NOTHINGNESS; Trumps lawyer
and the rulers and accusers of darkness.
(period)
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And measures and matters of The Truth of the "time" we are in ...how "man" ..."thought to change time and times ... Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord, as a thousand year, and a thousand year as one day.
The Lord is not slack to fulfil his promise, as some men count slackness: but is patient to us ward, and would have no man lost, but would receive all men to repentance.
Behold in a dread nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and given rest in the light of the day of darkness ...
and i was taken and shown from above and behind and in front and from the LEFT and from the RIGHT ...
even from within ...the lawyer of Trump and wicked works of the wretched rulers and accusers of darkness.
and there was a cloud of darkness and stink ...
Yet of no substance ...
and the cloud was whirling and churning to see how much stink that could be boiled up ...up.
Yet there was
NOTHING. (period)
and scripture came back to remembrance ...
They were about forty which had made this *conspiration. (see below) mmm
ESAI
or ISAIAH Chpt 3
Every man can *eschue a person moved to anger, for what he doth wisely? Even
so shall the Lord of Hosts take away from Jerusalem and from Juda, all
possessions and power, all meat and drink, the captain and the soldier, the
judge and the prophet, the wise and the aged man, the worshipful of fifty year
old, and the honorable: the Senators, and the men of understanding: the masters
of crafts and orators. And I shall give you children to be your princes,(
sayeth the Lord ) and babes shall have the rule of you. One shall ever be
doing violence and wrong to another. The boy will presume against the elder, and
the vile person against the honorable. Ye when one shall take a friend of
his own kindred by the bosom, and say: Thou hast clothing, thou shalt be our
head, for thou mayest keep us from this fall and peril.
Then shall he swear and say: I can not help you. Moreover, there is
neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people. For
Jerusalem and Juda must decay, because both their words and counsel are against
the Lord, they provoke the presence of his Majesty unto anger. The changing
of their countenance betrayeth them, yee they declare their own sins themselves,
as the Sodomites, and hide them not. Woe be unto their souls, for they shall be
heavily rewarded. Then shall they say: O happy are the godly, for they may
enjoy the fruits of their studies. But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous
for they shall be rewarded after their works. O my people, *ribaudes oppress
thee, and women have rule of thee. O my people, thy leaders deceive thee, and
tread out the way of thy footsteps. The Lord is here to commune of the
matter, and standeth to give judgement with the people. The Lord shall come
forth to reason with the Senators and princes of his people, and shall say thus
unto them: It is ye that have burnt up my vineyard, the robbery of the poor
is in your house. Wherefore do ye oppress my people, and marred the faces of the
innocents? thus shall the Lord God of Hosts revile them.
Moreover thus sayeth the Lord: Seeing the daughters of Sion are become so proud,
and come in with stretched out necks, and with vain wanton eyes: seeing they
come in tripping so nicely with their feet: Therefore shall the Lord shave the
heads of the daughters of Sion, and make their beauty bare in the day. In that
day shall the Lord take away the gorgeousness of their apparel, and spangles,
chains, *partlets, and collars, bracelets and hooves, that goodly flowered wide
and boarded raiment, brushes and head bands, rings and garlands, holy day
clothes and veils, kerchiefs and pins, glasses and smocks, bonnets and *taches
And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles
there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness.
Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth, and for their beauty witherdness and *son
burning. Their husbands and their mighty men shall perish with the sword in
battle.
*eschue (avoid,
escape) *ribaudes ( extortioners :MN). *partlets = ruffled covering for
the neck. *taches = buckles, clasps, fasteners. *son burning exactly as recorded Ye shall not steal neither lie, neither deal falsely one with another.
Ye shall not swear by my name falsely: that thou defilest not the name of thy
God, I am the Lord. Thou shalt not beguile thy neighbor with *cavillations,
nether rob him violently, neither shall the workmans labor abide with thee until
the morning. Thou shalt not curse the deaf, neither put a stumbling block before
the blind: but shalt fear thy God. I am the Lord. Ye shall do no unrighteousness
in judgement. Thou shalt not favor the poor nor honor the mighty, but shalt
judge thy neighbor righteously.
