Sentences with phrase «story of the lepers»

Possibly, therefore, he moved the story of the lepers, including the geographical note, to a later place than it had occupied in his source, though why he should do this is not apparent.

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I distinctly remember the story of Jesus pointing at a leper and saying «Screw that guy, he should get a better job.»

Luke tells a story of Jesus meeting ten lepers (Luke 17:11 - 18).

In another story we shall come across some of those lepers in Israel who were not cured.

Within this legendary story hides more than 5,000 others — the story of the skinny orphan, the skeptical tax collector, the despised Samaritan, the curious fisherman, the struggling widow, the disdained prostitute, the wealthy mother, the angry zealot, the ostracized Canaanite, the banished leper, the suffering slave, the repentant sinner... and ultimately, the story of you and me.

Here is my evil plan — Create a fictional character, have him born into poverty in a part of the world full of strife with no recorded history, cast some doubts on his conception (that will keep them guessing), leave a decade or so gap in his life story, re-introduce him in the middle of nowhere and tell everyone he has all these amazing powers, he confounds and confuses all his followers and tells them not to tell anyone about what he does or where he is going and Oh yeah, they are all prostiitutes and tax cheats and lepers and the really lowlifes of society, deny them the chance to follow him, set him at odds with both the government and the church powers of his time, cast doubts on his seexuality and intelligence, make it so he refuses anyone to come to his aid and kill him in the most horrible way imaginable, then hide his body, make it so nothing he does can be historically proven.

There is a story about lepers in the Bible (lepers used to be cast out of the general public untill cleanesed) these lepers were starving to death but knew of a near by city where food was in plenty, though it was owned by enemies.

How apt it is that the open letter begins with the story of Jesus Christ and the ten lepers.

The following year, he took on the role of a philanthropic priest attempting to console lepers in Molokai: The Story of Father Damien, once again earning an AFI nomination for Best Actor.

Horror chronicles the story of a scientist, Doctor Grave, who isolates and drinks the elixir of human sexuality, in turn transforming into a murderous leper.

Tiphanie Yanique is a native of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and the author of the story collection How to Escape from a Leper Colony.