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Of the Use of Reason in Religion; and of Dreams, Auguries, Oracles ...
... the divine institutes. Book II. Of the Origin of Error. Chap. viii."of the use of
reason in religion; and of dreams, auguries, oracles, and similar portents. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap viii of the use of.htm

That it is not Contrary to Nature That, in an Object Whose Nature ...
... For we say that all portents are contrary to nature; but they are not so. ... But who
can number the multitude of portents recorded in profane histories? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 8 that it is not.htm

Why the Pharisees Asked a Sign from Heaven.
... And they ought to have known that even many of the portents wrought against Egypt
in the time of Moses, though they were not from heaven, were clearly from God ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/2 why the pharisees asked.htm

From the Thirteenth Chapter.
... 11. "And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth."] He is speaking of the
great and false prophet who is to do signs, and portents, and falsehoods ...
/.../from the thirteenth chapter.htm

The divine institutes
... of ancestors. Chap. viii.--of the use of reason in religion; and of dreams,
auguries, oracles, and similar portents. Chap. ix.--of ...
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Letter vii.
... And, by no means do I allege the great works in Egypt [81] , or certain other Divine
portents, which took place elsewhere, but the well-known and celestial ones ...
/.../dionysius/letters of dionysius the areopagite/letter vii.htm

From the Tenth Chapter.
... "The time," says he, "is at hand." [2286] For the apostles, by powers, by signs,
by portents, and by mighty works, have overcome unbelief. ...
/.../commentary on the apocolypse of the blessed john/from the tenth chapter.htm

Light at Evening Time
... But there always were evil prophets. There always have been times and
crises when dark portents favoured unwelcome predictions. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/light at evening time.htm

The Battle of Life
... if at every call to fresh deeds of heroism we listen to the crowing of those
whose nature it is to look black, and utter dark portents. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/the battle of life.htm

The Characters of Herod and Augustus were as Far Apart as their ...
... his purposes. The Sanhedrim held that when he came into the world there
would be certain signs and portents seen of all men. This ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 12 the characters of.htm

Thesaurus
Portents (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Portents (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 8:18 See, I
and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs ...
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Porter (6 Occurrences)

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Parousia
... Plagues fall upon men (Rev, passim; compare especially Philo, Execr.), and natural
portents occur (Acts 2:19, 20; Rev, passim; compare 2 Esdras 5:4, 5; Enoch 80 ...
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Omen (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions
regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. ...
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Joel (22 Occurrences)
... (4.) Finally, the prophet foretells portents and judgments as destined to fall on
the enemies of God (ch. 3, but in the Hebrew text 4). Jehovah is his God. ...
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Portent (5 Occurrences)

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Miracle (15 Occurrences)
... higher power. (2.) Terata, "wonders;" wonder-causing events; portents; producing
astonishment in the beholder (Acts 2:19). (3.) Dunameis ...
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Greece (15 Occurrences)
...Portents in Nature-meteors, comets, eclipses, etc.-claimed the attention of the
superstitious; but there was no science of astrology, and superstition had no ...
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Ancient (64 Occurrences)
...Portents in Nature-meteors, comets, eclipses, etc.-claimed the attention of the
superstitious; but there was no science of astrology, and superstition had no ...
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Astronomy
... Jeremiah 10:2). To the Hebrew prophets, eclipses were "signs" of the power and
authority of God who forbade them to be alarmed at portents which distressed the ...
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Bible Concordance
Portents (2 Occurrences)

Isaiah 8:18 See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.
(See RSV)

Joel 2:30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
(See RSV)

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Porter (6 Occurrences)

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