Chapter XXVIII

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

be in accord; be in agreement

From this reading As to the alleged facts, all the evangelists agree.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

declared but not proved

From this reading As to the alleged facts, all the evangelists agree.

Having no one else present.

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As to the alleged facts, all the evangelists agree.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

having a base

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

possessive form of “christ” — a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

relating to or characteristic of Christianity

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

in a manner differing from the usual or expected

From this reading Curiously enough, the same story will help us to explain the rolling away of the stone.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading Curiously enough, the same story will help us to explain the rolling away of the stone.

plural of “evangelist” — a preacher of the Christian gospel

From this reading As to the alleged facts, all the evangelists agree.

make plain and comprehensible

From this reading Curiously enough, the same story will help us to explain the rolling away of the stone.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading As to the alleged facts, all the evangelists agree.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

a coming into being

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading Curiously enough, the same story will help us to explain the rolling away of the stone.

of or relating to the study of history

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

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From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

plural of “hymn” — a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

attach a tag or label to

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

used to form the superlative

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

as follows

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

rule of personal conduct

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

(New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

uttered with a trill

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

Identical; not different.

From this reading Curiously enough, the same story will help us to explain the rolling away of the stone.

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From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

plural of “scripture” — the sacred writings of the Christian religions

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

plural of “stand” — a support or foundation

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

carry out

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

plural of “trace” — a just detectable amount

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

plural of “tradition” — an inherited pattern of thought or action

From this reading SCAURUS ON CHRIST’S RESURRECTION (II) “I now come,” said Scaurus, “to one of the most interesting of all the traditions of the resurrection—the ‘rolling away of the stone’ from the tomb.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Curiously enough, the same story will help us to explain the rolling away of the stone.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading But Mark alone has preserved traces of what I take to be the historical fact, namely, that the narrative, as it now stands, has sprung from Christian songs and hymns based on Hebrew scriptures and Jewish traditions.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Curiously enough, the same story will help us to explain the rolling away of the stone.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I shewed you above how the precept, ‘Go forth with the staff alone,’ did not mean ‘with a walking-stick’ but ‘with the staff of God,’ a metaphor from the story of Jacob in Genesis.