The Apocalypse of St. John: Or Prophecy of the Rise, Progress, and Fall of the Church of Rome; the Inquisition; the Revolution of France; the Universal War; and the Final Triumph of Christianity. Being a New InterpretationE. Littell, 1827 - 319 pages |
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... Patmos , about the year of our Lord 97 , in the time of the Emperor Domitian . Its purpose was to prepare the Asiatic Churches for the impending persecution , which was to commence under the Emperor Trajan , and be continued until the ...
... Patmos , about the year of our Lord 97 , in the time of the Emperor Domitian . Its purpose was to prepare the Asiatic Churches for the impending persecution , which was to commence under the Emperor Trajan , and be continued until the ...
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... Patmos , the Apostle could have found any one capable of correcting that style ; it may be much more doubted , whether he would have dared to submit to any other hand the record of those solemn impressions which he must have felt to be ...
... Patmos , the Apostle could have found any one capable of correcting that style ; it may be much more doubted , whether he would have dared to submit to any other hand the record of those solemn impressions which he must have felt to be ...
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... Patmos , for ( dia , on account of ) the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ . " ( Tov oyov του Θεου και την μαρτυρίαν . ) The identity of expression in these three passages of the original seems to imply , that the second had ...
... Patmos , for ( dia , on account of ) the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ . " ( Tov oyov του Θεου και την μαρτυρίαν . ) The identity of expression in these three passages of the original seems to imply , that the second had ...
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... Patmos on account of having given this evidence to the " word of God and testimony of Jesus . " The usual way of interpreting the verse at the com- mencement * is , that the writer is merely intending to his having given a faithful ...
... Patmos on account of having given this evidence to the " word of God and testimony of Jesus . " The usual way of interpreting the verse at the com- mencement * is , that the writer is merely intending to his having given a faithful ...
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... Patmos to Ephesus after the death of the tyrant Domitian.t Victorinus ( A. D. 290 ) says that John was ban- ished by Domitian , and in his reign saw the Apoca- lypse . ‡ Eusebius , in the history of Domitian's persecution , says , " In ...
... Patmos to Ephesus after the death of the tyrant Domitian.t Victorinus ( A. D. 290 ) says that John was ban- ished by Domitian , and in his reign saw the Apoca- lypse . ‡ Eusebius , in the history of Domitian's persecution , says , " In ...
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Page 91 - And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 8. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
Page 191 - Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers. and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Page 227 - And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo, a black horse ; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny ; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Page 189 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones ; the first foundation was jasper ; the second, sapphire ; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald ; the fifth, sardonyx ; the sixth, sardius ; the seventh, chrysolite ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz ; the tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, a jacinth ; the twelfth, an amethyst.
Page 40 - To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 304 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Page 89 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 141 - And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 80 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
Page 175 - And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.