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She discovers that he has left the room numerous times. When she interrogates him about this, she says, “Because the principle doesn’t change if you were out seven times, or seventy, or seventy times seven.” Then she decides to amputate his leg to hobble him. [7]
69–70 God the Sovereign Creator of all things; 71–76 The miserable lot of those who reject the Scriptures; 77 Muhammad to persevere patiently; 78 No apostle ever wrought miracles without God's permission; 79–81 God revealed in his works of providence; 82–83 Former infidels were destroyed for their unbelief; 84–85 They all repented ...
A jubilee is a special year of remission of sins, debts and universal pardon. In Leviticus, a jubilee year is mentioned to occur every 50th year(7x7= Lev 25 v8-NRSV); during which slaves and prisoners would be freed, debts would be forgiven and the mercies of God would be particularly manifest.
The red heifer passage discusses seven items of purification, each mentioned seven times. [13] A woman in niddah following menstruation must count seven "clean days" prior to immersion in the mikvah; Acts of atonement and purification were accompanied by a sevenfold sprinkling; The menorah in the Temple had seven lamps; The shiva mourning ...
Matthew 6:7–16 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Calvin's interpretation is perhaps better supported by the nature of the parable and by the Greek text, [7] [10] [11] in which "for she loved much" can be read as the result, rather than the cause, of "her many sins have been forgiven." [7] [10] [11] Many modern translations, both Protestant and Catholic, reword verse 47 for clarity, e.g.:
Emperor Marcus Aurelius shows clemency to the vanquished after his success against tribes (Capitoline Museum in Rome). Forgiveness, in a psychological sense, is the intentional and voluntary process by which one who may have felt initially wronged, victimized, harmed, or hurt goes through a process of changing feelings and attitude regarding a given offender for their actions, and overcomes ...
Istighfar (Arabic: ٱسْتِغْفَار, romanized: istighfār) is the act of seeking forgiveness of God in Islam.This is usually done by saying "I seek the forgiveness of God" (Arabic: أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّٰهَ, romanized: astaghfiru llāha), or "I seek the forgiveness of God, my Lord, and turn to him (in repentance)" (Arabic: أَسْتَغْفِرُ ٱللَّٰهَ ...