Thou shalt not go up and down a *privy accuser
among thy people, neither shalt thou help to shed the blood of thy neighbor: I
am the Lord. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart but shalt in any
wise rebuke thy neighbor: that thou bear not sin for his sake. Thou shalt not
avenge thyself nor bear hate in thy mind against the children of thy people, but
shalt love thy neighbor even as thyself. I am the Lord.
*cavillations is
petty accusations, bickering and being strifeful THE
FOURTH BOOK OF ESDRAS Chpt 16
Woe be unto thee Babylon and Asia, woe be unto thee Egypt and Syria: gird
yourselves with clothes of sack and hear, and mourn for your children, be sorry,
for your destruction is at hand. A sword is sent upon you, and who will turn it
back? A fire is kindled among you, and who will quench it: Plagues are sent unto
you, and what is he that will drive them away? May any man drive away an hungry
lion in the woods? Or may any man quench the fire in the stubble, when it hath
gone to burn? May one turn again the arrow, that is shot of a strong archer? The
mighty Lord sendeth the plagues, and what is he that will drive them away? The
fire is kindled and gone forth in his wrath, and what is he that will quench it?
He shall cast lightings, and who shall not fear? He shall thunder, and who shall
not be afraid: The Lord shall threaten and who shall not utterly be beaten to
powder at his presence? The earth quaketh, and the foundations thereof: the sea
ariseth up with waves from the deep, and the floods of it are unquiet and the
fishes thereof also before the Lord, and before the glory of his power. For
strong is his right hand that holdeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth, are
sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot to the ends of the world. THE
FIRST OF THE MACHABEES Chpt 10
So Ptolomy went out of Egypt with his daughter *Cleopatra, and came unto
Ptolemais in the hundred and sixty second year: where king Alexander met him,
and he gave Alexander his daughter Cleopatra, and married them at Ptolemais with
great worship, like as the manner of kings is to be. Then wrote king Alexander
unto Jonathas, that he should come and meet him. So he went honorably to
Ptolemais, and there he met the two kings, and gave them great presents of gold
and silver, and found favor in their sight: And there came together against
Jonathas certain wicked men and ungracious persons of Israel, making complaint
of him, but the king regarded them not. As for Jonathas, the king commanded to
take off his garments, and clothe him in purple: and so they did. Then the king
appointed him sit by him, and said into his princes: Go with him into the midst
of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any
matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause. THE
SECOND OF THE MACHABEES Chpt 4
This Simon now ( of whom we spake afore ) being a betrayer of the money
and of his own natural country, reported the worst of Onias: as though he
had moved Heliodorus unto this, and as though he had been a bringer up of evil.
Thus he was not ashamed to call him an enemy of the realm, that was so faithful
an overseer and defender of the city and of his people: yee and so fervent in
the law of God. But when the malice of Simon increased so far, that through his
friends there were certain manslaughters committed: Onias considered the peril
that might come through this strife, and how that Apollonius ( namely the chief
lord in Celosyria and Phenices ) was all set up tyranny, and Simons malice
increased the same: He gat him to the king, not as an accuser of the
citizens, but as one that by himself intended the common wealth of the whole
multitude. For he saw it was not possible to live in peace, neither Simon to
leave off from his foolishness, except the king did look thereto. But after the
death of Seleucus, when *Antiochus ( which is called the noble ) took the
kingdom: Jason the brother of Onias labored to be high priest: for he came unto
the king, and promised him three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and of the
other rents eighty talents. Beside this he promised him yet an hundred and fifty
if he might have *the school of the children, and that he might call them of
Jerusalem Antiochians. Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten the
superiority, he began immediately to draw his kinsmen to the custom of the
Heathen, put down the things that the Jews had set up of love, by John the
father of Eupolemius, which was sent ambassador unto Rome, for to make the bond
of friendship and love. He put down all the Jews and Liberties of the Jews, and
set up the wicked statutes. He durst make a frightening school under the
castle, and set fair young men to learn the manners of whores and brodels. THE
GOSPELL OF ST. JOHN Chpt 8
And Jesus went unto mount olivet, and early in the morning came again into
the temple and all the people came unto him, and he sat down and taught them.
