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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist.
The honorific anointing with perfume is an action frequently mentioned in other literature from the time; however, using long hair to dry Jesus's feet, as in John and Luke, is not recorded elsewhere, and should be regarded as an exceptional gesture. [1] Considerable debate has discussed the identity of the woman, the location, timing, and the ...
Protestant commentator Matthew Henry (1708) believed Abaddon to be the Antichrist, [10] whereas the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary (1871) and Henry Hampton Halley (1922) identified the angel as Satan. [11] [12] Early in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress the Christian pilgrim fights "over half a day" long with the demon Apollyon ...
Psalm 8 is the eighth psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning and ending in English in the King James Version (KJV): "O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!". In Latin, it is known as " Domine Dominus noster ". [ 1 ]
Carloman, the brother of Charlemagne, is represented at the age of fourteen with his hair falling in long locked tresses behind. Church councils regulated the head-dress of clerics and monks: according to St. Jerome 's testimony, the monks were bearded, and the Vita Hilarionis also states that certain persons considered it meritorious to cut ...
The resulting peace kept Judah free from Egyptian incursions until the time of Josiah, some centuries later. In Asa's 36th year, King Baasha of Israel attacked the Kingdom of Judah ( 2 Chronicles 16:1 ; the Seder Olam and some later commentators take this as the 36th year since the division of the kingdom, not the 36th year of Asa's reign. [ 17 ] )
Though long hair on men is possible, and in some cultures it has been customary for men to have long hair, it is justly regarded as effeminate. It requires much grooming, it interferes with vigorous physical work, and a man with long hair is likely to be seized by it in a fight. It is therefore unmanly by nature. But a woman's long hair is her ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. The World English Bible translates the passage as: