And astonishment seized upon all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.

And God spoke thus: That his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, and they should enslave them and afflict them, for four hundred years.

And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers disputed with him; and some said: What can this babbler possibly wish to say? Others said: He seems to be a proclaimer of strange demons: for he preached to them Jesus and the Resurrection.

For you bring some strange things to our ears: we wish to understand then what these things mean.

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Be not carried away by various and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with meats, which have not profited those who were occupied with them.

Beloved, be not amazed at the fiery trial that has come on you to try you, as if some strange thing had happened to you.