The Gospel According to Matthew: An Essay for Bible Readers and for Sunday School Teachers |
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Page 23 - And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell : for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
Page 11 - But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Page 8 - For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; Him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever He shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will not hear that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people.
Page 37 - I say unto you that ye which have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit upon the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 28 - I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
Page 7 - The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Page 10 - He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
Page 40 - Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth : much more the wicked and the sinner.
Page 40 - Search me, O God, and know my heart ; try me, and know my thoughts ; and see if there be any evil way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 41 - Greek Gospel of Matthew is of such a peculiar character, that it is impossible for us to regard it as a mere version. Does a man, who is translating an important work from one language into another, allow himself to make alterations in the book which he is translating, to change the ideas it presents ? Something of the kind must be supposed to have been done in the Greek Gospel of Matthew with regard to the Hebrew. This is beyond denial, if it be considered merely, how the quotations from the Old...
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| Title | The Gospel According to Matthew: An Essay for Bible Readers and for Sunday School Teachers |
| Author | James Morris Whiton |
| Publisher | W.A. Wilde & Company, 1879 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Sep 13, 2007 |
| Length | 42 pages |
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