 God, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was...  The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays - Page 14edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Moses Hadas - 1952 - 496 pages
...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery,...when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food — but food of... | |
 | Stephen Benko - 1986 - 198 pages
...hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to commit any wicked deeds, fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word,...when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food — but food of... | |
 | Merrill C. Tenney - 1985 - 490 pages
...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor to deny a trust when they should be called on to deliver it up. . . . Lucian, the satirist of the second... | |
 | William L. Portier - 1994 - 394 pages
...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god. and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery,...when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food — but food of... | |
 | Gary R. Habermas - 1996 - 308 pages
...a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, hut never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never...when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food — but food of... | |
 | John Dominic Crossan - 1999 - 692 pages
...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery,...when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food — but food of... | |
 | Daniel H. Williams - 1999 - 258 pages
...hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves with a solemn oath not to [commit] any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word .. . after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food — but food... | |
 | Ralph Martin Novak - 2001 - 351 pages
...songs to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by solemn oath, not to commit any wicked deeds, fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their...when they should be called upon to deliver it up. After which it was their custom to separate, and then later reassemble to partake of food — but food... | |
 | William Barclay - 2001 - 156 pages
...by a solemn oath not to commit any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food, but food of ordinary... | |
 | Kevin Morgan - 2002 - 112 pages
...verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by a solemn oath, not to any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word,' et cetera. "In discussing this passage, Geraty points out that until the Jewish-Roman war of AD l 32-l35,... | |
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