 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1671 - 576 pages
...hereby he would obviate the vulgar prejudice raised against him upon the account of his cross ; for Christ crucified was " to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness." 1 Cor. 1 : 23. This also best suited his end, to draw them on to Christ ; as Christ above all other... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Apologetics - 1804 - 350 pages
...the gospel itself as much an external thing as " the law was ; and so we see that the preaching of " Christ crucified was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and " to the Greeks foolishness. But indeed he means a " VITAL EFFLUX from God upon the souls of men, " whereby they are made partakers... | |
 | J S. Pipe - Christianity - England - 19th century - 1813 - 646 pages
...them, because they are spiritually discerned, 1 Cor. ii. 14. And hence it was, that the preaching of Christ crucified was to the Jews a stumblingblock, and to the Greeks foolishness; and so it will ever be to those who proudly set up learning, philosophy, or the vain conceits of mere... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...Christ. The Jews required a sign, and the Greeks sought afler wisdom : insomuch that the preaching of Christ crucified was " to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks VOL. v. Y foolishness." Nevertheless to many, " both Jews and Greeks, Christ was the power of God,... | |
 | William Dell - Society of Friends - 1816 - 608 pages
...sons of men; and through this -suffering of Christ, all the world were so extremely offended, that Christ crucified, was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness. And thus was, and is, the world and worldly church offended at the true Christ, whom the scriptures... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...your understanding,'1'' said the [¡entiles, " who worship for a God, him who was crucified ?" Thus Christ crucified was, to the Jews, a stumblingblock ; and to the Greeks, foolishness. See W hilly on this verse. Verse 24. But unto them Khich arc called'] Тщ Those both of Jews and Greeks,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 556 pages
...immundititi—An incrustation of filth. an external thing as the law was ; and so we see that the preaching of Christ crucified was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness. But indeed he means a vital efflux from God upon the souls of men, whereby they are made partakers... | |
 | John Douglas - Bible - 1824 - 268 pages
...such a one for their lord and master ? Would they have taken a leader from the accursed tree ? Jesus crucified was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness. If glory, therefore, was their aim, this could not be got by professing themselves his followers. The... | |
 | Elisha Bates - Society of Friends - 1826 - 324 pages
...should possess extraordinary outward power and glory, and should abide for ever. And therefore to preach Christ crucified, was to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness. Hence the apostle thus reasoned with them — thus witnessed to small and great, that Christ must needs... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...Christ. The Jews required a sign, and the Greeks sought after wisdom ; insomuch that the preaching of Christ crucified was " to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks foolishness." Nevertheless to many, " both Jews and Greeks, Christ was the power of God, and the wisdom of God,"... | |
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was " to the Jews a stumbling-block, and to the Greeks, foolishness." The total change required in all the notions, habits, and systems of conduct in the first converts, constituted an obstacle to the reception of the new religion, which no other that... 
