Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets,... The People's Dictionary of the Bible - Page 441de John Relly Beard - 1847Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 588 pages
...and mangling their own flesh. Thus they sottishly worshipped Baal of old. " And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them."* And it is still the custom in some nations grievously to torment themselves : to kindle a fire to scorch... | |
| 1837 - 336 pages
...pursuing or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pages
...and mangling their own flesh. Thus they sottishly worshipped Baal of old. " And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them."* And it is still the custom in some nations grievously to torment themselves : to kindle a fire to scorch... | |
| Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1841 - 628 pages
...sees. "They cry aloud, from morning till noon, saying, O Baal, hear us! They leap upon ihe altar, and cut themselves, after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out'.!!"— Astonishing! — Tremendous! — What feeling is here! — What earnestness! — What transporting... | |
| Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - 1841 - 612 pages
...sees. "They cry aloud, from morning till noon, saying, O Baal, hear us! They leap upon the altar, and cut themselves, after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed outl!!"— Astonishing! — Tremendous! — What feeling is here! — What earnestness! — What transporting... | |
| 1830 - 864 pages
...adventure hesleepetl), and must be awaked. ¿Й And they cried aloud, and cut them selves, after tlioir manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. "Í* And ii came to pass, when niid-dny was pail, nnd they prophesied until the tín'u of t lie offering... | |
| 1831 - 930 pages
...he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must 4» awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and e and Francis, and R.P. and C. Williams f) l̨ VlO Z . o> EV m guslied out upon them. 29 And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, and they prophesied until the... | |
| Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of... | |
| Augustin Calmet - 1832 - 1060 pages
...the reason for which the priests of Baal "cut themselves, after their manner, with knives, and with lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them," 1 Kings xviii. 28. This seems, by the history, to have been after Elijah had mocked them, or while he was mocking them,... | |
| William Bailey (A.B.) - 534 pages
...is where Elijah is engaged in that animated controversy with all the priests of Baal, and where they cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them, we find then that " Elijah put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid '{him on.... | |
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