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"The Strife is O'er, the Battle Done" is a Christian hymn that is traditionally sung at Easter to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus.It was originally a 17th-century Latin hymn, "Finita iam sunt proelia"; the popular English-language version is an 1861 translation by the English hymnwriter Francis Pott.
Later, Eudocia sent a portion of the chains to Rome with her daughter Licinia Eudoxia, the wife of Valentinian III. Licinia Eudoxia built the church of S. Petrus ad Vincula on the Esquiline Hill to house the relic. Also in Rome was the relic of the chains with which Peter was bound when he was imprisoned by Nero. These latter chains were placed ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. The New International Version translates the passage as: A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. The World English Bible translates the passage as:
Saint Peter ad Vincula (Saint Peter in Chains) alludes to the Bible story of the Liberation of Saint Peter, when the Apostle Peter, imprisoned by King Herod Agrippa, was rescued by an angel. Frequently seen translations are: English – St Peter in Chains; Filipino – San Pedro sa Tanikalà, San Pedro sa Kadena
"My chains fell off" - the Liberation of Peter (1514 fresco by Raphael, Vatican Museums). The title and first lines of the hymn are framed as a rhetorical question written in the first person, in which the narrator/singer asks if he can benefit from the sacrifice of Jesus (the blood of Christ), despite being the cause of Christ's death.
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Binding and loosing is originally a Jewish Mishnaic phrase also mentioned in the New Testament, as well as in the Targum.In usage, to bind and to loose simply means to forbid by an indisputable authority and to permit by an indisputable authority. [1]