Sacred Geography: Or, A Gazetteer of the Bible. Containing, in Alphabetical Order, a Geographical Description of All the Countries, Kingdoms, Nations and Tribes of Men, with All the Villages, Towns, Cities, Provinces, Hills, Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Seas, and Islands, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures, Or Apocrypha, Including an Account of the Religion, Government, Population, Fulfilment of Prophecies, and Present Condition of the Most Important PlacesSamuel T. Armstrong, 1813 - 522 pages |
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... Paul preached , ( Acts xviii , 12 ; ) and St. Andrew suffered martyr- dom . This province of the Peloponnessus was bounded west by the Ionian sea , south by Elis and Arcadia , and east by Sicyonia . It is now called Romania , Alta in ...
... Paul preached , ( Acts xviii , 12 ; ) and St. Andrew suffered martyr- dom . This province of the Peloponnessus was bounded west by the Ionian sea , south by Elis and Arcadia , and east by Sicyonia . It is now called Romania , Alta in ...
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... Paul preached the gospel ; here Titus tarried some time to make preparation for the siege of Jerusalem ; here met a general council in the twelfth century . This city successively under the domin- ions of the Romans and of the Moors ...
... Paul preached the gospel ; here Titus tarried some time to make preparation for the siege of Jerusalem ; here met a general council in the twelfth century . This city successively under the domin- ions of the Romans and of the Moors ...
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... Paul in his first voyage to Italy , em . barked in a vessel that was But going to Adrumetum . Calmet , Wells , and Whitby , think it much more probable , that we should read Adram- myttium in the text , because we know St. Paul was ...
... Paul in his first voyage to Italy , em . barked in a vessel that was But going to Adrumetum . Calmet , Wells , and Whitby , think it much more probable , that we should read Adram- myttium in the text , because we know St. Paul was ...
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... Paul and Silas , being delivered out of prison , left Phillippi , went to Thessa lonica , and passed through Am- phipolis ; but it does not appear , that any church was formed there : It has its name from be- ing encompassed by the ...
... Paul and Silas , being delivered out of prison , left Phillippi , went to Thessa lonica , and passed through Am- phipolis ; but it does not appear , that any church was formed there : It has its name from be- ing encompassed by the ...
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... Paul and Barnabas preached a whole year . Josephus says it was the third city of the Ro- man provinces ; it was in fact for a long time , the most pow- erful city of the East . It was famous among the Jews for the jus civitatis , or ...
... Paul and Barnabas preached a whole year . Josephus says it was the third city of the Ro- man provinces ; it was in fact for a long time , the most pow- erful city of the East . It was famous among the Jews for the jus civitatis , or ...
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