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I see not on his face a sign fuli — genous, except his curls are hue of reek.
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But Christians alone have adherents ek pantas genous anthrōpōn.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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Justin declares that “there are nations in which not one of your race [i.e. of the Jews] can be found” (esti ta ethnē en hois oudepō oudeis humōn tou genous ōkēsen, Dial. 117), but the following claim that there were Christians in every nation shows that his statement is due to tendency.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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Polyc., iii. 2, ē gennaiotēs tou theophilous kai theosebous genous tōn Christianōn (“the brave spirit of the God-beloved and God-fearing race of Christians”); xiv., pan to genos tōn dikaiōn (“the whole race of the righteous”); Martyr.
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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In some ways it spoke the last word; closed an episode in the history of art -- [Greek: eschatos tou idiou genous].
Donatello, by Lord Balcarres David Lindsay Crawford 1905
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Christou, peplêrophorêmenous eis ton kuriou hêmôn, alêthôs onta ek genous Dabid kata sarka, huion theou kata thelêma kai dunamin theou, gegenêmenon alêthôs ek parthenou, bebaptismenon hypo Iôannou, hina plêrôthê pasa dikaiosunê hup 'autou, alêthôs epi Pontiou Pilatou kai
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890
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But what does Xenophon mean by {tou autou genous}?
The Sportsman 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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His own epitaph might be that old one eskhatos tou idiou genous+ -- He was the last of his race!
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 Walter Pater 1866
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This appears to have been intended by the expressions of Josephus, [Greek: ex henos genous kai ek tês pros Abramon oikeiotêtos] (book xii.c. iv.); but the Versions, and most critics, interpret the words in the 12th chap. of 1 Maccabees,
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