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756. Books of Prophecy (#98291)
756. Books of Prophecy
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Manners and Customs of the Bible
By:
James M. Freeman
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Luke 4:17
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Luke 4:17
17
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, (Luke 4:17)
. There was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written.
For a description of books, and the mode of opening and closing (referred to in this verse and in verse twenty) see notes on
Job 19:23-24
23
Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
24
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! (Job 19:23‑24)
(#414) and on
Isaiah 34:4
4
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. (Isaiah 34:4)
(#511).
Each of the prophetical books is supposed to have been in a separate volume, with the exception of the prophecies of the twelve minor prophets, which were perhaps bound together.
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