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... never fully penetrated , was in some transcendent way one with Him who in this selfsame cloud of glory had led their fathers through the wilderness ! All their previous intercourse with Jesus was by this one glance transfigured . No ...
... never fully penetrated , was in some transcendent way one with Him who in this selfsame cloud of glory had led their fathers through the wilderness ! All their previous intercourse with Jesus was by this one glance transfigured . No ...
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... Never till now had they known how deeply they loved Him . It is often so : we do not realize our love till he whom we love is withdrawn . They loved Him not as a human friend , but with that far deeper and more spiritual love which God ...
... Never till now had they known how deeply they loved Him . It is often so : we do not realize our love till he whom we love is withdrawn . They loved Him not as a human friend , but with that far deeper and more spiritual love which God ...
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... never heard2 . Like the school of the prophets of old who went forth to meet king Saul , so this new school of prophets go forth into the streets of Jerusalem , and meet the crowds who would be already assembling for the Temple service ...
... never heard2 . Like the school of the prophets of old who went forth to meet king Saul , so this new school of prophets go forth into the streets of Jerusalem , and meet the crowds who would be already assembling for the Temple service ...
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... Never during His humiliation had Christ exerted His miraculous power to deliver Him- self or His Apostles from their enemies . Now He is in glory , and it is otherwise : He gives them this re- assuring sign that He will henceforth ...
... Never during His humiliation had Christ exerted His miraculous power to deliver Him- self or His Apostles from their enemies . Now He is in glory , and it is otherwise : He gives them this re- assuring sign that He will henceforth ...
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... never be right ! So possibly some of us might have reasoned . But so reasoned not the Apostles ; on the contrary , with diviner insight into the laws of God's Providence , they saw intuitively that a growing society needs growth of ...
... never be right ! So possibly some of us might have reasoned . But so reasoned not the Apostles ; on the contrary , with diviner insight into the laws of God's Providence , they saw intuitively that a growing society needs growth of ...
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Page 39 - And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
Page 108 - But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Page 118 - And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me.
Page 107 - Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me...
Page 118 - Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come; that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles.
Page 107 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Page 111 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned ? 26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest ; for this man is a Roman.
Page 114 - And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.