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... Pilate , of perverting the nation , and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar , saying , that he himself was the Christ ; a king ! In this charge they addressed themselves with great dexterity to Pilate's passions and fears . As a 16 181.
... Pilate , of perverting the nation , and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar , saying , that he himself was the Christ ; a king ! In this charge they addressed themselves with great dexterity to Pilate's passions and fears . As a 16 181.
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Hannah Adams. great dexterity to Pilate's passions and fears . As a Roman governor , this was an accusation to which it ... Pilate heard that saying he was the more afraid . " Doubtless he recollected . the miracles , said to have been ...
Hannah Adams. great dexterity to Pilate's passions and fears . As a Roman governor , this was an accusation to which it ... Pilate heard that saying he was the more afraid . " Doubtless he recollected . the miracles , said to have been ...
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... Pilate , therefore , probably feared that our Saviour was really something more than man , and that some judgment would befal him , if he consented to his death ; there being many examples , in the Pagan my- thology , of persons who ...
... Pilate , therefore , probably feared that our Saviour was really something more than man , and that some judgment would befal him , if he consented to his death ; there being many examples , in the Pagan my- thology , of persons who ...
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... Pilate saw he could prevail nothing , he took water , and washed his hands before the multi- tude , saying , I am innocent of the blood of this just person ; see ye to it . " To wash the hands as a symbol of innocence , was usual among ...
... Pilate saw he could prevail nothing , he took water , and washed his hands before the multi- tude , saying , I am innocent of the blood of this just person ; see ye to it . " To wash the hands as a symbol of innocence , was usual among ...
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... Pilate had repeat- edly pronounced him innocent , in the course of his trial . At last , he makes the cross itself proclaim his innocence . We are not surprised that his conduct gave offence to the Jews , as it expressed so strongly a ...
... Pilate had repeat- edly pronounced him innocent , in the course of his trial . At last , he makes the cross itself proclaim his innocence . We are not surprised that his conduct gave offence to the Jews , as it expressed so strongly a ...
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Page 140 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Page 158 - I have kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and...
Page 141 - But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise : and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
Page 136 - And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 85 - Jesus went with them. And when He was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying unto Him, Lord, trouble not Thyself: for I am not worthy that Thou shouldest enter under my roof:' wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto Thee : but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
Page 148 - Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 75 - And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ' Or how wilt thou (Say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye : and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Page 139 - But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
Page 140 - Then said the king to the servants. Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 66 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head and wash thy face that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret. And thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.