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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. The New International Version translates the passage as: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Ass — The ass (male חֲמוֹר ḥămôr, female אָתוֹן ʾāt̲ôn, juvenile עַיִר ʿayir) has always enjoyed a marked favour above all other beasts of burden in the Bible. This is evidenced by more than 130 mentions of this animal, and by the number of words in the Hebrew vocabulary used to designate the ass, by ...
[need quotation to verify] Al-Qurtubi mentions in his exegesis, in explanation of the above-mentioned verse [2:248], that according to Wahb ibn Munabbih, sakinah is a spirit from God that speaks, and, in the case of the Israelites, where people disagreed on some issue, this spirit came to clarify the situation, and used to be a cause of victory ...
A hanged wolf in sheep's clothing. A 19th century illustration of the mediaeval fable attributed to Aesop. False prophets are frequently referred to in the New Testament, sheep were an important part of life in the Galilee of Jesus' era, and the metaphor of the pious as a flock of sheep is a common one in both the Old and New Testaments.
Deborah #2 – Prophetess and the fourth, and the only female, Judge of pre–monarchic Israel in the Old Testament. Judges [41] Delilah – The "woman in the valley of Sorek" who Samson loved. Judges [42] Dinah – Daughter of Jacob, one of the patriarchs of the Israelites and Leah, his first wife. Genesis [43] Dorcas, also known as Tabitha ...
Why He pitied them is added, Because they were troubled, and sick as sheep that have no shepherd—troubled either by dæmons, or by divers sicknesses and infirmities." [3] Glossa Ordinaria: " (ap. Anselm.) Or, troubled by dæmons, and sick, that is, benumbed and unable to rise; and though they had shepherds, yet they were as though they had ...
He describes himself here and in verse 9 as "the door of the sheep", [20] and in 10:11 and 10:14 as "the good shepherd". The word in Greek : θύρα is translated as "door" in the King James Version and the American Standard Version , but as "gate" in the New Revised Standard Version , the Common English Bible and other translations. [ 21 ]