| Israel - 1841 - 1130 pages
...even from his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power...of the just ; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." (Luke i. 13—17.) Here, you will observe, the very words of Malachi are applied to the... | |
| Henry Budd - Baptism - 1841 - 820 pages
...womb, and many of the children of Israel shall he c 5 turn to the Lord their God. And he shall gcj before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn...wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke i. 14—17. Here are three things to be remarked as to the spiritual character of this... | |
| 1842 - 384 pages
...and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. 14 And thou shall have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his...And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this ? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. 19 And the angel answering, said... | |
| John Campbell - Eromanga (Vanuatu) - 1842 - 562 pages
...even from his mother's womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God ; and he shall go before him in the spirit and power...the just, — to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." All this betokens the utmost moral greatness. As the period of John's public labours was... | |
| Abiel Abbot Livermore - Bible - 1842 - 392 pages
...from his mother's 16 womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the 17 Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power...disobedient to the wisdom of the just ; to make ready a able offices of the priesthood; and no one, according to Bloomfield, was permitted to do it more than... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...Jesus, from the one end of holy Scripture to the other. It is a promise of one whom God would send " in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts...wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke 1. 17. Thus the angel in St. Luke's Gospel applies this prophecy to John the Baptist.... | |
| Henry Jones Ripley - Bible - 1844 - 590 pages
...divinely-appointed messenger, the Messiah himself was shortly to appear. There was among the Jews a sort of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the...And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, anc ray wife well stricken in years. 19 And the angel, answering, said... | |
| 1844 - 524 pages
...of the Lord describes to Zacharias the greatness of the Child that should be born unto him, says, " And he shall go before him in the spirit and power...of the just ; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." And again, in the 7th chapter, verses 26—28, Jesus testifies that John was the messenger... | |
| Daniel Bagot - Bible - 1844 - 356 pages
...stated in Luke i. 16-17 — " And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power...wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Thus John was to discharge an office, to a certain extent similar to that which Elijah ahall... | |
| Johann Christoph von Schmid - 1844 - 246 pages
...many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their ^ God. And he shall go before Him in =1 the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the ^ hearts...of the just ; to make ready a people prepared for the ( Lord." Cf Zacharias, seized with fear and sur- r . prise, could scarcely believe what the angel... | |
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