Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Christian ministers » God's care of
Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father. Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assarions [3 cents], and one of them is not forgotten before God? But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, for you are of more value than many sparrows.
Elijah » Piety of
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
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Elijah was a man of like passions with us, and he prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not on the land for three years and six months;
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God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he intercedes with God against Israel?
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Elijah » Despondency and complaints of
Elijah » Flees » Wilderness » Damascus
Elijah » Escapes to the wilderness from the fierceness of jezebel
Forsaking God » Is forsaking » His covenant
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Ahab
Martyrdom » Exemplified
not as Cain was of the evil one and killed his brother; and why did he kill him? because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
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BUT Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the chief priest
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that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out since the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.
and I persecuted this way to death, binding and committing to prison both men and women,
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which I also did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were killed I gave my vote against them.
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Murmuring » Instances of » Elijah
Prophets » The jews » Often put them to death
Therefore, behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you. I tell you truly, that all these [crimes] shall come on this generation. read more.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a bird gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not!
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a bird gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not!