The Gospels: a Companion to the Life of Our Lord
The Gospels: a Companion to the Life of Our Lord
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But the countless tombs were not always left to the silent tenancy of the dead. Poor insane creatures were, from time to time, found seeking a dismal shelter in old forsaken ones, and Isaiah speaks of dealers in the black art, who "sat in the tombs," apparently to consult the dead by their spells.® The ridges north of Jerusalem ; the eastern slope of the valley of the Kedron, under the city walls, and the rocky edges of the west side of the valley of Hinnom, still show how the whole of the gard...en ground, encircling the town, had gradually been utilised for family graves, by the owner of each garden having had one hewn out in 1 Gen. xxxT. 8. « 1 Sam. xxxi. 13. ^ 2 Kings xxi. 18, 26.
* John xix. 41. * Matt, xxiii. 27.
8 Isa. viii. 19 ; xxix. 4 ; Ixv. 4 ; Matt. viii. 28 ; Mark v. 2 ; Luke viii. 27.
256 god's aceb in Christ's day.
it ; though, of course, the gardens have long since perished, and the tombs now stand in open ground, abandoned to the basest uses. When we read of Manasseh being buried in his own house, or Samuel in his house at Eamah, or Joab, in his, in *' the wilderness," ^ it means in the garden ground connected with the house, as the ground outside Jerusalem, in the gardens of the ruined houses, is meant by Nehemiah, when he calls the city, " the place of my fathers' sepul- chres." 2 Most of the kings were honoured by their tombs being inside the walls of their capital, whether at Jerusalem, Thirza, or Samaria.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the countless tombs were not always left to the silent tenancy of the dead. Poor insane creatures were, from time to time, found seeking a dismal shelter in old forsaken ones, and Isaiah speaks of dealers in the black art, who "sat in the tombs," apparently to consult the dead by their spells.® The ridges north of Jerusalem ; the eastern slope of the valley of the Kedron, under the city walls, and the rocky edges of the west side of the valley of Hinnom, still show how the whole of the gard...en ground, encircling the town, had gradually been utilised for family graves, by the owner of each garden having had one hewn out in 1 Gen. xxxT. 8. « 1 Sam. xxxi. 13. ^ 2 Kings xxi. 18, 26.
* John xix. 41. * Matt, xxiii. 27.
8 Isa. viii. 19 ; xxix. 4 ; Ixv. 4 ; Matt. viii. 28 ; Mark v. 2 ; Luke viii. 27.
256 god's aceb in Christ's day.
it ; though, of course, the gardens have long since perished, and the tombs now stand in open ground, abandoned to the basest uses. When we read of Manasseh being buried in his own house, or Samuel in his house at Eamah, or Joab, in his, in *' the wilderness," ^ it means in the garden ground connected with the house, as the ground outside Jerusalem, in the gardens of the ruined houses, is meant by Nehemiah, when he calls the city, " the place of my fathers' sepul- chres." 2 Most of the kings were honoured by their tombs being inside the walls of their capital, whether at Jerusalem, Thirza, or Samaria.
What to read after The Gospels: a Companion to the Life of Our Lord?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cunningham Geikie to read onlineMoreLess
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