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1261 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 87.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… incline our hearts to Him” (comp. Psalm 119:36; 141:4 ), “to keep His commandments” ( 1 Kings 8:58 ); and, if he looks for answers to prayer ( ver. 59 ), it is “that all the people of …
1262 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 5, p. 180.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… had answered her unspoken thought, her unuttered prayer, by showing that mercy and not judgment, love and forgiveness, not punishment and vengeance, were …
1263 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 6, p. 149.3 (Alfred Edersheim)
… . In answer to the prayer of Elisha the eyes of the young man were opened, and he beheld the height which overlooked Dothan—or else that on which it stood—full …
1264 Bible History Old Testament Vol. 7, p. 151.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , so prayer is not necessitarianism; and on looking back upon our lives we have to thank God as often for prayers unanswered as for prayers answered.
1265 Antiquities of the Jews, p. 1.88 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… supper to his father Isaac perceivest to be Esau." So suspecting no deceit, he ate the supper, and betook himself to his prayers and intercessions with God; and …
1266 Antiquities of the Jews, p. 6.37 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… sent to him, and had not staid till his coming, which being appointed according to the will of God, he had prevented him in offering up those prayers and those …
1267 Antiquities of the Jews, p. 7.82 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… come to his servant?" He answered, to buy of him the thrashing-floor, that he might therein build an altar to God, and offer a sacrifice He replied, that he freely …
1268 Antiquities of the Jews, p. 12.11 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… made prayers, that thy affairs may be to thy mind, and that thy kingdom may be preserved in peace, and that the translation of our law may come to the conclusion …
1269 Antiquities of the Jews, p. 12.17 (Titus Flavius Josephus)
… seems to have been intended for both times, both before and after meat. They were rather political questions and answers, tending to the good and religious …
1270 History of Protestantism, vol. 1, p. 609.3 (James Aitken Wylie)
… needed to pray; it was the weak one that was fitted to receive and act upon the answer. It is only the prayer of faith that prevails, and it is only to a great faith …
1271 History of Protestantism, vol. 2, p. 619.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… now to be joined, but first the Huguenots kneeled in prayer. “They are begging for mercy,” cried some one. “No,” it was answered, “they never fight so terribly as after …
1272 History of Protestantism, vol. 3, p. 81.2 (James Aitken Wylie)
… known to be learned and judicious; “you knew the truth formerly, but you have maliciously rejected it, and you must answer for it at the great Day of Judgment …
1273 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book II, p. 150.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… answers to our Creed. Then would follow other passages from the Bible, short prayers, and select sayings of the sages. Special attention was given to the …
1274 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 117.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… , in answer to repentant prayer, the symbol of new being, a life restored from death, as they looked on their no longer living but dead death lifted up before them …
1275 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 161.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… to one Chanina ben Dosa to entreat his prayers for the restoration of his son. On this, Chanina is said to have gone up to the Aliyah (upper chamber) to pray. On his …
1276 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 320.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… and answer to prayer. And this principle extends much farther: to the prayer for, and provision of, daily bread, nay, to mostly all things, so that, to those who have …
1277 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 362.1 (Alfred Edersheim)
… were to continue in their very midst till the judicial separation of the end? To these questions Jesus now made answer. His statement of the reason for adopting …
1278 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 388.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… regard to them, even had such been possible. Yet in both cases the recovery might be ascribed by some to coincidence, by others to answer of prayer. And perhaps …
1279 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book III, p. 523.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… delayed answers to prayer, which men sometimes take. Nor can we imagine, that the Lord would have made such cruel trial of the poor agonised woman, or played …
1280 The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah—Book IV, p. 172.2 (Alfred Edersheim)
… daily prayers. When Jesus referred the lawyer to the Scriptures, he could scarcely fail to quote this first paramount obligation. Similarly, he spoke as a …