Category: Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands
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13. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, Graves in Egypt
“And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?” (Exodus 14:11). In a general way, I think, I had for years entered into the…
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12. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, Lessons from the Dead Sea
“I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto Me, saith the Lord” (Amos 4:11). You never read of the Dead Sea in the Bible; it is never mentioned under that…
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11. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, The Garden Tomb
“Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus, therefore, because of the Jews’ preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand” (John 19:41, 42). Of all the places we saw…
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10. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, The Place Called Calvary
“And when they were come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left” (Luke 23:33). It is thus that Luke tells the story. John relates it a little differently, though both accounts are in full agreement…
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9. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, In King Solomon’s Quarry
“And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house… And the house, when it was in…
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8. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, Bethlehem, the City of the Nativity
“And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least (among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule My people Israel” (Matthew 2:6). To one who visits the Holy Land, which by the way is not very holy at present, there…
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7. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, Memories of Bethany.
“And He led them out as jar as to Bethany, and blessed them, and it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven” (Luke 24:50). It was our privilege only recently to retrace His path. I take it that so far as…
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6. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, On the Mount of Olives
In the closing verse of the seventh chapter of John’s Gospel and the first verse of the eighth chapter there is an omission that perhaps some have never noticed. A very significant word has been dropped out in our English translation. As we have it here, we read in John 7:53,…
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5. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, At Jacob’s Well
“Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but it shall be in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life” (John 4:13, 14). What a wonderful story is that from which these words are taken!…
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4. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, On the Sea of Galilee
“And the same day, when the even was come, He saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. And when they had sent away the multitude, they took Him even as He was in the ship. And there were also with Him other little ships. And there…
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3. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, In Capernaum’s Synagogue
“As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. This is that bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall…
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2. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, Nazareth, the Home of Jesus
“And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto Him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when He had opened the book,…
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1. Things Seen And Heard In Bible Lands, The Street Called Straight
“And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high Priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he ‘might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.…
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