Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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e he prayed, his face was changed, so that itshone bright like the sun, and his raiment glistened, and was white as snow.And suddenly two men were with him. They were Moses and Elijah, who hadcome back to this world to talk with him about his being crucified at Jerusalem.The Bible says they appeared in glory The apostles knew that it was Moses and Elijah, and they wanted to staythere on the mount with them, and not go down any more. Peter said, Master,it is good for us to be here; if thou art willing, let us make three tents, one forthee, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While he was speaking, there came abright cloud and covered them, and Gods voice spoke out of the cloud, saying,This is my beloved Son, hear him. When the apostles heard it, they boweddown with their faces to the ground, and were greatly afraid. But Jesus came andtouched them, and said, Arise, be not afraid. And when they had risen up andlooked around, Moses and Elijah were gone and they saw no one except Jesus. 250
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THE TRANSFIGURATION.251 st. Matthew XVII. 2. Jesus Answers the Lawyers Question. . ONE day, while Jesus was teaching the people, a lawyer stood up to ask himquestions, saying, Master, what must I do to be saved? Jesus said to him,What does Gods law command thee to do? The lawyer answered, thatit commanded him to love God with all his heart, and his neighbor as himself.Jesus said, Thou hast answered right; do these things and thou shalt be saved.But the lawyer, because he wanted to excuse himself, said, And who is myneighbor ? Then Jesus spoke this parable, saying, A certain man went down fromJerusalem to the city of Jericho, and as he went, got among thieves, whostripped him of his clothing and wounded him and went away, leaving himhalf dead. While he lay on the ground too weak to rise, there came by chancea priest that way. As this priest was a minister, and a teacher of Gods law, wemight suppose that he would have shown kindness to the wounded man. Butinstead of this, he crossed ove

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