Sentences with phrase «came by night»

He came by night in order to escape detection.

An enemy has come by night and sowed darnel so thickly that it can not be weeded out without destroying the wheat.

He comes by every night.

This point is pressed home in unforgettable fashion in the story where the great army of the Arameans comes by night to surround the prophet Elisha in Dothan.

64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night [m] and steal Him away, and say to the people, «He has risen from the dead.»

Not exact matches

A decision scheduled for Wednesday night by the Santa Clara Valley Water District board comes just weeks after a state commission recommended funding for a reservoir expansion the district is seeking.

I'm sure nobody expected or wanted Jon Snow to let the Wildings cross the wall, but he knew that winter was coming and that he could not keep Winterfell safe from the Night's King; he decided to stop the White Walkers from increasing their numbers by getting people out of their reach.

Even more impressive, this emergency goaltender (part of a crew of recreational players who staff home games for the Blackhawks in case of emergencies) stopped every shot that came at him — seven in total — and was swarmed by an appreciative team when the night ended.

The response came after a woman posted on Reddit Thursday night that she had been approached multiple times by 20 - something men who «seemed like they were spewing a pitch to me.»

The night after they obtained a guilty verdict against one defendant, in 2011, prosecutors and their staff spent a total of $ 763.80 for dinner at a country club (divided by the 18 individuals present, that comes out to $ 42.39 each).

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

If you naturally come alive at night and feel like a zombie before midmorning no matter what you do, you've no doubt spent most of your life being nagged by well - meaning parents, teachers, and advice peddlers to mend your ways and become a morning person.

After several meetings, the young McDermott persuaded his interviewer Emerson Fullwood (now retired) to give him the job on the spot, telling him he'd promised his father he'd come home that night with his employee badge in his pocket, a confidence driven by the desire to work.

Finally, after coming under fire by users and advocacy groups, the app announced late Monday night that it had ceased sharing its users» HIV status with these third - party companies.

The shooting came after hours of questioning by law enforcement officials that began the night before.

When the great moment comes on Friday night that reporters and delegates are invited by the party into the same room, and the blue volunteers hold hands and sing, and Harper begins his speech to delegates, his task will not actually be all that daunting.

Team members took turns to stop by and support each other — bringing snacks and coming to the middle - of - the - night classes to cheer on the teammates that drew the «short straw.»

Like me now I live alone in the woods with squirrels and rabbits and deer and foxes and a huge owl that comes down by my cabin and makes a spooky noise in the night, but we are friends and it is all ok.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

in the Bible it says about Jesus's second coming he would come like a theif in the night, pretty much no one can be sure when he will come, it could be tomorrow, now, next year or next century but until then trust God, keep praying, and keep spreading his word so when Jesus does come more can share in coming to Hevan and being received by the Lord!

Please don't forget that regardless of what you think, post, read, say or pray you will be caught by surprise when Jesus comes again (per the Bible, he comes as a thief in the night).

By the time Goetz wrote, that theme — of God hanging there on the gallows with the innocent sufferer, in the timeless image Elie Wiesel offered in his book Night — had come to dominate many forms of Protestant theology.

[31] By tradition the Messiah would come on Passover night.

«O come, Thou Day - Spring Come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death's dark shadows put to flight Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel Shall come to thee, o Israel&racome, Thou Day - Spring Come and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death's dark shadows put to flight Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel Shall come to thee, o Israel&raCome and cheer Our spirits by Thine advent here Disperse the gloomy clouds of night And death's dark shadows put to flight Rejoice, rejoice, Emmanuel Shall come to thee, o Israel&racome to thee, o Israel»

2:1; Rev. 21:23; 22:5).12 For the Christian, Christ's coming announces the dawn of a New Age, which will never be followed by a night (Rev 21:23; 22:5).13

And as we are strangers and pilgrims on earth, help us by true faith and a godly life to prepare for the world to come; doing the work Thou hast given us to do while it is day; before the night Cometh when no man can work.

