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...Matthew's version, an unnamed angel brings the news to Joseph in a dream. Matthew delivers the important information straightforwardly enough--"fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost"--but he does so in a few brief lines, making the Annunciation proper just one in a sequence of such dreams and concentrating less on additional information about the event than on a series of citations regarding the prophecies the birth will fulfill. Scholars see this as an excellent indicator of Matthew's background and audience...
Of all the miracles surrounding the Nativity, the central and essential one is Jesus' birth to a woman who had "never known a man." In Luke, the angel Gabriel explains to Mary about her son's conception as follows: "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." Although neither of the Nativities marks a moment for the beginning of her ensuing pregnancy, Christians have long assumed it followed directly upon...
...little town of Bethlehem/How still we see thee...
...hate thee, and I love thee. The first line of a poem by Catullus that was the first and last I read in the last Latin class I took, in tenth grade. (Thanks for the SAT help, it’s been good knowing...
Nowhere is this phrase so perfect, all-encompassing despite its brevity, as in my relationship to the Crimson. Ah, Ol’ Ruby Rag, I hate thee, I hate thee, but I love thee...