Sentences with phrase «familiar local figure»

And of course, most congregations take it as unanimous in the New Testament that Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth before Jesus was born (contra Matthew), there was at Jesus» baptism a public announcement from heaven as to his divinity (contra Mark and Luke), Jesus was rejected in his home town because he was a familiar local figure (contra Luke), Peter was the foremost apostle (contra John), and Judas hanged himself (contra Luke, in Acts)

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Another familiar figure in local politics, district leader Manny De Los Santos, is running for the Assembly seat as a member of the Democratic party.

According to people familiar with the situation, the retailer requested discounts of up to 70 %, a figure that was considered to high by local publishers, who are accustomed to offering, on average, 35 % for e-books.

These assistants need to understand local accents and idioms, know the right conversions for locally used measurements, be familiar with television shows, movie stars, and sports figures in each country and so on.