Two Hundred Pictorial Illustrations of the Holy Bible: Consisting of Views in the Holy Land, Together with Many of the Remarkable Objects Mentioned in the Old and New Testaments, Representing Sacred Historical Events, Copied from Celebrated Pictures, Principally by the Old Masters; the Landscape Scenes Made from Original Sketches, Taken on the Spot |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 30
Page 11
... probably , as was the case with me , have never known the existence of such a city ; and independently of all personal consid- erations , I confess that I felt what I trust was not an inexcusable pride , in writing upon the innermost ...
... probably , as was the case with me , have never known the existence of such a city ; and independently of all personal consid- erations , I confess that I felt what I trust was not an inexcusable pride , in writing upon the innermost ...
Page 13
... probably been the sleeping apartments of the different members of the family ; the mysteries of bars and bolts , of folding doors and third stories , being unknown in the days of the ancient Edomites . There were no paintings or ...
... probably been the sleeping apartments of the different members of the family ; the mysteries of bars and bolts , of folding doors and third stories , being unknown in the days of the ancient Edomites . There were no paintings or ...
Page 14
... probably , year after year , in this beautiful climate , the Edomite of old sat under the gathering shades of evening , sometimes look- ing down upon the congregated thousands and the stirring scenes in the theatre beneath , or beyond ...
... probably , year after year , in this beautiful climate , the Edomite of old sat under the gathering shades of evening , sometimes look- ing down upon the congregated thousands and the stirring scenes in the theatre beneath , or beyond ...
Page 19
... probably contained irrefragable evidence for the truth of the Mosaic history . Hence copies of them have been anxiously sought and secured . But , with the exception of a few in Greek , the character and language remain unknown ...
... probably contained irrefragable evidence for the truth of the Mosaic history . Hence copies of them have been anxiously sought and secured . But , with the exception of a few in Greek , the character and language remain unknown ...
Page 22
... probably to afford time for the whole 600,000 with their children to assemble . This may have been a place four leagues eastward from Cairo , called Birket - el - Hadgi , or the Pil- grim's Pool , where the caravan to Mecca actually ...
... probably to afford time for the whole 600,000 with their children to assemble . This may have been a place four leagues eastward from Cairo , called Birket - el - Hadgi , or the Pil- grim's Pool , where the caravan to Mecca actually ...
Common terms and phrases
Abraham ancient ancient Egypt animals apostles appearance Arab Asia Babylon beard beautiful blessed called camel Canaan cartoon character CHRIST Christian color covered custom Damascus David death desert desolation Divine earth East Edom Egypt Egyptian Elymas engraving faith feet females gates giraffe give glory goat gold hands hath head heaven holy human hundred inhabitants instruments Isaiah Israel Israelites JEHOVAH Jerusalem JESUS Jewish Jews Jordan Judea kind king kinnor land LORD manner miracles Moab Moses mosque Mount Mount of Olives mountains mummies nature Nineveh Oriental ornaments PALMYRA Persian persons Peter Petra Plague plain present priests prophet Raffaelle reader Red sea religion remarkable represented rock Roman ruins Ruth sacred Saul says Scripture sculptures seen sepulchres side SISTINE CHAPEL Solomon SOLOMON'S TEMPLE stone supposed Syria temple thee thou tion tomb travellers unto valley walls whole wilderness worn
Popular passages
Page 174 - And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing ; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.
Page 172 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
Page 102 - The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.
Page 36 - And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: ~] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Page 156 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.
Page 161 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 67 - Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
Page 14 - They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, And all her princes shall be nothing. And thorns shall come up in her palaces, Nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: And it shall be an habitation of dragons, And a court for owls.
Page 118 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Page 199 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.