A History of the New Testament Times, Volume 4Williams and Norgate, 1895 - Bible |
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... Parthians , had taken advantage of the emperor's peaceful reign to place his son Arsaces on the throne of Armenia . Tiberius at first combatted this policy of conquest indirectly , by encouraging Tiridates , a Parthian prince living as ...
... Parthians , had taken advantage of the emperor's peaceful reign to place his son Arsaces on the throne of Armenia . Tiberius at first combatted this policy of conquest indirectly , by encouraging Tiridates , a Parthian prince living as ...
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... Parthian war a very possible contingency . In Judæa and among the Nabatæans it seems to have been regarded as probable . In any case it was advisable to quiet the eastern provinces in order to prevent any conspiracies . Such was the ...
... Parthian war a very possible contingency . In Judæa and among the Nabatæans it seems to have been regarded as probable . In any case it was advisable to quiet the eastern provinces in order to prevent any conspiracies . Such was the ...
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... Parthian satraps , so that the Jewish world was suddenly filled with the clang of arms.2 The storm soon passed , but in the mind of the church these years of war remained as heralds of the Lord's advent . The Apocalypse , too , refers ...
... Parthian satraps , so that the Jewish world was suddenly filled with the clang of arms.2 The storm soon passed , but in the mind of the church these years of war remained as heralds of the Lord's advent . The Apocalypse , too , refers ...
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... Parthians , and thought it inconvenient to become involved with the courts of Ctesiphon and Petra at the same time . Possibly , too , personal animosity to Antipas induced him to send for instructions to Rome before assisting the allied ...
... Parthians , and thought it inconvenient to become involved with the courts of Ctesiphon and Petra at the same time . Possibly , too , personal animosity to Antipas induced him to send for instructions to Rome before assisting the allied ...
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Adolf Hausrath. Rome , had forced the Parthian king to take refuge in the northern satrapies , Vitellius was at liberty to advance against Aretas with two legions and the auxiliaries.1 But instead of engaging with the Bedouins in ...
Adolf Hausrath. Rome , had forced the Parthian king to take refuge in the northern satrapies , Vitellius was at liberty to advance against Aretas with two legions and the auxiliaries.1 But instead of engaging with the Bedouins in ...
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Page 176 - He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Page 177 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 228 - But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Page 134 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 151 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Page 117 - But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams...
Page 64 - Let no man deceive you by any means : for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed; the son of perdition ; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 65 - And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Page 144 - And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people ; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
Page 12 - And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled : for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.