And the Scribes and the Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in *advoutry,
and set her in the midst and said unto him: Master, this woman was taken in *advoutry,
even as the deed was a doing. Moses in the law commanded us that such should be
stoned. What sayest thou therefore? And this they said to tempt him: that they
might have, whereof to accuse him. Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote
on the ground. And while they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and
said unto them: let him that is among you without sin, cast the first stone at
her. And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. And as soon as they
heard that, they went out one by one, the eldest first. And Jesus was left
alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
*privy accuser = private accuser (in secret) *hoarhead (grey headed)
Behold, the plagues are sent, and shall not
turn again, till they come upon the earth. The fire is kindled, and shall not be
put out, till it consume the foundations of the earth. Like as an arrow shot of
a mighty archer, returneth not backward: even so the plagues that shall be sent
upon the earth, shall not turn again. Woe is me, woe is me, who will deliver me
in those days? The beginning of sorrows and great mourning: the beginning of *darth
and great death: the beginning of wars, and the powers shall stand in fear: the
beginning of evils, and they shall tremble everyone. What shall I do in these
things, when the plagues come? Behold, hunger, and plague, trouble and anguish
are sent, as scourging for amendment. But for all these things they shall not
turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourging.
Behold, vitals shall be so good cheap upon
the earth, that they shall think them selves to be in good case? And even then
shall mischief grow up upon the earth, wars, darth and great disquietness. For
many of them that dwell upon the earth shall perish of hunger, and the other
that escape the hunger, shall the sword destroy: And the dead shall be cast out
as dung, and there should be no man to comfort them. For the earth shall be
wasted, and the cities shall be cast down: there shall be no man left to till
the earth and to sew it. The trees shall give fruit, and who shall pluck them of
and gather them? The grapes shall be ripe, and who shall tread them: for all the
places shall be desolate of men, so that one man shall desire to see another, or
to hear his voice. For of one whole city there shall be ten left, and two in the
field, which shall hide themselves in the thick bushes, and in the cliffs of
stones: like as when there remain three or four olives upon the tree, or as when
a vineyard is gathered there are left some grapes, of them that diligently
sought through the vineyard.
Even so, in those days there shall be three
or four left, for them that search their houses with the sword. And the earth
shall be left waste, and the fields thereof shall wear old: and her ways and her
paths shall grow full of thorns, because no man shall travel there through. The
daughters shall mourn, having no bridegrooms: the women shall make lamentation,
having no husbands, their daughters shall mourn, having no help of their bride
groom. In the wars shall they be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish of
hunger. O' ye servants of the Lord, hear these things, and mark them. Behold,
the word of the Lord, O' receive it: behold the plagues draw near, and are not
slack in tarrying. Like as a travailing woman, which after nine months bringeth
forth a son, when the hour of the birth is come, an hour two or three afore that
the pains come upon her body, and when the child cometh to the birth, they tarry
not the twinkling of an lie: Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon
the earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every
side.
O' my people, hear my word, make you ready
to the battle: and in all evil be as pilgrims upon the earth He that selleth,
let him be as he that flyeth his way: and he that buyeth, as one that will
lease. Who so occupieth merchandise, as he that winneth not: and he that
buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therin: he that soweth, as one that shall
not reap: he that twisteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:
they that marry, as they that shall get no children: and they that marry not, as
the widows: and therefore they that labor, labor in vain. For strangers shall
reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their
children captive, for in captivity and hunger shall they get children. And they
that occupy their merchandise with robbery, how long deck they their cities,
their houses, their possessions, their persons? the more will I punish them for
their sins, sayeth the Lord. Like as an whore envieth an honest woman, so shall
righteousness hate iniquity, when she decketh herself, and shall accuse her to
her face, when he cometh that defendeth, which shall make inquisition for all
sin upon the earth. And therefore be not ye like thereunto, near to the works
thereof: for or ever it be long, iniquity shall be taken away out of the earth,
and righteousness shall reign among you.
Let not the sinner say, that he hath not
sinned: for coals of fire shall burn upon his head, which sayeth before the Lord
God and his glory: I have not sinned. Behold, the Lord knoweth all the works of
men, their imaginations, their thoughts and their hearts. For he spoke but the
word: let the earth be made, and it was made: let the heaven be made, and it was
made. In his word were the stars made, and he knoweth the number of them. He
searcheth the ground of the deep, and the treasures thereof: he hath measured
the sea, and what it containeth. He hath shut the sea in the midst of the
waters, and with his word hath he hanged the earth upon the waters. He spreadeth
out the heaven like a *vawte, upon the waters hath he founded it. In the desert
a dry wilderness hath he made springs of water, and poles upon the tops of
mountains, that the floods might pour down from the stony rocks to water the
earth. He made man, and put his heart in the midst of the body, and gave him
breath, life and understanding, yee and the spirit of the Almighty God, which
made all things, and hath searched the ground of all the secrets of the earth.
