And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after... The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies - Seite 123von Bryan Edwards - 1805Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1803 - 652 Seiten
...who leaped upon the altar they had made : — which the Septuagint renders " run round ; ami the\' cried aloud, and cut themselves, after their manner,...knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them." This running round the altar, signified, the annual rotation of the earth round the sun ; —... | |
| 1813 - 580 Seiten
...there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made Ver 28. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gnshed cut upon them. Isa. Ixv. 11 But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that... | |
| Edward Daniel Clarke - 1814 - 430 Seiten
...we may form a tolerable estimate of the taste of the Turks in this respect. It will appear * " And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, after their manner, with knives and lalicet»." 1 Kings, xvii, 28. afterward, that the regalia, the imperial armeury, and many other works... | |
| Samuel Whitman - 1814 - 390 Seiten
...But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made — And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them." They continued their exertions until it was found "that... | |
| Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 Seiten
...he is pursuing, or he is in " a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, " and must be awaked." 28. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29. And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, and they... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 460 Seiten
...or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives, and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. And it came to pass when mid-day was past, and they prophesied... | |
| 1818 - 860 Seiten
...Baal's prophets in their contest with Elijah, were guilty of a similar superstition. We are told, •• they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them." * The demoniac, whose story is related by Mark, t probably... | |
| Bryan Edwards - 1819 - 644 Seiten
...Lord, your God: Ye shall not cut " yourselves, nor make any baldness between your " eyes for the dead?\ Among the heathens however the same ceremonies were...worshipping their idol, " they " cried aloud and cut themsetves after their " manner with knives and lances till the blood "gushed out upon them"^ At this... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 Seiten
...talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey ; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. And it came to pass when mid-day was past, and they prophesied... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 Seiten
...J is in a journey, or per- ,Heb adventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. '•••••> 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till $ the blood gushed o upon them. ' - 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and... | |
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