Cyclopædia of biblical literature, abridged [by J. Taylor] from the larger work [ed.] by J. Kitto1849 |
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... Roman camp consisted in worshipping the ensigns , swearing by the ensigns , and in preferring the ensigns before all the other gods . SPQR SPQR 1. Roman Standards . Nor was this the last appearance of the abo- mination of desolation ...
... Roman camp consisted in worshipping the ensigns , swearing by the ensigns , and in preferring the ensigns before all the other gods . SPQR SPQR 1. Roman Standards . Nor was this the last appearance of the abo- mination of desolation ...
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... Romans after Judea had been subjugated by Pompey . But it is best known to us as a Roman custom , and as such must be described . The dinner - bed , or triclinium , stood in the middle of the dining- room , clear of the walls , and ...
... Romans after Judea had been subjugated by Pompey . But it is best known to us as a Roman custom , and as such must be described . The dinner - bed , or triclinium , stood in the middle of the dining- room , clear of the walls , and ...
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... Romans they were at first ( after the Punic war ) of rude form and materials , and covered with mattresses stuffed with rushes or straw ; mattresses of hair and wool were introduced at a later period . At first the wooden frames were ...
... Romans they were at first ( after the Punic war ) of rude form and materials , and covered with mattresses stuffed with rushes or straw ; mattresses of hair and wool were introduced at a later period . At first the wooden frames were ...
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... Roman Catholic divines , reject them as spurious ; and there is good reason to believe that the whole chapter of Eusebius which contains these documents is itself an interpolation . ACTS OF THE APOSTLES , SPURIOUS . Of these several are ...
... Roman Catholic divines , reject them as spurious ; and there is good reason to believe that the whole chapter of Eusebius which contains these documents is itself an interpolation . ACTS OF THE APOSTLES , SPURIOUS . Of these several are ...
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... Romans , and rather to the latter than to the former ; for among the more highly civilized Greeks adoption was less frequent than among the Romans . In the East the practice has always been common , especially among the Semitic races ...
... Romans , and rather to the latter than to the former ; for among the more highly civilized Greeks adoption was less frequent than among the Romans . In the East the practice has always been common , especially among the Semitic races ...
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Page 300 - And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed, and went behind them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them : And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these : so that the one came not near the other all the night.
Page 373 - For this child I prayed ; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him : Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD.
Page 26 - And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Page 334 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 350 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Page 281 - Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
Page 280 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and he drank of the brook.
Page 208 - Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of Cephas ; and I of Christ.
Page 322 - And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you...
Page 293 - And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who ? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him ? yea, and he shall be blessed.