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Page 483
... Ptolemy Soter , Ptolemy Philadelphus , and Ptolemy Philopater , Kings of Egypt . Of the great Synagogue , the Jewish traditions , their Mishnah and Talmud ; and of the Septuagint Trans- lation of the Bible into Greek . • 1. Question ...
... Ptolemy Soter , Ptolemy Philadelphus , and Ptolemy Philopater , Kings of Egypt . Of the great Synagogue , the Jewish traditions , their Mishnah and Talmud ; and of the Septuagint Trans- lation of the Bible into Greek . • 1. Question ...
Page 484
... Ptolemy about this time ? A. When a cer- tain soothsayer , or cunning - man , advised a Jewish troop of horse , in which Mosollam rode , to stand still , upon the sight of a bird in the way , and told them they should go either backward ...
... Ptolemy about this time ? A. When a cer- tain soothsayer , or cunning - man , advised a Jewish troop of horse , in which Mosollam rode , to stand still , upon the sight of a bird in the way , and told them they should go either backward ...
Page 485
... Ptolemy Philadephus , his youngest son and successor , improved to one hundred thousand volumes : This prince is ... Ptolemies successively , till it arose to seven hundred thousand books ; both these things made Alexandria a famous ...
... Ptolemy Philadephus , his youngest son and successor , improved to one hundred thousand volumes : This prince is ... Ptolemies successively , till it arose to seven hundred thousand books ; both these things made Alexandria a famous ...
Page 486
... Ptolemy had gained the favour of the Jews , by pay- ing the ransom of a hundred thousand of their countrymen , who were enslaved in Egypt , he procured six elders out of every tribe of Israel , which were in all seventy - two , to come ...
... Ptolemy had gained the favour of the Jews , by pay- ing the ransom of a hundred thousand of their countrymen , who were enslaved in Egypt , he procured six elders out of every tribe of Israel , which were in all seventy - two , to come ...
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... Ptolemy Philopator of Egypt reigned over those provinces , he would offer up sacrifices to the God of Israel for his success against Antiochus the great , the successor of Seleucus king of Syria ; and he was not content to stay in the ...
... Ptolemy Philopator of Egypt reigned over those provinces , he would offer up sacrifices to the God of Israel for his success against Antiochus the great , the successor of Seleucus king of Syria ; and he was not content to stay in the ...
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Page 515 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive ; Thou hast received gifts for men ; , Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Page 203 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Page 514 - Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty ; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
Page 520 - And say unto them, thus saith the Lord God, behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land : and I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all : and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all...
Page 155 - LORD, from whom all good things do come ; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same ; through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 556 - Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands he may receive the Holy Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
Page 324 - Now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and. to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy ; to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Page 59 - LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth ? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction : they have made their faces harder than a rock ; they have refused to return.
Page 22 - But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner ; with such an one no not to eat.
Page 569 - And he said unto me, Depart : for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth : for it is not fit that he should live.