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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... lived originally in purity and innocence . Perpetual happiness was promised them by the Creator if they persevered in their virtue . But an evil demon came to them in the form of a serpent , sent by Ahriman , the prince of devils , and ...
... lived originally in purity and innocence . Perpetual happiness was promised them by the Creator if they persevered in their virtue . But an evil demon came to them in the form of a serpent , sent by Ahriman , the prince of devils , and ...
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... lived like Gods , without vices or passions , vexation or toil . In happy companionship with divine beings , they passed their days in tranquillity and joy , living together in perfect equality , united by mutual confidence and love ...
... lived like Gods , without vices or passions , vexation or toil . In happy companionship with divine beings , they passed their days in tranquillity and joy , living together in perfect equality , united by mutual confidence and love ...
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... lived peacefully , surrounded by all the beasts . In their sacred books there is a story concerning a myste- rious ... lived pleasantly with the animals , and all creatures were members of the same family . Ignorant of evil , man lived ...
... lived peacefully , surrounded by all the beasts . In their sacred books there is a story concerning a myste- rious ... lived pleasantly with the animals , and all creatures were members of the same family . Ignorant of evil , man lived ...
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... lived long after the Babylonish captivity , and is quite unknown . ' The writer of the seventeenth chapter of Matthew has made Jesus a teacher of the doctrine of Transmigration . The Lord had promised that he would send Elijah ( Elias ) ...
... lived long after the Babylonish captivity , and is quite unknown . ' The writer of the seventeenth chapter of Matthew has made Jesus a teacher of the doctrine of Transmigration . The Lord had promised that he would send Elijah ( Elias ) ...
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... lived about 250 B. C. In one of these we have a statement that pretty nearly agrees with the Israelitish tradition about a sojourn in Goshen , But the Israelites were looked down on by the Egyp tians as foreigners , and they are ...
... lived about 250 B. C. In one of these we have a statement that pretty nearly agrees with the Israelitish tradition about a sojourn in Goshen , But the Israelites were looked down on by the Egyp tians as foreigners , and they are ...
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Popular passages
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.