 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.  The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography ... - Page 461838Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 712 pages
...Elias expose the wicked superi Kings stition of those who worshipped Baal : Elias, saith the text, mocked them, and said, Cry aloud :for he is a god...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. By which one pregnant instance it appeareth,... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...when all the people saw upon the altar which was made. it, they fell on their faces : and that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or God ; the LORD, he is the God. 40 And Elijah said unto them. Take the prophets of Baal ; let not he... | |
 | Edward Fisher - 1830 - 432 pages
...speak of approved human writers. I instance only in that of Elias, (1 Kings 18:27.) " He (to wit, Baal) is a God; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.''. Yet I compare not Luther's commentary... | |
 | 1837 - 336 pages
...appeared ! " And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : forasmuch as he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or be is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Perhaps he has his head and his... | |
 | William Greenfield - 1831 - 300 pages
...8; 22. 15 ;— the folly of it ridiculed, 1 Kings 18. 27; " And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, nnd must be waked." Such were the absurd and degrading notions... | |
 | J. Dwight Pentecost - 1999 - 212 pages
...effective. Then "they leaped upon the altar which they had made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked" (vv. 26-27). Their concept was that their... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 2000 - 366 pages
...after the fashion of the prophet Elijah, who had taunted the priests of Baal for their god's impotence: 'Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perad venture he sleepeth, and must be awaked'. 13. The phrase 'feet of brass' is... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 648 pages
...that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Elijah's scorn and sarcasm were not... | |
 | James Shane - 2002 - 710 pages
...answered. And they leaped upon the altar, which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said. Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 324 pages
...were working themselves into a frenzy, trying to get a response from their make-believe god: "Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened" (1 Kings 18:27). Paul, in the tradition... | |
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