He knoweth your imaginations and inventions,
and what ye think when ye sin, and would hide your sins. Therefore hath the
Lord searched and sought out all your works, and he shall *bewray you all. And
when your sins are brought forth, ye shall be ashamed before men, and your own
sins shall be your accusers in that day. What will ye do? Or how will ye hide
your sins before God and his Angels? Behold, God himself is the judge, fear
him, leave off from your sins, and forget your unrighteousness, and meddle no
more with them: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble.
For behold, the heat of the great multitude is kindled over you, and they shall
take away certain of you, and feed the idle with Idols: and they that consent
unto them, shall be had in *derision, laughed to scorn, and trodden under foot.
For unto the places there shall be a place,
and in the next cities a great insurrection upon those that fear the Lord. They
shall be like madmen, they shall spare no man: they shall spoil and waste such
as fear the Lord, their goods shall they take from them, and shut them out of
their houses. Then shalt it be known who are my chosen, and they shall be tried
as the gold in the fire. Hear O' ye my beloved, sayeth the Lord: behold, the
days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same. Be not
afraid, despair not, for God is your captain.
Who so keepeth my commandments and precepts
( sayeth the Lord God ) let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your
unrighteousness be lift up. Woe be unto to those that are subdued unto their own
sins, and tangled in their wickednesses: like as a field is hedged in with
bushes, and the path thereof covered with thorns, that no man may travel
through: and so is he taken, and cast in the fire, and burnt
So it happened that when his accusers saw
the worship which was proclaimed of him, and that he was clothed in purple: they
fled every each one. And the king made much of him, wrote him among his
chief friends, and made him a duke, and partaker of his dominion. Thus Jonathas
went again to Jerusalem with peace and gladness. In the one hundred and sixty
fifth year came Demetrius the son of Demetrius from *Crete into his fathers
land: Whereof when Alexander heard tell, he was right sorry, and returned into
Antioch. And Demetrius chose Apollonius (which had the governance of Celosyria)
to be his captain.
So he gathered a great host and camped in
Jamnia, and sent unto Jonathas the high priest, saying: Darest thou withstand us
thyself alone? As for me, I am but laughed to scorn and ashamed, because thou
provest thy strength against us in the mountains. Now therefore if thou trustest
in thine own strength, come down to us into the plain field, and there let us
prove our strength together: thou shalt find, that I have valiant men of war
with me: and shalt know whom I am, and the other that stand by me.
Which say, that your foot is not able to
stand before our face, for thy fathers were twice chased in to their own land.
And now, how wilt thou be able to abide so great an host of horsemen and footmen
in the field, whereas is neither rock, stone ner place to flee unto?
This was now the beginning of the
Heathenish and strange conversation, brought in through the ungracious and
unheard wickedness of Jason, which should not be called a Priest, but an ungodly
person. In so much that the priests were now no more occupied about the
service of the altar, but despised the temple, regarded not the offerings: yee
gave their diligence to learn to fight, to wrestle, to leap, to dance, and to
put at the stone: not setting by the honor of the fathers, but liked the glory
of the Greeks best of all: for the which they strove perilously, and were greedy
to follow their statutes, yee their lust was in all things to be like them,
which afore were their enemies and destroyers. How be it to do wickedly
against the law of God, shall not escape unpunished: but of this we shall speak
here after.
What time as the Olympiades sports were
played at Tyrus ( the king himself being present ) this ungracious Jason sent
*wicked men bearing from them of Jerusalem ( which were now called Antiochians )
three hundred drachmas of silver for an offering to Hercules. These had they
that carried them, desired under such a fashion, as though they should not have
been offered, but bestowed to other uses. Nevertheless he that sent them, sent
them to the intent that they should be offered unto Hercules. But because of
those that were present, they were given as to the making of ships. And
Apollonius the son of Nesteus was sent into Egypt, because of the noble men of
king Ptolomy Philometor. Now when Antiochus perceived that he was put out from
meddling in the realm, he sought his own profit, departed from thence, came to
Joppa, and then to Jerusalem: where he was honorably received of Jason and the
city, and was brought in with torch light and with great praise: and so he
turned his host unto Phenices.
