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... John the Bap- tist . The little village of Nazareth lay nestling in the northern hills , in the despised province of Galilee . It was inhabited by a few humble peas- ants , of various tribes , many of whom poverty or obscurity had ...
... John the Bap- tist . The little village of Nazareth lay nestling in the northern hills , in the despised province of Galilee . It was inhabited by a few humble peas- ants , of various tribes , many of whom poverty or obscurity had ...
Page 168
... John's acknowledgment of him as the Christ , he is supposed to have returned to Nazareth , followed by some of John's former disciples , Peter , Andrew . James , John , and Philip . There he learned that his mother had gone over to the ...
... John's acknowledgment of him as the Christ , he is supposed to have returned to Nazareth , followed by some of John's former disciples , Peter , Andrew . James , John , and Philip . There he learned that his mother had gone over to the ...
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... John ( 2:11 ) , who thus sets aside all those grotesque and monstrous things which are related of Jesus in the apocry- phal books . But Mary knew his miraculous con- ception and the marvels attending his birth . She had watched his ...
... John ( 2:11 ) , who thus sets aside all those grotesque and monstrous things which are related of Jesus in the apocry- phal books . But Mary knew his miraculous con- ception and the marvels attending his birth . She had watched his ...
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... John , the one apostle who witnessed the crucifixion of Christ from a point near the cross , to record the pathetic incident in which Mary participated . She had stood near the cross , her mother - heart sickening at the great agony ...
... John , the one apostle who witnessed the crucifixion of Christ from a point near the cross , to record the pathetic incident in which Mary participated . She had stood near the cross , her mother - heart sickening at the great agony ...
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... John , " Behold thy mother . " To the sensitive and sympathetic John this mere hint was sufficient . He rightly interpreted it into a wish that Mary be spared the pain of witnessing the closing scene of all . Gently and tenderly John ...
... John , " Behold thy mother . " To the sensitive and sympathetic John this mere hint was sufficient . He rightly interpreted it into a wish that Mary be spared the pain of witnessing the closing scene of all . Gently and tenderly John ...
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Page 77 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 82 - And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel...
Page 130 - And Elijah said unto her, fear not ; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
Page 63 - And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
Page 210 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Page 44 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 15 - And bore him further on, and laid his head Beneath the shadow of a desert shrub ; And, shrouding up her face, she went away, And sat to watch, where he could see her not, Till he should die...
Page 60 - But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword ; and there was not a man left. Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet...
Page 45 - Egypt's dark sea! Jehovah has triumphed — His people are free! Sing! — for the pride of the tyrant is broken: His chariots, his horsemen, all splendid and brave, — How vain was their boasting! — the Lord hath but spoken, And chariots and horsemen are sunk in the wave ! Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea! Jehovah has triumphed — His people are free!
Page 46 - If there be a prophet among you, I ' the LORD will make myself known unto him In a vision, ' and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses ' is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will ' I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark ' speeches ; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold...