Sentences with phrase «afflicted the people in»

Even Jesus» own family was not free from the unbelief that afflicted the people in general.

Leppert and his colleagues found that several afflicted people in families with a high incidence of this condition had mutations in small sections of chromosome 20.

Several of these changes increase β amyloid formation and cause a devastating inherited form of Alzheimer's that afflicts people in their 30s and 40s — much earlier than the far more common «late - onset» form of Alzheimer's that typically strikes people their 70s and 80s.

After curing the afflicted people in Zema, Alys» group rested at the inn briefly.

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The one - parent variety afflicts one in 250 people worldwide — in the U.S., an estimated 1.3 million people have FH, according to the FH Foundation.

But, at least in the venture capital world, funding for companies focused on tackling heart disease, respiratory disease, and other mass population conditions — i.e., those that afflict millions upon millions of people — has dropped sharply in the last decade.

After the night with disrupted sleep, the researchers found people had higher levels of beta - amyloid proteins, the proteins that clump together and form the plaque found in Alzheimer's - afflicted brains, in the volunteers» spinal fluid.

If we were able to conduct a survey of those human beings who are giving the most devoted service to people in need, whether it is to the blind, the deaf and dumb, the leper, the spastic or any other of our afflicted fellow human beings, I am confident that we should find the Christians in the majority.

29For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

For we must not forget that in addition to the open crime of the woman many other heinous things afflicted the people, e.g., speculation and the crushing of the poor by the privileged, as is suggested by the note on the frightful prices for the least bit of nourishment.

Someone administering aid to a person afflicted with disease in Africa, for example, may be a representative of a belief system that I believe contributes to the spread of said disease, but I would certainly at least respect the caregiver, as I said, for their actions.

A more ancient view, still apparent at many points in the Old Testament, had been that righteousness was rewarded by prosperity and long life in this world, and misfortune was a punishment for sin; but as Israel suffered more and more adversity, and the most faithful individuals and groups were the most oppressed and afflicted, it came to be felt that the humble, the meek, the devout, the poor were the righteous people of God, and the mighty and prosperous were the proud, wicked oppressors.

But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities... he was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth... he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people... although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth... he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors.

You with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them.

But even if not all the cures recorded in the Gospels actually occurred, it is altogether probable that Jesus healed many people afflicted with various ills of body and mind.

Because of their leading role in the world — first in winning the war, then in rebuilding the peace — Americans were highly regarded, and Pope Pius XII sent them a letter, expressing his admiration and expectations: «The American people,» he began, «have a genius for splendid and unselfish action, and into the hands of America, God has placed the destinies of afflicted humanity.»

The afflicted and resentful people in exile were tempted to blame their calamitous estate on God's inequity.

And God said, I will build a church here And cause this people to worship me, And afflict them with poverty and sickness In return for centuries of hard work And patience.

The church gave ALL of it away not only to homeless people afflicted by hurricane Sandy but also to various charitable organizations in the South East (homeless shelters, orphanages, kitchen for the homeless, red cross, etc).

In a recent poll from Quebec — where lethal - injection euthanasia is legal — a chilling 72 percent of caregivers favor permitting Alzheimer's patients to be euthanized, even if the afflicted person never requested euthanasia.

From being a hard hater, their God became, in their imagination and belief, a merciful lover of his people, the depth of whose sacrificial compassions it strained their language to fathom: «In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.&raquin their imagination and belief, a merciful lover of his people, the depth of whose sacrificial compassions it strained their language to fathom: «In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.&raquIn all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.&raquin his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.&raquin his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.»

And at this climax, Lamentations embraces words that have continued to bring incalculable solace to persons in all branches of biblical faith in all time: Yahweh will not cast off for ever, but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love (hesed); for he does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.

In answering her query I pointed out that it is often difficult or even impossible to be absolutely certain that a given person is afflicted with the alcoholic sickness, but that there is a useful rule of thumb which often gives one a valid clue.

Obviously a person who has a susceptibility to alcoholism will be more apt to become afflicted in a social group that encourages heavy drinking and drunkenness.

Actually, it seems most things afflicting people nowadays can be attributed to yeast based on the amounts of sugar (or foods that convert to sugar in your body) in most peoples diets.

Players are stand - ins for the people cannabis criminalization most negatively affects: Not only are they nearly 75 percent black, but former players are also disproportionately afflicted with opioid addiction.

It is very doubtful that either parent can supply the emotional support the children need, afflicted as both parents are with myopia so severe as to disable these persons, at least temporarily, in their several roles as father and mother of the children.

