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Betty Jean Blunt of Hesperia recently celebrated her 100th birthday with a day filled with food, friends, family and wonderful memories.
In uncertain times, the Bible is a place to turn to for strength, hope, and comfort. The post 50 Inspiring Bible Quotes That Will Renew Your Faith appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Bible quotes about love “Everything should be done in love.” — 1 Corinthians 16:14 “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.” — 1 Peter 4:8
The first Bible in English to use both chapters and verses was the Geneva Bible published shortly afterwards by Sir Rowland Hill [21] in 1560. These verse divisions soon gained acceptance as a standard way to notate verses, and have since been used in nearly all English Bibles and the vast majority of those in other languages.
Several parts of the Hebrew Bible, including the Torah, Joshua, Job, and Chronicles, mention individuals with very long lifespans, up to the 969 years of Methuselah.. The Sefer haYashar narrates that all of the long-lived people belonged to a special class and that Methusaleh was the last member. [11]
It is a Latin transliteration from the ancient Greek word ὁ αἰών (ho aion), from the archaic αἰϝών (aiwōn) meaning "century". In Greek, it literally refers to the timespan of one hundred years. A cognate Latin word aevum (cf. αἰϝών) for "age" is present in words such as eternal, longevity and mediaeval. [3]
"Life's a climb. But the view is great." There are times when things seemingly go to plan, and there are other moments when nothing works out. During those instances, you might feel lost.
The phrase "unto the ages of ages" expresses either the idea of eternity, or an indeterminate number of aeons.The phrase is a translation of the original Koine Greek phrase εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων (eis toùs aionas ton aiṓnōn), which occurs in the original Greek texts of the Christian New Testament (e.g. in Philippians 4:20).