Znaleziono 1017 Wyniki dla: High Priest
Menelaus, too, must be of their company, and ever it was treacherous advice he gave to Antiochus; not that he cared for his country’s safety, but he had designs upon the high priesthood still. (2 Maccabees 13, 3)
Now turn we to one Alcimus, that had been high priest formerly, but had wilfully incurred defilement in the days when folk began consorting with the Gentiles.✻ Little hope was left him, he should live to present himself at the altar again; (2 Maccabees 14, 3)
Thou seest here a man robbed of the high priesthood, his rightful inheritance. And the cause of my coming is, (2 Maccabees 14, 7)
His orders were, to take Judas alive, to disperse his company, and of our glorious temple to make Alcimus high priest. (2 Maccabees 14, 13)
So Nicanor found himself quite outwitted; and he must needs make his way into the high and holy precincts of the temple, where even then the priests were offering their accustomed sacrifice. Judas, he said, must be handed over to him; (2 Maccabees 14, 31)
And what saw he? Onias, that had once been high priest, appeared to him; an excellent good man this, modest of mien, courteous, well-spoken, and from his boyhood schooled in all the virtues. With hands outstretched, he stood there praying for the Jewish folk. (2 Maccabees 15, 12)
False counsellors there are, that leave the high road to walk by dark alleys; (Proverbs 2, 13)
there she stands, on some high vantage-point by the public way, where the roads meet, (Proverbs 8, 2)
To every man, high and low, her voice calls: (Proverbs 8, 4)
Listen to me, I have matters of high moment to unfold, a plain message to deliver. (Proverbs 8, 6)
Good counsel is mine, and honourable dealing, discernment and high courage are my gifts; (Proverbs 8, 14)
Wouldst thou attain life, honesty is the high road; by-way there is none but leads to death. (Proverbs 12, 28)