After three years Jason sent Menelaus, the
aforesaid Simons brother, to bear the money unto the king, and to bring him
answer of other necessary matters. But he ( when he was praised of the king for
magnifying of his power ) turned the priesthood unto himself, laying up three
hundred talents of silver for Jason. So when he had gotten the commandments from
the king, he came having nothing that becometh a priest, but bearing the stomach
of a cruel tyrant, and the wrath of a wild brute beast. Then Jason ( which had
deceived his own brother ) seeing that he himself was beguiled also, was *faine
to flee into the land of the Ammonites, and Menelaus got the dominion. But as
for the money that he had promised unto the king, he did nothing therein, when
Sostratus the ruler of the castle required it of him. For Sostratus was the man
that gathered the customs: wherefore they were both called before the king. Thus
was Menelaus put out of the priesthood, and Lysimachus his brother came in his
stead. Sostratus also was made lord of the Cyprians.
It happened in the mean season, that the
Tharsians and Mallocians made insurrection, because they were given for a
present unto king Antiochus concubine. Then came the king in all haste, to still
them again, and to pacify the matter, leaving Andronicus there to be his deputy,
as one *mete therefore. Now Menelaus supposing that he had gotten a right
convenient time, stole certain vessels of gold out of the temple, and gave them
to Andronicus for a present: and some he sold at Tyrus and in the cities
thereby.
Which when Onias knew of a surety, he
reproved him: but he kept him in a Sanctuary beside Daphnis, that lieth by
Antioche. Wherefore Menelaus gat him to Andronicus, and prayed him that he would
slay Onias. So when he came to Onias, he counselled him craftily to come out of
the Sanctuary, giving him his hand with an oath ( how be it he suspected him )
and then he slew Onias, without any regard of righteousness. For the which cause
not only the Jews, but other nations also took indignation, and were displeased
for the unrighteous death of so godly a man.
And when the king was come again from
Cilicia, the Jews and certain of the Greeks went unto him, complaining for the
unrighteous death of Onias. Yee Antiochus himself was sorry in his mind for
Onias, so that it pitied him, and he wept, remembering his soberness and
mannerly behavior. Wherefore was he so kindled in his mind, that he commanded
Andronicus to be stripped out of his purple clothing, and so to be led
throughout all the city: yee and the ungracious man to be slain in the same
place, where he committed his wickedness upon Onais. Thus the Lord rewarded him
his punishment, as he had deserved. Now when Lysimachus had done many wicked
deeds in the temple through the counsel of Menelaus, and the voice came abroad:
the multitude gathered them together against Lysimachus, for he had carried out
now much gold.
So when the people arose, and were full of
displeasure, Lysimachus armed three thousand unthirifties to defend him: *a
certain tyrant being their captain, which was grown both in age and woodness.
But when the people understood the purpose of Lysimachus, some gat stones, some
good strong clubs, and some cast ashes upon Lysimachus. Thus there were many of
them wounded, some being slain, and all the other chased away. But as for the
wicked *churchrobber himself, they killed him beside the treasury. Of these
matters therefore there was kept a court against Menelaus. Now when the king
came to Tyrus, they made a complaint unto him of Menelaus, concerning this
business, and the ambassadors were there. But Menelaus went and promised Ptolomy
to give him much money, if he would persuade the king. So Ptolomy went to the
king in to a court, ( where as he was set to cool him ) and brought him out of
that mind. In so much that he discharged Menelaus from the accusations, that not
withstanding was cause of all mischief: and those poor men, which if they had
told their cause, yee before the Scythians, they should have been judged
innocent, them he condemned to death.
