for unless the time was to be short, very few could escape, but for the sake of the converts the time shall be short.

this I have told you now, before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye may believe. my conversation will now be but short with you,

but was now upon his return, and sat in his chariot, reading the prophet Esaias.

then the spirit said unto Philip, go near, and advance to his chariot.

if you will move it then to the tribune in the name of the Sanhedrim, to send him here to-morrow, under colour of examining his affair with more solemnity, we shall take care to dispatch him, and make a short end of his journey."

having revealed to me the secret, I now mention'd in short,

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any of us by imitating their incredulity, should fall short thereof like them.

but may the all-gracious God, who has called us to eternal glory, perfect, confirm, fortify, and settle you, during the short interval of your sufferings.

I formerly writ to you a short epistle, by Silvanus, I think, a faithful brother, to declare and testify to you, that the true dispensation of God is that to which you are attach'd.

but he that is destitute of them is blind or short-sighted, having forgot he was purified from his past sins.

therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. WO to the land, and to the sea: for the devil is come down unto you, in great rage, because he knows that his time is but short."

they likewise signify seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; when he comes, he will continue but a short space.

then cast him into the bottomless pit, there shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should seduce the nations no more, till the thousand years should he fulfilled: and after that, he was to be loosed for a short time.