and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as the fig-tree sheddeth her early ripe figs when shaken by a mighty wind:

And anther angel came forth out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat upon the cloud, Put in thy sickle, and reap: for the hour is come for thee to reap; because the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.

And another angel came forth from the altar, having authority over fire; and he cried with a loud voice to him who held the sharp sickle, saying, Put in thy sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her clusters are ripe.

And, behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth, and those who inhabit therein, to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.

AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

But many, now first, will be the last; and last, who will be the first.

Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but the elect are few.

But many first, will be last; and the last, first.

Now being arisen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.

NOW on the first day of the week, at the earliest dawn of day, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the aromatics which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

He first finds his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ).

and saith to him, Every man at first produces the good wine; and after men have drunk plentifully, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept back the good wine until now.

Forasmuch therefore as it remaineth for some to enter into it, and they who first had the gospel preached to them entered not in because of unbelief;

to whom also Abraham gave a tenth share of all the spoil: being, as the interpretation of his name imports, first, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, that is, King of peace:

who hath not daily need, as the high-priests, first, to offer sacrifice for their own sins, afterwards, for those of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no place sought for a second.

In calling it a new covenant, he hath made the first antiquated. Now what is antiquated and grown aged, is near evanescence.

THEN also the first tabernacle had indeed regulations for the divine service, and a sanctuary furnished.

For the tabernacle was prepared; the first part, in which was both the candlestick, and the table, and the shew-bread, which is called the holy.

Now when these things were thus disposed, the priests entered continually into the first tabernacle indeed, performing the divine services:

the Holy Ghost thus signifying, that the way into the holies was not yet made manifest, whilst the first tabernacle held its station;

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that, death being suffered for the redemption of transgressions committed against the first testament, they who are called might receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.

Wherefore also that first testament was not consecrated without blood.

he then added, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He abolishes the first that he may establish the second.

And he said to another, Follow me. And he said, Lord, permit me first to return home, and put my father in his grave.

Then said another, I will follow thee, Lord, but give me leave first to bid adieu to those at my house.

And into whatever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

Then goeth he, and taketh seven other spirits, more wicked than himself; and they entering in, take up their abode there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

Wo unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the places of public concourse.

By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

and to the general assembly and church of the first-born registered in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men perfected,

Of his own choice he produced us by the word of truth, that we might be a sort of first fruit of his creatures.??19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, meek, easily persuadable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and void of dissimulation.

And they all began with one voice to frame excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I must of necessity go and survey it: I pray thee hold me excused.

For what man of you designing to erect a tower, doth not first sitting down calculate the expence, if he have sufficient to complete the work?

Or what king, going forth to encounter another king in battle, doth not sit down first, and consult if he is able with ten thousand men to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

So calling upon every one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my master?

But he must first suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation.

Then came the first, and said, Sir, thy maneh has gained ten manehs.

Now there were seven brothers: and the first taking a wife, died childless.

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the conclusion is not immediately.

Knowing this in the first place, that all scriptural prophecy is not from any man's own suggestions.

For if having escaped from the defilements of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again enveloped by them and overcome, their last deeds are worse than the first.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief by night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a rushing noise, and the first principles of matter in flames dissolve, and the earth and all the works upon it be burnt up.

We love him, because he first loved us.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, and first-born from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth: to him who loved us, and washed us from our sins by his blood,

saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last; and what thou seest write in a book, and send to the churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

And when I beheld him, I fell at his feet as dead: and he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last,

Yet have I a charge against thee, that thou art gone back from thy first love.

Remember then from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and practise thy first works; but if not, I am coming to thee quickly, and I will remove thy lamp out of its place, except thou repent.

And to the angel of the church of the Smyrnians write, These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and is alive:

I know thy deeds, and thy love, and thy charity to the poor, and thy faith, and thy patience, and thy works, and that the last are more abundant than the first.

AFTER these things I beheld, and, lo! a door was opened in heaven, and a voice, the first which I heard, as of a trumpet, speaking to me, said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee what things will be after these.

And the first living being was like a lion, and the second living being was like a calf, and the third living being had a face as a man, and the fourth living being was like an eagle with wings expanded.

And the first angel blew the trumpet, and there were hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast on the earth; and a third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

These are they who have not defiled themselves with women; for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth: these have been redeemed among men, as first-fruits to God, and to the Lamb.

And the first angel went, and poured out his vase upon the earth; and there came an ulcer malignant and painful upon the men that had the brand of the beast, and upon those who worshipped his image.

For occasionally an angel descended into the pool, and put the water into commotion: he therefore who first stepped in after the commotion of the water became well, under whatever complaint he had laboured.

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years are completed. This is the first resurrection.

Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection; over these the second death hath no dominion: but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.

And the foundations of the walls of the city were adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation a jasper; the second a sapphire; the third a chalcedony; the fourth an emerald;

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

Doth our law condemn a man, without first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done?

Now when they continued questioning him, raising himself up, he said to them, Let the person who is sinless among you, first cast a stone at her.