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• Genealogy
  ...and Arabic, but also including Romans, Kelts, Saxons, the earliest history naturally being drawn upon genealogical as well as on annalie lines. A modern tendenc ...who, according to law , was registered by Luke as the son of Heli, though naturally the son of Jacob, as Matthew records him. This is the explanation which was
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• Propitiation
  ...he Atonement, London, 1895, p. 170 f.). Hence the Johannine emphasis falls naturally upon the issues of the propitiation set forth in terms of cleansing from si ...octrine of Christ's propitiation and oblation for sin, to represent God as naturally an implacable and vengeful being, and only made placable and disposed to sh
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• Samson
  ...Samson and the possibility of its being a solar myth, but such ideas were naturally far from the mind of the anonymous writer of the [[Epistle]] to the Hebrews ...t region where he was most needed. The Philistines, therefore, became very naturally the objects of that retributive course of proceedings in which Samson was t
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• Weights And Measures
  ...16:7) appears under the name of ‘ <b> measure </b> ,’ the expression being naturally a general and inexact one. The total quantity intended to be indicated is 1 ...s had no coinage of their own before the time of the Maccabees, they would naturally be influenced by the weights in use in PhÅ“nicia. The full weight shekel
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• Elder
  ...ribes came together to form the nation of Israel, the elders of the tribes naturally assumed important roles in governing the affairs of the nation. Moses was c ...tracted) of the Christian church were a class of church governors borrowed naturally from the synagogue; especially as cases occurred of whole synagogues and th
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• Paedobaptism
  ...be baptized was so thoroughly inwrought into Jewish thought, and passed so naturally into the thought of the New Testament, that we should not expect to find ei
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• Creation
  ...Uranus, and does not hold good in Neptune. The figure of the earth is that naturally assumed by a plastic mass revolving about its axis; also its traces of inte ...this effect is quoted both by [[Clemens]] Alexandrinus and Strabo, we may naturally conclude that they had the same origin. </p> <p> <strong> 4. </strong> The
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• Apocalyptic Literature
  ...nt questions which recur in the religious sphere with every generation. He naturally looks into his own age, and finds no sign of a restoration to righteousness ...ken by Nebuchadnezzar, "in the 25th year of Jeconiah, king of Judah." This naturally ought to mean the 25th year of the reign of Jeconiah, but he only reigned t
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• Clementine Literature
  ...nd the apostles might come to be regarded as contemporaries. Clement might naturally be chosen as a typical representative of the [[Gentile]] converts by an Ebi
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• Flavius Claudius Julianus Emperor
  ...ians. The words are characteristic: "Literature and the Greek language are naturally ours, who are worshippers of the gods; illiterate ignorance and rusticity a
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• Diana
  ...and also of birds and fish. Out of this conception the huntress idea would naturally develop. And it seems that it was in connexion with this that the idea of t ...Ephesus was the capital of Asia in the limited sense, Diana of Ephesus was naturally the idol "whom all Asia and the world worshipped." (See [[Asia]] .) [[Games
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• Arabia
  ...[Phenicia]] and Egypt. The word flock, used here, must not convey the idea naturally entertained in our own country of sheep only, but, together with these or g ...he accession of [[Caligula]] brought a great change, and the suggestion is naturally made that he bought over Aretas by ceding Damascus to him. The fact that no
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• Babylonia
  .... The same conclusion is ascertained by a study of the art and literature. Naturally, as mentioned above, it is not impossible that this development took place ...abylonia, as will be seen, would have been a more accurate designation. It naturally falls into two divisions, the northern being more or less mountainous, whil
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• Marriage
  ...wife if divorced, except in case of adultery. ( <em> b </em> ) The husband naturally signified his generosity and affection by gifts to his bride (&nbsp; Genesi ...those of higher rank. The large number of young females who were present, naturally reminded me of the wise and foolish virgins in our Saviour's parable. These
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• Mary
  ...m> is largely based on the song of [[Hannah]] (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 2:1-36 ). [[Naturally]] at such a time of deep spiritual emotion she fell back on the OT Scriptur ...:58. </p> <p> '''II.''' ''Christian Legends.'' '''''—''''' These, as might naturally be expected, played an important part in the traditional history of Mary. T
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• Preaching
  ...e the reformation, but not equal to the reformed preachers; and a question naturally arises here, which it would be unpardonable to pass over in silence, concer ...n without any knowledge of the Scriptures or of the facts concerning Jesus naturally employed different methods of appeal. On the negative side it exposed idola
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• Peter
  ...esus’ Lordship, proceeded to use His powerful name, the Jewish authorities naturally suspected them of violating the Deuteronomic Law, and questioned them to le ...ates to the Gentiles </p> <p> It was calculated also to open his own mind, naturally prejudiced on the side of Jewish exclusiveness. It also showed God's sovere
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• Messiah
  ...ve Aramaic, <i> Abbâ </i> was the mode of address in prayer that came most naturally to His lips, and became a tradition in the worship of the early Christian C ...livered, the Pauline conceptions of His relations with the Church followed naturally. God was not to condemn those who had voluntarily undertaken to prepare for
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• Passover
  ...ion? Wilder extremists see in the Supper, not a simple memorial instituted naturally by Jesus and suggested by the circumstances of the time, but the influence ...atical]] Year.)'' </p> <p> The consecration of the firstborn in Exodus 13, naturally connects itself with the consecration of the firstfruits, which is its type
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• Restoration
  ...tain hope as to the final issue can be built upon the fact. Here many will naturally diverge in judgment, and feel that they can raise their hope so securely no
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