Then one night Truth came by.

In the third chapter of John's Gospel we read of a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a ruler of the Jews, who came to Jesus by night with a searching and uneasy sense that Jesus could give him something that he needed greatly.

The tradition of using a tiny bit of bread and wine (or juice) has continued to be practiced, even though it does not even come close to what was practiced by Jesus and His apostles on the night He was betrayed, and reflects instead some sort of magical ceremony where some people believe that God is giving them special grace and power through the ritual elements of bread and wine.

The parks came, settling into place one by one as they were described, free of the darkness under the night — from tiny paved vest - pocket niches to the lake - set expanses of Central Park, they all came, thrusting the black fog back.

Yes, when late autumn comes, even the flower can speak the wisdom of the years and say with truthfulness, «All has its time, there is «a time to be born and a time to die»; there is a time to jest lightheartedly in the spring breeze, and a time to break under the autumn storm; there is a time to burst forth into blossom, beside the running water, beloved by the stream, and a time to wither and be forgotten; a time to be sought out for one's beauty, and a time to be unnoticed in one's wretchedness; there is a time to be nursed with care, and a time to be cast out with contempt; there is a time to delight in the warmth of the morning sun and a time to perish in the night's cold.

But perhaps it came to him in a moment in the night, like his kitchen experience as described by Taylor Branch:

But on the night one of my children came to me, utterly devastated by just the sight of marketing materials having to do with child trafficking, I knew he was more right than me.

Irony is ever present in the writings of St John, and Our Lord's words, though part of divine revelation to all, nevertheless gently point out the fault of the one who will only see Jesus by night: «men have shown they prefer darkness to the light» (Jn 3, 19) and «the man who lives by the truth comes out into the light» (Jn 3, 21).

Last night at a work party this exact comment came up about how when they visited the Vatican they were disgusted by by how much money they have and why they don't sell it and feed the poor.

His actions and his teachings sparked controversy among the Pharisees, and one of them named Nicodemus came to Jesus by night to question him about eternal life (John 3:1 - 21).

Ive been praying to Kelly Clarkson every night to come by and supprise me with an improptu concert.

He came late on a winter night, when King was overwhelmed by fear after receiving yet another call from someone angrily threatening his life.

Now in the night whereon the Lord's day dawned, as the soldiers were keeping guard two by two in every watch, there came a great sound in the heaven, and they saw the heavens opened up and two men descend thence, shining with a great light, and drawing near unto the sepulchre.

Following this come three collections of extracts from later portions of the book, designed for devotional use by Sikhs, particularly for evening prayer and before retiring for the night.

It awaits a «breaking and entering» by the Holy who «comes like a thief in the night» (Mt. 24:43) but brings «gifts of Grace».

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

During the fourth watch of the night he comes to them walking on the sea, and, as the narrator informs us, «he was wanting to pass them by» (Mark 6:48).

Frogist, if you were out walking in the woods and came across a «night time» ritual led by the guys in the white robes and the pointy hats, how «comfy» would you feel...?

This is a bit of a dream come true for us, these lazy nights with her in her sweats and me in my work clothes, peeling oranges by the fire.

«It is the experience of myriads of trustful souls, that this sense of God's unfailing presence with them in their going out and in their coming in, and by night and day, is a source of absolute repose and confident calmness.

One must read Genesis - Malachi to know the truth, that is being hidden by the enemy using the NT to mislead the flocks from what really happened in the history of the captive slaves, the Hebrews who came out of Egypt at night in Exodus 12.

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

In January 1588, he wrote to a friend in the Electoral service, Johann Loser, asking him to be godfather to his son «whom God has given me this night by my dear Katie, so that he may come out of the old Adam's nature to the rebirth in Christ through the holy sacrament of baptism, and may become a member of sacred Christendom.

I have never met the man behind the Islamic community center near ground zero, so my first chance to take the measure of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf came last night when he was interviewed by Soledad O'Brien on «Larry King Live.»