Bible Myths, and Their Parallels in Other Religions: Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with Those of Heathen Nations of Antiquity, Considering Also Their Origin and Meaning |
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... bodies of men and produced all manner of diseases . They en- tered into their minds , and incited them to sensuality , falsehood , slander and revenge . Into every department of the world they intro- duced discord and death . " Ye shall ...
... bodies of men and produced all manner of diseases . They en- tered into their minds , and incited them to sensuality , falsehood , slander and revenge . Into every department of the world they intro- duced discord and death . " Ye shall ...
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... body of a lion , with the head of an other animal , or a man , and the wings of a bird . In Ezekiel they have the body of a man , whose head , besides a human countenance , has also that of a Lion , an Ox and an Eagle . They are ...
... body of a lion , with the head of an other animal , or a man , and the wings of a bird . In Ezekiel they have the body of a man , whose head , besides a human countenance , has also that of a Lion , an Ox and an Eagle . They are ...
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... body than that which it occupied before . The belief in such a transition was common to the most civilized , and the most uncivilized , nations of the earth . ' It was believed in , and taught by , the Brahminical Hindoos , ' the ...
... body than that which it occupied before . The belief in such a transition was common to the most civilized , and the most uncivilized , nations of the earth . ' It was believed in , and taught by , the Brahminical Hindoos , ' the ...
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... body when the soul expires , By time corrupted , or consumed by fires ? Nor dies the spirit , but new life repeats Into other forms , and only changes seats . Ev'n I , who these mysterious truths declare , Was once Euphorbus in the ...
... body when the soul expires , By time corrupted , or consumed by fires ? Nor dies the spirit , but new life repeats Into other forms , and only changes seats . Ev'n I , who these mysterious truths declare , Was once Euphorbus in the ...
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... body of John the Baptist , and they knew it not . " And in Mark ( viii . 27 ) we are told that Jesus asked his disciples , saying unto them ; " Whom do men say that I am ? " whereupon they answer : " Some say Elias ; and others , one of ...
... body of John the Baptist , and they knew it not . " And in Mark ( viii . 27 ) we are told that Jesus asked his disciples , saying unto them ; " Whom do men say that I am ? " whereupon they answer : " Some say Elias ; and others , one of ...
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Page 283 - And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them: and His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light.
Page 45 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Page 50 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Page 33 - Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 38 - Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 461 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Page 77 - And the LORD spake unto the fish and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Page 313 - Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, "The Master saith, 'My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
Page 38 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 312 - And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water : follow him. And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples ? And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared : there make ready for us.