| Grégoire Girard (originally Jean Baptiste Melchior Gaspard Balthazar) - 1747 - 314 oldal
...extremities, when Gamaliel, one of the council, stood up and said, " Refrain from these men, and let them alone : for if this counsel or this work be of men,...lest haply ye be found even to fight against God*." Gamaliel then began to doubt : what would he have said if he had * Acts v. 38. lived to see the triumph... | |
| A. M - 1797 - 358 oldal
...as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. And now I say unto you, refrain from these men, and let them alone : for if this counsel or this work be of men,...lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." The reasoning is excellent, and had the effect been such as the Jewish rulers and modern infidels have... | |
| Elias Boudinot - 1801 - 366 oldal
...counsel or • Acts, eh. ii. v. 14. ch. iv. v. 4. this work be of men, it will come to naught; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God; and to him they all agreed." This is not the language of men who knew the facts declared by the apostles... | |
| John Dickinson - 1801 - 450 oldal
...alone ; for if this council, or this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but, if it be of GOD, you cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against GOD." OUR path is very plain. Let us not be inveigfcd from it, by a mean desire to cover our own faults,... | |
| Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 oldal
...distinguished reputation, interposed with this plain and sensible advice: Refrain from these men, and LET THEM ALONE: for, if this counsel, or this work, be of men,...lest haply ye be found even to fight against God* The Jewish magistrates, with singular wisdom and moderation, adopted this counsel. The Apostles were... | |
| 1804 - 476 oldal
...let them alone : for if this counsel, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought : 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it : lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 40 And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded... | |
| George Buist - 1809 - 350 oldal
...5, VERSE 38, 39. B Refrain from these men, and let.them alone; for if this council, or this work be of men, it will come to nought. But if it be of God,...lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." THIS was the sage advice of Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, and a man of great reputation, to the Jewish... | |
| John Wesley - 1809 - 460 oldal
...JOURNAL, No. III. FROM AUGUST 12, 1738, TO NOVEMBER 1, 1739. it THIS COUNSEL OR THIS WORK BE OF MAN, IT WILL COME TO NOUGHT ; BUT IF IT BE OF GOD, YE CANNOT...LEST HAPLY YE BE FOUND EVEN TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD. — ACTS V. 38, 39. THE PREFACE. 1 • J/ffHEN at first men began to lay to my charge things which... | |
| Theophilus Lindsey - 1810 - 564 oldal
...instructions of his teacher, Gamaliel, whose advice was ; (Acts v.) " Refrain from these men, and let them alone ; for, if this counsel or this work be of men,...lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." A man may therefore be assured that he has not done himself justice in his inquiries concerning God,... | |
| Paul Wright - 1810 - 508 oldal
...the council, ' Refrain from these men, ' and let them alone: (for if this counsel or tin's work 1 be of men, it will come to nought: but if it be of '...lest haply ye be found ' even to fight against God : I say, this advice had great weight with them ; which indeed it deserved to have, as a better could... | |
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