The Doctrine of the Greek Article: Applied to the Criticism and Illustration of the New Testament

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J. & J.J. Deighton, 1828 - Bible - 678 pages

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Page 328 - So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
Page 339 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 363 - For these things came to pass that the scripture might be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Page 314 - The style of our present version is incomparably superior to any thing which might be expected from the finical and perverted taste of our own age. It is simple, it is harmonious, it is energetic; and, which is of no small importance, use has made it familiar, and time has rendered it sacred.
Page 215 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Page 86 - Though one individual may act, and frequently does act, in several capacities, it 'is not likely that a multitude of individuals should all of them act in the same several capacities, and by the extreme improbability, that they should be represented as so acting, we may be forbidden to understand the second Plural Attributive of the persons designed in the Article prefixed to the first, however the usage in the Singular might seem to countenance the construetion.
Page 626 - But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Page 431 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shall not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 587 - For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel...
Page 543 - Scriptures, unless such interpretation be admitted, we cannot avoid one of two great difficulties ; for either " we must assert that the multitude of applications, made by Christ and his apostles, are fanciful and unauthorized, and wholly inadequate to prove the points for which they are quoted ; or, on the other hand, we must believe that the obvious and natural sense of such passages was never intended, and that it was a mere illusion.

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