Word: sabbaths
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...when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great...
...Judaism seems to be experiencing a powerful revival. Synagogues and seminaries are expanding, congregation membership and attendance figures are rising, and more & more young faces are turning up at Sabbath worship. But according to Jewish free-lance scholar Will Herberg, Jews should not mistake these facts as signs of a religious awakening. After six months of study and interviews on the subject, Herberg has concluded that the revival must ground itself in religion or it will not amount to much...
...Todday situation becomes tense when a boat is wrecked on the island with a cargo of several hundred cases of guess what? Unfortunately, the wreek occurs on the Sabbath; the thirsty Scots must wait until midnight to recover the liquour. Meanwhile, Captain Waggett of the Home Guard decides it is his duty to protect the cargo from being stolen. Through numerous wiles the islanders evade the Captain's grasp...
...religious shrines. There was even a chance that Jordan and Israel, united in opposing internationalization of the Holy City, might reach an overall peace settlement. "We will shed our blood for Jerusalem," warned a Jordan spokesman. "Let the U.N. take heed." Pointedly, Abdullah was spending each Friday, the Moslem Sabbath, in the Old City. "The U.N.," he said during last week's visit, "does not seem to know the reality of the situation, We oppose the [internationalization] resolution because it is impracticable...
...dockers' stubbornness, there was little bitterness, no violence. Along winding narrow streets sunk deep between black warehouses, strikers with Sunday-slick hair ambled peacefully in a Sabbath-like quiet. Few trucks moved. Pickets applauded a truckload of soldiers who passed singing "Life gets teejus, don't it?" On the quayside where the soldiers were unloading ships, a striking foreman saw a cargo net threatening a young guardsman, cried out: "Mind there, son." He turned to a friend, said: "I wish those boys wouldn't take chances. They treat it like a big game...