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If anyone believes in me, streams of living water, as the Scripture says, shall flow forth from his heart."
Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which issued from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
The third emptied his bowl upon the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.
and ran through the middle of the principal street of the city. On both sides of the river grew the tree of life. It bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding a different kind each month, and its leaves were a cure for the heathen.
since God pronounced him a high priest of the priesthood of Melchizedek.
And so he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might prove a compassionate high priest as well as one faithful in his service to God, in order to forgive the people's sins.
Such a high priest we needed??odly, blameless, unstained, removed from sinful men and raised above the very heavens;
who does not need, as the old high priests did, to offer sacrifices every day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people??or this last he has done once for all, in offering up himself.
For every high priest who is chosen from among men is appointed to represent his fellow-men in their relations with God, and to offer gifts and sin-offerings.
but only the high priest could enter the inner part, and he but once a year, and never without taking some victim's blood, to offer on his own behalf and for the sins committed through ignorance by the people.
Therefore, my fellow-Christians, who have likewise heard the heavenly invitation, observe how faithful Jesus, the commissioner and high priest of our religion,
But Jesus was silent and made no answer. The high priest again questioned him and said to him, "Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed One?"
Now the main point in what I am saying is this: We have such a high priest as this, and he has taken his seat in heaven at the right hand of God's Majesty,
Therefore, he is able to save forever all who come to God through him, because he lives and intercedes for them forever.
Now he was not self-moved in saying this, but as high priest for that year he was inspired to say that Jesus was to die for the nation??52 and not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting the scattered children of God.
Then the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, "I charge you, on your oath, by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the son of God."
Then the high priest got up and came forward into the center and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer to make? What about their evidence against you?"
The men who had seized Jesus took him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, at whose house the scribes and elders had gathered.
For the Law appoints to the high priesthood men full of imperfection; but this utterance about the making of the oath, which came long after the Law, appoints a son, fully qualified to be high priest forever.
and build yourselves up as living stones into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, so as to offer spiritual sacrifices that through Jesus Christ will be acceptable to God.
At this the high priest Ananias ordered the people who were standing nearest to him to strike him on the mouth.
For the psalm bears witness, "You are a priest forever, of the priesthood of Melchizedek!"
For when there is a change in the priesthood, a change necessarily takes place in the Law as well.
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword with him, drew it and struck at the high priest's slave and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus.
and they took him first to Annas. For he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"
And the high priest got up and said to him, "Have you no answer to make? What about their evidence against you?"
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Fishes » Inhabit » Rivers
Gates » Made to » Rivers
Rivers » Jordan » Spiritual
Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which issued from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Rivers » Illustrative » (drying up of,) of God's judgments
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Chebar
Rivers » Illustrative » Of the gifts and graces of the holy spirit
Rivers » Many, fordable in some places
Rivers » Illustrative » (overflowing of,) of God's judgments
Rivers » Source of
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gozan
Rivers » Banks of » Frequently overflowed
Rivers » Gozan
Rivers » Run into the sea
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jabbok
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Arnon
Rivers » Some of » Deep
Rivers » Some of » Great and mighty
Rivers » Often the boundaries of kingdoms
Rivers » Some of » Parted into many streams
Rivers » Flow through valleys
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Jordan
Rivers » Illustrative » (fruitfulness of trees planted by,) of the permanent prosperity of saints
Rivers » Illustrative » Of heavy afflictions
Rivers » Banks of » Peculiarly fruitful
Rivers » Cities often built beside
Rivers » Illustrative » Of the abundance of grace in Christ
Rivers » Banks of » Covered with flags
Rivers » God's power over, unlimited
Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by doves
Rivers » Illustrative » Of abundance
Rivers » Of canaan abounded with fish
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of jotbath
Rivers » Arnon
Rivers » Banks of » Frequented by wild beasts
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of egypt
Rivers » Useful for » Supplying drink to the people
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Euphrates
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Hiddekel
Rivers » Jordan » Hiddekel (tigris)
Rivers » Euphrates
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pharpar
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Abana
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Pison
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Gihon
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of damascus
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of eden
Rivers » Illustrative » (steady course of,) of peace of saints
Rivers » Illustrative » Of people flying from judgments
Rivers » Useful for » Promoting vegetation
Rivers » Banks of » Planted with trees
Rivers » Some of » Broad
Rivers » Jordan » Pharpar
Rivers » Jordan » Pison
Rivers » Gardens often made beside
Rivers » Abana
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ethiopia
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kanah
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Ulai
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of babylon
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Kishon
Rivers » Useful for » Commerce
Rivers » Banks of » Places of common resort
Rivers » Some of » Rapid
Rivers » Jordan » Of egypt (nile)
Rivers » Jordan » Kishon
Rivers » Jordan » Kanah
Rivers » Jordan » Ulai
Rivers » Baptism often performed in
Rivers » Enclosed within banks
Rivers » Chebar
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of philippi
On the Sabbath we went outside the gates, to the bank of the river where we supposed there was a praying place, and we sat down and talked with the women who gathered there.
Rivers » Useful for » Bathing
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of ahava
Rivers » Mentioned in scripture » Of judah
Ships » Navigated » Rivers
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Rivers
Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which issued from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Water » Collected in » Rivers
Topics on Rivers
Failing Rivers
Revelation 8:10Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from the sky a great star blazing like a torch, and it fell upon one third of the streams and the springs of water.
Rivers And Streams
Revelation 16:12The sixth emptied his bowl upon the great river Euphrates, and its waters dried up to make the way ready for the kings from the east.
Rivers As Places Of Prayer
Acts 16:13On the Sabbath we went outside the gates, to the bank of the river where we supposed there was a praying place, and we sat down and talked with the women who gathered there.
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