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... persecution being denounced against them by imperial authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in motion , or its attention be obtained to religious ...
... persecution being denounced against them by imperial authority . Some length of time , I should suppose , might pass , before the vast machine of the Roman empire would be put in motion , or its attention be obtained to religious ...
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... persecution than the short and occasional one which Tacitus describes . Juvenal , a writer of the same age with the two former , and intending , it should seem , to commemorate the cruelties exercised under Nero's government , has the ...
... persecution than the short and occasional one which Tacitus describes . Juvenal , a writer of the same age with the two former , and intending , it should seem , to commemorate the cruelties exercised under Nero's government , has the ...
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... persecution being denounced against them by sovereign authority . For , from Pliny's doubt how he was to act , his silence concerning any subsisting law on the subject , his requesting the emperor's rescript , and the emperor ...
... persecution being denounced against them by sovereign authority . For , from Pliny's doubt how he was to act , his silence concerning any subsisting law on the subject , his requesting the emperor's rescript , and the emperor ...
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... persecution of Christians . This obser- vation is further confirmed by a rescript of Adrian to Minucius Fundanus , the proconsul of Asia ; * from which rescript it appears , that the custom of the people of Asia was to proceed against ...
... persecution of Christians . This obser- vation is further confirmed by a rescript of Adrian to Minucius Fundanus , the proconsul of Asia ; * from which rescript it appears , that the custom of the people of Asia was to proceed against ...
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... persecution of his followers : " Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted , and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake . " * * Matt . xxiv . 9 . " When affliction or persecution ariseth for the ...
... persecution of his followers : " Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted , and shall kill you : and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake . " * * Matt . xxiv . 9 . " When affliction or persecution ariseth for the ...
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Page 337 - Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 216 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 401 - Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be...
Page 331 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
Page 441 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Page 337 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil ; cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honour preferring one another...
Page 268 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
Page 103 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die ; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things : and we know that his testimony is true.
Page 443 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true ; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 246 - Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.