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2721 History of the Reformation, vol. 5, p. 865.5 (Jean-Henri Merle D'aubigné)
… Henry’s choice. The cardinal eagerly moved forward to meet this unexpected guest, and impatient to know the object of his mission, took him into his bed-chamber …
2722 The History of the Waldenses, p. 44.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… their choice—to go to mass, to be butchered as sheep, or to fight for their lives. They chose the last, and made ready for battle. But first they must remove to a place …
2723 The History of the Waldenses, p. 98.1 (James Aitken Wylie)
… other choice soldiers. There came a regiment from Spain; and numerous volunteers from Piedmont, comprising many of the nobility. From 4,000, the original …
2724 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book II, p. 57.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… between choice of good and evil, the land would be freed of its dangers; so now all that was then prefigured was to become literally true, and—Israel—to be saved …
2725 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book II, p. 139.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… own choice.
2726 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book II, p. 163.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… wise choice of the High-Priest. With the exception of the brief tenure by Aristobulus, the last of the Maccabees—whose appointment, too soon followed by his …
2727 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 3.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… conscious choice determines his position. No crown of victory without previous contest, and that proportionately to its brightness; no moral ideal without …
2728 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 14.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… a choice, but a contest, for Satan is the prince of this world. During the whole forty days of Christ’s stay in the wilderness His Temptation continued, though …
2729 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 33.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… man’s choice of evil or good, with its consequences of misery or happiness, to depend entirely on the exercise of free will and self-determination. And in this …
2730 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 35.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of choice, his personal responsibility, and moral obligation. Although every event depended upon God, whether a man served God or not was entirely in his own …
2731 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 178.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of ecclesiastical officers. Then there are the elders ( Zeqenim ), or rulers (arconteV), whose chief is the Archisynagogos, or Rosh ha-Keneseth. These …
2732 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 185.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of the passage was left to the reader himself. At any rate, as regarded the ordinary Sabbath days, we are told that a reader might omit one or more verses …
2733 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 197.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of such a text for His first Messianic Sermon. It struck the key-note to the whole of His Galilean ministry. The ancient Synagogue regarded Isaiah …
2734 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 246.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… of choice in His Mission. Not so—followed by a curious crowd, or thronged by eager multitudes of sightseers, or aspirants for temporal benefits—was the—Kingdom …
2735 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 352.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… own choice, but which, as they voluntarily occupied their position relatively to Christ, had grown into the fulfilment of the terrible prediction of Esaias …
2736 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 417.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… made choice of a host proved true, then the Peace with thee! with which they had entered their temporary home, would become a reality. Christ would make it such …
2737 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 427.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of either those nearest and dearest, of ease, nay, of life itself, or else of Christ, there could be no compromise. Not that, as is sometimes erroneously …
2738 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 462.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… voluntary choice, the fare of the Lord and of His followers was the poorest. Indeed, barley-bread was, almost proverbially, the meanest. Hence, as the Mishnah …
2739 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 507.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… believing choice and by determination of conviction, would come, should in no wise be rejected of Him.We are here involuntarily reminded of the fate of Elijah …
2740 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 510.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… the choice of words: Literally, “were satisfied with food as animals with fodder.”’—ecortasqhte. Shabb. 30 b; Jer. Sheqal. vi. 2. Kethub. 111 b .