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... wife , pitched his tent in the wilderness , and fasted forty days and nights , saying , I will not go up to eat or to drink until the Lord my God regards me , but my prayers shall be my food . Anne remained at home lamenting Zachariah's ...
... wife , pitched his tent in the wilderness , and fasted forty days and nights , saying , I will not go up to eat or to drink until the Lord my God regards me , but my prayers shall be my food . Anne remained at home lamenting Zachariah's ...
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... wife . Hippolytus of Thebes , and other writers , mention his having four sons and two daughters ; who were James , Simon , Jude , and Joses ; and Esther and Thamar , who by transposition was called Martha . - His wife's name was Escha ...
... wife . Hippolytus of Thebes , and other writers , mention his having four sons and two daughters ; who were James , Simon , Jude , and Joses ; and Esther and Thamar , who by transposition was called Martha . - His wife's name was Escha ...
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... wife ; James , Joseph , Simon , and Jude , as the children of Alpheus , and James and John as Zebedee's sons . This genealogy agrees with a MS . account in the British Museum , except making Joseph Barsabas the son of Cleophas , while ...
... wife ; James , Joseph , Simon , and Jude , as the children of Alpheus , and James and John as Zebedee's sons . This genealogy agrees with a MS . account in the British Museum , except making Joseph Barsabas the son of Cleophas , while ...
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... wife of Joseph , in Nazareth of Galilee , to announce that she would be blessed among women , by giving birth to Jesus the promised Messiah . Luke i . 26 , 38 . Soon after the angelical salutation , Mary visited her maternal cousin ...
... wife of Joseph , in Nazareth of Galilee , to announce that she would be blessed among women , by giving birth to Jesus the promised Messiah . Luke i . 26 , 38 . Soon after the angelical salutation , Mary visited her maternal cousin ...
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... wife ? And Joseph said , She is not my wife , but is Mary , who was brought up in the holy of holies in the temple of the Lord - was given to me by lot , and has conceived by the Holy Spirit . The mid- wife said , Is this true ? And I ...
... wife ? And Joseph said , She is not my wife , but is Mary , who was brought up in the holy of holies in the temple of the Lord - was given to me by lot , and has conceived by the Holy Spirit . The mid- wife said , Is this true ? And I ...
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Page 11 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth. and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Page 11 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him : and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Page 12 - And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Page 9 - Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost : And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And...
Page 7 - He took the rods of all and entered the temple and prayed. When he had finished the prayer he took the rods, and went out (again) and gave them to them; but there was no sign on them. Joseph received the last rod, and behold, a dove came out of the rod and flew on to Joseph's head. And the priest said to Joseph: "Joseph, to you has fallen the good fortune to receive the virgin of the Lord; take her under your care.
Page 21 - ... necessity taste of death. 23. Therefore Michael and Gabriel came to the soul of my father Joseph, and took it, and wrapped it in a shining wrapper. Thus he committed his spirit into the hands of my good Father, and He bestowed upon him peace. But as yet none of his children knew that he had fallen asleep. And the angels preserved his soul from the demons of darkness which were in the way, and praised God even until they conducted it into the dwellingplace of the pious.
Page 18 - But when the Lord Jesus had answered that the children of Israel were like Ethiopians among the nations, the women said, Thou, Lord, knowest all things, and nothing is hidden from thee; but now we pray thee, and from thy kindness we ask, that thou wouldst restore these boys, thy servants, to their former condition.
Page 22 - ... be assembled to me. To whom the angel said: Behold, to-day, by the power of my Lord Jesus Christ, all the apostles will come to thee. And Mary says to him : I ask that thou send upon me thy blessing, that no power of the lower world may withstand me in that hour in which my soul shall go out of my body, and that I may not see the prince of darkness.
Page 15 - ... the same time he held out to him his girdle with which he was girded, that he should not open his mouth nor speak. And when my lady, lady Mary, saw that the robber showed kindness to them, she said to him, The Lord God shall sustain thee with his right hand, and give thee remission of sins. And the Lord Jesus answered and said to his mother, After thirty years, O mother, the Jews will* crucify me at Jerusalem, and these two robbers will be lifted on the cross with me, Titus at my right hand and...
Page 28 - Then Peter said : Behold, this malediction will hurt him who has remained unfaithful to Him; but to those who turn themselves to God mercy is not denied. And he said : I believe all that thou sayest to me ; only I implore, have mercy upon me, lest I die.