The History of Christianity from the Birth of Christ to the Abolition of Paganism in the Roman Empire, Volume 1John Murray, 1867 - Church history |
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Page 68
... Luke i . 19 . Seven , however , seems to have been the number of perfection among the Jews from the earliest period . Old Testament , passim . Six seems the sacred number with the Persians . The Amschaspands are usually reckoned six ...
... Luke i . 19 . Seven , however , seems to have been the number of perfection among the Jews from the earliest period . Old Testament , passim . Six seems the sacred number with the Persians . The Amschaspands are usually reckoned six ...
Page 85
... been distributed into twenty - four courses , one of which came into actual office in the Temple every week : they had assumed the old names , as if descended i Luke i . 5-22 . 86 PRIESTHOOD OF ZACHARIAH . k BOOK I. in direct.
... been distributed into twenty - four courses , one of which came into actual office in the Temple every week : they had assumed the old names , as if descended i Luke i . 5-22 . 86 PRIESTHOOD OF ZACHARIAH . k BOOK I. in direct.
Page 90
... Luke i . 23-25 . This opinion revived so strongly in the time of Domitian , as , according to the Christian historian , to awaken the apprehension of the Roman em- peror , who commanded diligent search to be made for all who claimed ...
... Luke i . 23-25 . This opinion revived so strongly in the time of Domitian , as , according to the Christian historian , to awaken the apprehension of the Roman em- peror , who commanded diligent search to be made for all who claimed ...
Page 91
... Luke i . 26 , 38 . I cannot discover any great force in the critical arguments adduced to dis- join these preliminary chapters from the rest of the narrative . There is a very remarkable evidence of their authenti- city in the curious ...
... Luke i . 26 , 38 . I cannot discover any great force in the critical arguments adduced to dis- join these preliminary chapters from the rest of the narrative . There is a very remarkable evidence of their authenti- city in the curious ...
Page 96
... that Mary , as well as her husband , was of the line of David , and Elizabeth of the priestly line , the connexion must have been formed in a preceding generation . b Luke i . 39 , 56 . CHAP . II . BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST .
... that Mary , as well as her husband , was of the line of David , and Elizabeth of the priestly line , the connexion must have been formed in a preceding generation . b Luke i . 39 , 56 . CHAP . II . BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST .
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