 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1808 - 414 halaman
...hand over " the place, and recover the leper. Are not ", Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, " better than all the waters of Israel ? May " I not wash in them, and be clean*?" So reasoned this wise man; and so would any other wise man of modern times have reasoned on this occasion.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 424 halaman
...leper, when he was ordered to wash in Jordan, objected, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? — May I not wash in them and be clean ? The same humour often opposes the doctrines, as well as institutions of God. Some hastily reject... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 350 halaman
...ceremonies," and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus (in " mine own country) better than all the waters " of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be " clean ? And he went away in a rage." But his servants intreated him to be obedient to the word of the prophet,... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 halaman
...ceremonies, " and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Phhrpar, rivers of Damascus (in mine own country) better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? And he went away in a rage." But his servants intreated him to be obedient to the word of the prophet,... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 544 halaman
...clean ; he was wroth, and said, are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than the rivers of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean ?" So there are some, who being directed to wash themselves often in the waters of life, the scriptures of... | |
 | John Allen - 1816 - 726 halaman
...free way of salvation by Christ. " What, (saith hej are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ?" So perhaps, dear reader, thou art ready to say, Are not good works, a sober and religious life, enough... | |
 | William Ward - 1817 - 424 halaman
...other heathen nations. Hence Naaman, the Syrian, said, 'Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? 1 It is ascertained, that there are six places of this name, five of which are situated on the river... | |
 | James Everett - 1819 - 198 halaman
...i. 27. 5 Chap.xii. 1— 6. • to the eye or the mind. " Are not Abana, Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean ?"* It is possible they are much superior, but Jordan's streams are to cleanse the leper. If opportunities... | |
 | 1820 - 464 halaman
...river Jordan for the cure of the leprosy, exclaimed, are not Abanar and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? By the Romans bathing was held in great estimation, probably as a luxury, for according to F;ibricius,... | |
 | Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 halaman
...over the place and recover the leper. Then Naaman said, Are not Abana and Pharpar Rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean 1 So he turned and went away in a rage. But his servants persuaded him, and he went down and dipped... | |
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Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean 1 So he turned, and went away in a rage. 
