 130
... council , and asked by what authority or power they did this ? Peter , who once trembled at the voice of a maid , answered with astonishing boldness , In the name of Jesus of Nazareth whom they had crucified , but whom God had raised up ...
... council , and asked by what authority or power they did this ? Peter , who once trembled at the voice of a maid , answered with astonishing boldness , In the name of Jesus of Nazareth whom they had crucified , but whom God had raised up ...
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... council at Jerusalem . The second , from this council to the close of his labours in Greece . The third , from his last visit at Jerusalem to his death . In the first , Paul and Barnabas went to Cyprus , where Sergius Paulus , the Roman ...
... council at Jerusalem . The second , from this council to the close of his labours in Greece . The third , from his last visit at Jerusalem to his death . In the first , Paul and Barnabas went to Cyprus , where Sergius Paulus , the Roman ...
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... no trial ; but lived two years in his own hired house , teaching with much success the things pertaining to the kingdom of God . A large church was there instructed and nourished by him . Some 140 PERIOD III . COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM .
... no trial ; but lived two years in his own hired house , teaching with much success the things pertaining to the kingdom of God . A large church was there instructed and nourished by him . Some 140 PERIOD III . COUNCIL AT JERUSALEM .
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Page 197 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Page 158 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Page 30 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 167 - Let no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 45 - Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Page 56 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going' forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 27 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods.
Page 116 - And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 58 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 33 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.