Thus were they soon punished, which followed
upon the matter for the city, for the people, and for the holy vessel. Wherefore
they of Tyrus took indignation, and buried them honorably. And so through the
covetousness of them that were in power Menelaus remained still in authority,
increasing in malice, to the hurt of the citizens
*the school of the children (kjv = *license to set him up a place for exercise,
and for the training up of youth in the fashions of the heathen, and to write
them of Jerusalem by the name of Antiochians.) *wicked men (kjv=special
messengers) *faine (obligated/willing)
*mete (worthy) *a certain tyrant being their captain,(kjv = one Auranus being
the leader)
for the wicked *churchrobber himself (church being a building OUTSIDE of the
temple)
When Jesus had lifted up himself again,
and saw no man, but the woman, he said unto her: Woman where are those thine
accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She said: No man Lord. And Jesus said:
Neither do I condemn thee.
Go, and sin no more.
Then spake Jesus again unto them saying: I
am the light of the world. He that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness: but
shall have the light of life. The Pharisees said unto him: Thou bearest record
of thy self, thy record is not true. Jesus answered and said unto them: Though I
bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came and
whither I go. But ye cannot tell whence I come and whither I go. Ye judge after
the flesh, I judge no man. And if I judge, my judgement is true. For I am not
alone: but I and the father that sent me. It is also written in your law, that
the testimony of two men is true. I am one that bear witness of myself, and the
father that sent me, beareth witness of me. Then said they unto him: where is
thy father? Jesus answered: ye neither know me, nor yet my father. If ye had
known me, ye should have known my father also. These words spake Jesus in the
treasury, as he taught in the temple, and no man laid hands on him, for his time
was not yet come.
Then said Jesus again unto them: I go my
way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins. Whither I go, thither can
ye not come. Then said the Jewes: will he kill himself, because he saith:
whither I go, thither can ye not come? And he said unto them: ye are from
beneath, I am from above. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world. I said
therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins. For except ye believe that I
am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Then said they unto him, who art thou? And
Jesus said unto them: Even the very same thing that I say unto you. I have many
things to say, and to judge of you. Ye and he that sent me is true. And I speak
in the world, those things which I have heard of him. How be it they understood
not that he spake of his father. Then said Jesus unto them: when ye have lift up
on high the son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing
of myself: but as my father hath taught me, even so I speak: and he that sent
me, is with me. The father hath not left me alone, for I do always those things
that please him.
As he spake these words, many believed on
him.
Then said Jesus to those Jewes which
believed on him. If ye continue in my words, then are ye my very disciples, and
shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free. They answered him: We
be Abrahams seed, and were never bond to any man: why sayest thou then, ye shall
be made free?
Jesus answered them: Verily, verily I say
unto you, that whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin. And the servant
abideth not in the house for ever: But the son abideth ever. If the son
therefore shall make you free, then are ye free indeed. I know that ye are
Abrahams seed: but ye seek means to kill me, because my sayings have no place in
you. I speak that I have seen with my father: and ye do that which ye have seen
with your father. They answered and said unto him: Abraham is our father. Jesus
said unto them. If ye were Abrahams children ye would do the deeds of Abraham.
But now ye go about to kill me, a man that have told you the truth which I have
heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said
they unto him: we were not born of fornication. We have one father, which is
God. Jesus said unto them: if God were your father, then would ye love me. For I
proceeded forth and come from God. Neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why
do ye not know my speech? Even because ye cannot abide the hearing of my words.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the
lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode
not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, then
speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof. And because I
tell you the truth, therefore ye believe me not.
Which of you can rebuke me of sin? If I say
the truth, why do not ye believe me? He that is of God, heareth Gods words. Ye
therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jewes and
said unto him: Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane and hast the devil?
Jesus answered: I have not the devil: but I honour my father, and ye have
dishonored me. I seek not mine own praise: but there is one that seeketh and
judgeth.
Verily, verily I say unto you, if a man keep
my sayings, he shall never see death. Then said the Jewes to him. Now know we
that thou hast the devil. Abraham is dead, and also the Prophets: and yet thou
sayest, if a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater
then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead. Whom makest
thou thyself?
Jesus answered: If I honour my self, mine
honour is nothing worth. It is my father that honoureth me, which ye say, is
your God, and ye have not known him: but I know him. And if I should say, I know
him not, I should be a liar like unto you. But I know him, and keep his saying.
Your father Abraham was glad to see my day,
and he saw it and rejoiced. Then said the Jewes unto him: thou art not yet fifty
years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them: Verily, verily I
say unto you: *yer Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones, to cast at him.
