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a sword Matt x
It is curious that while the anti-Christian polemics of the Japanese Buddhists have used the words of Jesus, "I came to send not peace but a sword," Matt, x. 34, and "If any man ... hate not his father and mother," etc., Luke xiv.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

arose see Matt xxvii
With reference to the "bodies" of the dead saints coming out of their tombs (for it is declared their "bodies arose," see Matt, xxvii.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

a sword Matth X
19): but Christ came not to bring peace, but a sword ( Matth. X. 34).
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

and sinners Matth xi
‘They say ... a friend of publicans and sinners (Matth. xi. 19).’
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

A SECRET MISSION XLVI
ON A SECRET MISSION XLVI THE APPOINTMENT KEPT XLVII FATAL CONSEQUENCES XLVIII THE FLIGHT OF SIKES XLIX MONKS AND MR.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

and St Martin xi
Le Beau and St. Martin, xi. 146.—M.]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

and St Mark xv
(xxvii. 38), and St. Mark (xv. 27), and as “malefactors” by St. Luke (xxiii. 32).
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

after S Mark xvi
104, the word + ΤΕΛΟΣ + conspicuously written by the original scribe immediately after S. Mark xvi.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

and St Mark xiv
In St. Matt. xxvi. 30, and St. Mark xiv. 26. 63.
— from Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

and S Matth xxviii
9 and S. Matth. xxviii.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

are sexless Mark xii
They are sexless (Mark xii. 25), yet were men when they appeared to Abraham, Sarah, and the Sodomites (Gen. xviii, xix.).
— from Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist. by Thomas Inman

and St Mark xiv
30-34), and St. Mark (xiv.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

and several Muhammadan x
All Muhammadans have a fancy for writing chronicles and autobiographies, and several Muhammadan [ x ] kings have yielded to the common impulse.
— from The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2) by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

at S Mark xvi
425 The sign + ΤΕΛΟΣ +, (which occurs punctually at S. Mark xvi.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon

at S Mark xvi
According to my view, at the root of this whole matter lies the fact that at S. Mark xvi.
— from The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by John William Burgon


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