In February, DuPont / Chemours, a former major manufacturer of PFOA, agreed to a $ 670 million settlement in a federal class - action lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking wateIn February, DuPont / Chemours, a former major manufacturer of PFOA, agreed to a $ 670 million settlement in a federal class - action lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking watein a federal class - action lawsuit in Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking watein Columbus, Ohio, that was filed on behalf of approximately 3,550 people who said they were afflicted with diseases as a result of PFOA contamination of their drinking water.

Now the party needs to get over the intellectual defensiveness which has afflicted it for decades — and reach out to people in English constituencies who have no tribal loyalty to Labour.

DeFrancisco — one of several lawmakers who expressed interest in expanding the scope of issues in a final deal — pointed to legislation to help people afflicted by flooding along the shores of Lake Ontario, as well as the need by this fall for the Legislature to extend the extra sales taxes.

Under them the worst economic recession that we have ever experienced in our history has been established and the Nigerian people have been afflicted with pain, hunger, hardship, suffering, poverty, uncertainty and despair.

The first «World Conference on Untouchability» has prompted questions in the House of Commons and the House of Lords about government policy towards the global human rights problem of caste discrimination, which afflicts almost 250 million people in countries from Japan to Nigeria.

It is important for us to come to this realization: at a specific point in the lives of a people afflicted with the darkness of enslavement, be it mental or physical, help was always provided from Above.

A treatment that appears safe and effective in treating natural color - blindness in monkeys might just lead to colorizing the world for similarly afflicted people, along with restoring sight to those with other retinal diseases

Schwartz explained that people afflicted with OCD engage in a wide variety of problematic behaviors — compulsive hand washing, door opening, repetitive checking of ovens and doors, even repeating the same word, phrase or sentence.

Dengue, known in its most severe form as dengue hemorrhagic fever, is a potentially fatal mosquito - borne infection that afflicts up to 100 million people each year.

It's a potential remedy for a problem that afflicts two - thirds of people over 70 years and 17 percent of all adults in the United States.

The finding, which was published online February 23 in Science Immunology, suggests there may be new ways to treat or prevent allergies and asthma, which afflict tens of millions of people in the U.S. alone.

The work, published in tomorrow's issue of Science, * holds out hope that gene therapy will be useful for limiting the severity of Parkinson's, a progressive disease that afflicts about 500,000 people in the United States alone.

Join us below at 1 P.M. Eastern on Wednesday (August 1) for a live 30 - minute online chat with engineer and energy writer Melissa C. Lott, who will discuss the blackouts that have afflicted hundreds of millions of people in India this week and whether such a catastrophe could occur in the U.S..

In July researchers investigating Huntington's disease announced a treatment that can eliminate the distorted proteins that cause the illness, offering hope to the 30,000 people afflicted in the United StateIn July researchers investigating Huntington's disease announced a treatment that can eliminate the distorted proteins that cause the illness, offering hope to the 30,000 people afflicted in the United Statein the United States.

Macular degeneration is a disorder of the central retina, or macula, that causes the afflicted person to see a dark spot in the center of his or her field of vision, impairing the ability to read, recognize faces and watch TV.

During a 24 - month clinical trial, Colby (and fellow ophthalmologists David Chang of the University of California, San Francisco, Doyle Stulting of Emory University's Eye Center in Atlanta, and Stephen S. Lane of Associated Eye Care in Stillwater, Minn.) developed and tested a preferred technique for implanting the device to most effectively treat bilateral end - stage macular degeneration, which most commonly afflicts people over the age of 55.

As part of these ongoing research activities, the DNA of Dravet patients without SCN1A mutations was analyzed by trio exome sequencing, which searches across the active parts of the genome for de novo mutations that have arisen in these patients (de novo mutations are DNA copying errors that occur in the parents» gametes or in the fertilized egg or embryo, resulting in the afflicted family member being the first person in their family to have this genetic condition).

No one knows what genes predispose people to schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, which each afflict about one in 100 people.

This osteoarthritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the most prevalent cause of chronic disability among people over 65 and afflicts 40 million people in the United States.

Growing interest in the unconventional therapy is due in part to the fact that C. difficile colitis cases have tripled in the past decade and now afflict more than half a million people a year.

Parkinson's disease, which afflicts one million people in the United States, kills a class of brain cells that produce dopamine, one of the brain's chemical messengers.

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In Austria alone around 400,000 people are afflicted by a birch pollen allergy and its associated food intolerances.