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The High Priest offered the evening sacrifice unaware that it was rendered obsolete by the coming of the true Sacrifice, and Cæsar slept that night without a dream that a Rival had been born who would uproot his empire and erect a worldwide kingdom.
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This sacrifice was a voluntary sacrifice, or, to speak more accurately, He was both Priest and Sacrifice, when 'through the Eternal Spirit He offered Himself without spot unto God.'
Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV Alexander Maclaren 1868
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And again, God did prepare this body, the human nature of Christ, that it should be a sacrifice for sins, 'wherefore -- he saith, Sacrifice and offering [that is, such as were offered by the law of Moses] thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me' (Heb 10: 5).
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 John Bunyan 1658
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For not only by His death as death by the death of our sacrifice, by the blood of His cross as by the blood of the paschal lamb, the destroyer passeth over us, and we shall not perish; but also by His death, as by the death of our High Priest for He is Priest and Sacrifice both we restored from our exile, even to our former forfeited estate in the land of Promise.
The Continuum 2009
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Biblical scholars seem to get along just fine without 'theories' concerning most of the rites of the Hebrew Bible, but when it comes to sacrifice, everyone wants a 'theory'"(Klawans, Purity, Sacrifice and the Temple, 6).
The Sacred Page 2010
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Sacrifice is never easy, but when I sit back and ask myself which is more important, which would I be more loath to lose, writing always, always wins.
What Will You Give Up To Write Your Book? by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn 2009
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Sacrifice is a good little episode and worth my 42 minutes.
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Sacrifice is required to defend the freedom to buy $2 a gallon gasolene and purchase home theater systems on credit.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Forrest Gump Democrats- ‘Stupid is as Stupid Does’ 2005
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Sacrifice is usually followed with cerimonial drinking of pulque from bowls.
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