But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple
*advoutry: prefix
"a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion; plain hearted to God,
being devoted to something or some one else .in this case devoted to the flesh.
see James 2 for adultery. *yer (before)
THE
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Chpt 23 And when there arose great debate, the captain fearing lest Paul should
have been plucked asunder of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to
take him from among them and to bring him into the castle. The night following,
God stood by him and said: Be of good cheer Paul: for as thou hast testified of
me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness at Rome. When day was come, certain
of the Jewes gathered themselves together, and made a vow, saying that they
would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. They were about forty
which had made this *conspiration. And they came to the chief Priest and
elders, and said: we have bound ourselves with a vow, that we will eat nothing
until we have slain Paul. Now therefore give ye knowledge to the uppercaptain
and to the council, that he bring him forth unto us tomorrow, as though we would
know something more perfectly of him. But we (or ever he come near) are ready in
the mean season to kill him.
When Pauls sisters son heard of their laying
wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. And Paul called one of
the under captains unto him, and said: bring this young man unto the high
Captain: for he hath a certain thing to show him. And he took him, and said:
Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto
thee, which hath a certain matter to show thee.
The high captain took him by the hand, and
went apart with him out of the way: and asked him: what hast thou to say unto
me? And he said: the Jewes are determined to desire thee that thou wouldest
bring forth Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would enquire
somewhat of him more perfectly. But follow not their minds: for there lie in
wait for him of them, more than forty men, which have bound themselves with a
vow, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now are
they ready, and look for thy promise.
The uppercaptain let the young man depart
and charged him: see thou tell it out to no man that thou hast showed these
things to me. And he called unto him two under Captains, saying: make ready two
hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen
two hundred, at the third hour of the night. And deliver them beasts that they
may put Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the high *debite, and wrote a
letter in this manner.
Claudius Lisias unto the most mighty ruler
Felix, sendeth greetings. This man was taken of the Jewes, and should have been
killed of them. Then came I with soldiers, and rescued him, and perceived that
he was a Roman. And when I would have known the cause, wherefore they accused
him, I brought him forth into their council. There perceived I that he was
accused of questions of their law: but was not guilty of any thing worthy of
death or of bonds. Afterward when it was showed me how that the Jews laid wait
for the man, I sent him straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers,
if they had ought against him, to tell it unto thee: farewell. Then the soldiers
as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatras. On
the morrow they left horsemen to go with him, and returned unto the castle.
Which when they came to Cesarea, they delivered the epistle to the *debite, and
presented Paul before him. When the *debits had read the letter, he asked of
what country he was. And when he understood that he was of Cicill. I will hear
thee (said he) when thine accusers are come also: and commanded him to be
kept in Herods palace
*conspiration (conspiracy) *debite (deputy; deputies )
They were about forty which had made this *conspiration.
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Chpt 24
After five days, Ananias the high Priest descended, with elders and
with a certain Orator named Tartullus, and informed the ruler of Paul. When Paul
was called forth, Tartullus began to accuse him saying: Seeing that we live in
great quietness by the means of thee, and that many good things are done unto
this nation through thy providence: that allow we ever and in all places most
mighty Felix with all thanks. Notwithstanding, that I be not tedious unto thee,
I pray thee, that thou wouldest hear us of thy courtesy a few words.
We have found this man a pestilent fellow,
and a mover of debate unto all the Jewes throughout the world, and a maintainer
of the sect of the Nazarites, and hath also enforced to pollute the temple. Whom
we took and would have judged according to our law: but the high captain Lysias
came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands
commanding his accusers to come unto thee. Of whom thou mayest (if thou wilt
enquire) know the certain of all these things whereof we accuse him. The Jewes
likewise affirmed, saying that it was even so.
Then Paul (after that the ruler himself had
beckoned unto him that he should speak) answered: I shall with a more quiet mind
answer for myself, for as much as I understand that thou hast been of many years
a judge unto this people, because that thou mayest know that there are yet, but
twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to pray, and that they neither
found me in the temple disputing with any man, either raising up the people
neither in the Synagogues, nor in the city. Neither can they prove the things
whereof they accuse me.
