in obedience to the king, they departed, and immediately the star which they saw in the east, moved on before them, till it came to the place where the infant was, and then stood still.

now John wore a coat made of camels hair, with a leathern girdle about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild hony.

and I declare unto you, that many shall come from the east and from the west, and shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the heavenly kingdom.

for as the lightning darts from the east in an instant to the west: such shall the advent of the son of man be.

now John was clothed with camels hair, with a leathern girdle about his waist: and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then he said to the people, when you see a cloud rise out of the west, you say, it is just going to rain; and so it happens.

yet some shall come from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south, and shall be entertain'd in the kingdom of God.

for as that haven could not cover us from the storm, most were of opinion to bear away, and try to put in at Phenice, where we could ride safe, the port lying by south-west, and north-west.

but soon after it blew a storm from north-east, which bore so upon the ship,

stand firm, the belt of truth round your waist, let justice invest you like mail:

and they sung a new song, saying, "thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation;

and I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud vioce to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

saying, "we give thee thanks, O Lord God almighty, who. art, and who wast; because thou hast assum'd thy great power, and hast reigned.

And the SIXTH angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

on the east were three gates; on the north, three gates; on the south, three gates; and three gates on the west.