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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...of the spiritual guide of a body of Christians, while these are called " the flock." "And He himself gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as shepherds noi/iev-ag = pastor-es and teachers." (Eph. iv. 11.) "Shepherd noix.dv-ats the flock of God,... become examples to the flock,... and, when the Chief Shepherd shall be manifested, you shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away." (1 Peter v. 2-4.) "The Pastor "= The Shepherd. 121. Paul =Paul-us (Latin). An honorable Roman name used by "Saul" after he began his travels as a missionary and needed the protection afforded him by his Roman citizenship. We first read of it at the conversion of Sergius Paulus, the proconsul of Cyprus, who was won to the faith by the preaching of Saul and the power of Jesus working through him. (Acts xiii. 7-12.) 122. Penny = Denarius (Avapiof), a Roman coin worth about 16 cents = an American shilling. For two denarii ("pennies," so translated) one could in Plato's time (350 B.C.) travel by boat from the Black Sea or Alexandria to Athens. (Plato, Gorgias, 511, E.) "Two hundred fennyworth of bread" would have fed in the days of the Lord "about five thousand men, besides women and children." Therefore two "pennyworth" would have fed fifty, or one pennyworth would have given food (bread) for one man three times a day for over eight days. The laborers that grumbled when "they received every man his penny' had no excuse for it in the scantiness of their pay, as we are apt to feel in our hearts when we think of working all day for " a penny." The ointment which the love of the gentle Mary poured upon the head of her Master--so often sho...Book Details
Published
May 1, 2012
Publisher
RareBooksClub.com
Pages
40
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781231118559