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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 13 – Persecuting Powers Professedly Christian
endeavored, used means, been at pains, to

purify thee. John 5:44: ‘How can ye believe

which receive honor one of another;’ i. e.,

endeavor to receive. Romans 2:4: ‘The

goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance;’

i. e., endeavors, or tends, to lead thee. Amos

9:3: ‘Though they be hid from my sight in the

bottom of the sea;’ i. e., though they aim to be

hid. 1 Corinthians 10:33: ‘I please all men;’ i. e.,

endeavor to please. Galatians 5:4: ‘Whosoever

of you are justified by the law;’ i. e., seek or

endeavor to be justified. Psalms 69:4: ‘They

that destroy me are mighty;’ i. e., that

endeavor to destroy me; English, ‘That would

destroy me.’ Acts 7:26: ‘And set them at one

again:’ i. e., wished and endeavored, English,

‘Would have set them.’”