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Chpt 25
After a certain days, king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus. And when they had been there a good season, Festus rehearsed Pauls cause unto the king saying: there is a certain man left in prison of Felix, about whom when I came to Jerusalem, the high Priests and elders of the Jewes informed me, and desired to have judgement against him. To whom I answered: It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man, that he should perish, before that he which is accused, have the accusers before him, and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him: when they were come hither, without delay on the morrow I sat to give judgement, and commanded the man to be brought forth. Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: but had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus which was dead whom Paul affirmed to be alive. And because I doubted of such manner questions, I asked him whither he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. Then when Paul had appealed to be kept unto the knowledge of Cesar, I commanded him to be kept, till I might send him to Caesar. Agrippa said unto Festus: I would also hear the man myself. Tomorrow (said he) thou shalt hear him. And on the morrow when Agrippa was come and Bernice with great pomp, and were entered into the council house with the captains and chief men of the city, at Festus commandment Paul was brought forth. And Festus said: king Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us: ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jewes have been with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. Yet found I nothing worthy of death that he had committed. Nevertheless seeing that he hath appealed to Cesar, I have determined to send him. Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my Lord. Wherefore I have brought him unto you, and specially unto thee, king Agrippa, that after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. For me thinketh it unreasonable, for to send a prisoner, and not to show the causes which are laid against him
This understand, that in the last days shall come
parlous times. For the men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, cursed speakers, disobedient to father and mother, unthankful,
unholy, unkind, trucebreakers, stubborn, false accusers, rioters, fierce
despisers of them which are good, traitors, heady, high minded, greedy upon
voluptuousness more then lovers of God, having a similitude of Godly living, but
have denied the power thereof: and such abhor. Of this sort are they which
enter into houses, and bring into bondage women laden with sin, which women are
led of *diverse lusts, ever learning and never able to come unto the knowledge
of the truth.
As Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, even
so do these resist the truth, men they are of corrupt minds, and lewd as
concerning the faith: but they shall prevail no longer. For their madness shall
be uttered unto all men as theirs was. But thou hast seen the experience of my
doctrine, fashion of living, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, patience,
persecutions, and afflictions which happened unto me at Antioche, at Iconium and
at Lystra: which persecutions I suffered patiently. And from them all the Lord
delivered me. Yea and all that will live godly in Christ *Jesu, must suffer
persecutions. But the evil men and deceivers shall wax worse and worse, while
they deceive and are deceived themselves.
But continue thou in the things which thou
hast learned, which also were committed unto thee, seeing thou knowest of whom
thou hast learned them and for as much also as thou hast known holy scripture of
a child, which is able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith which
is in Christ Jesu. For all scripture given by inspiration of God, is profitable
to teach, to improve, to amend and to instruct in righteousness, that the man of
God may be perfect and prepared unto all good works
*diverse (various
dogmas and doctrines contrary to the truth of God)
*Jesu; exact spelling Jesus from the Hebrew.
But speak thou that which becometh wholesome learning. That that elder men
be sober, honest, discreet, sound in the faith in love and in patience. And the
elder women likewise, that they be in such raiment as becometh holiness, not
false accusers, not given to much drinking, but teachers of honest things, to
make the young women soberminded, to love their husbands, to love their
children, to be discreet, chaste, housewifely, good and obedient unto their own
husbands that the word of God be not evil spoken of. Young men likewise exhort
that they be sober minded.
Above all things show thyself an example of
good works with uncorrupt doctrine with honesty, and with the wholesome word
which cannot be rebuked, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, having
nothing in you that he may dispraise. The servants exhort to be obedient unto
their own masters and to please in all things, not answering again, neither be
pickers, but that they show all good faithfulness, that they may do worship to
the doctrine of our saviour God in all things. For the grace of God, that
bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared and teacheth us that we should
deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober minded,
righteously and godly in this present world, looking for that blessed hope and
glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our saviour Jesu Christ which gave
himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a
peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works. These things
speak, and exhort, and rebuke, with all commanding. See that no man despise thee
and others of a similitude...
"high halls and the accusers of Trump."
"accusers and women and the left ruling over the FBI."
"more on accusers of Trump..."
"within the house of the accusers..."
"detractors and accusers of donald trump..."
"the watch ...the rumors and the accusers..."
"subtle accuser in wicked labor..."
Houses of darkness ...mocking accusers