And Jesse, of David the king. David (by Uriah's widow), was the father of Solomon;

When he arrived on the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two demoniacs who were coming out of the tombs. They were so violently fierce that no one dared pass along that road.

(For he did not know what to say, they were so awestruck.)

The Jews of Berea were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they very readily received the message with all readiness of mind, and day after day searched the Scriptures to see whether these things were so.

I am amazed that you are so soon shifting your ground, and deserting him who called you by the grace of Christ,

partly by being made a public spectacle in reproaches and afflictions, and partly by sharing the fortunes of those that were so used.

Look at the ships too, though they are so large, even when driven by fierce winds they are turned by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the helmsman wills.