Talált 574 Eredmények: Living Stone
who thereupon cleansed the sanctuary, nor any stone that was polluted with idolatry but they had it away into a place unclean. (1 Maccabees 4, 43)
But it was against the holy place itself that he turned his arms, and long he beleaguered it; what catapults he brought to bear on it, what engines! Flew fiery darts, flew stone and javelin and arrow from mangonel and arbalest, and the slings took their turn. (1 Maccabees 6, 51)
But ere long there was conspiracy afoot among the godless party; here were Jonathan and his men living secure of their safety; let Bacchides come in again, he might seize them all, and make one night’s work of it. (1 Maccabees 9, 58)
It was the walls needed rebuilding, so he told his workmen; on every side, the hill of Sion must be defended with hewn stone; and punctually they obeyed him. (1 Maccabees 10, 11)
Over the graves of his father and his brethren Simon raised a towering monument, of dressed stone behind and before; (1 Maccabees 13, 27)
To this the king assented; high priest he became, and straightway set about perverting his fellow-countrymen to the Gentile way of living. (2 Maccabees 4, 10)
Man’s sentence here I may avoid if I will, but God’s almighty hand, living or dead, escape I may not. (2 Maccabees 6, 26)
What a living proof was this of God’s power, when he was struck to earth, and must finish his journey by litter, one that boasted, till now, he could rise beyond man’s measure, the sea’s waves govern, and weigh mountains in the balance! (2 Maccabees 9, 8)
But of one nation, the Jews, we hear that they resisted our father’s will, who would have had them conform to the Greek way of living; to their own tradition they hold fast, and their plea is, we should grant them the enjoyment of their rights in the matter. (2 Maccabees 11, 24)
In heaven he is, sure enough, they answered, the living Lord our master, that gave orders the seventh day should be observed. (2 Maccabees 15, 4)
who this might be, Onias told him forthwith: Here is one that loves our brethren, the people of Israel, well; one that for Israel and for every stone of the holy city prays much; God’s prophet Jeremias. (2 Maccabees 15, 14)
No good ever came of money ill gotten; honest living is death’s avoiding. (Proverbs 10, 2)
