单词 | mighty work |
释义 | > as lemmasmighty work mighty work n. [after ancient Greek δύναμις (as used in Hellenistic Greek in the New Testament, usually in plural δυνάμεις)] a miracle (usually in plural); (also, less specifically) in plural, God's works of creation, redemption, etc. See sense A. 1c. ΚΠ c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 478 God liste to shewe his wonderful myracle..for we sholde seen his myghty werkes.] 1568 Bible (Bishops') Matt. xi. 20 Then began he to vpbrayd the cities which most of his mightie workes were done in, because they repented not. Wo vnto thee Chorazin, wo vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were shewed in you had ben done in Tyre or Sidon, they had repented long ago in sackcloth and asshes. 1568 Bible (Bishops') Mark vi. 5 And he coulde there shewe no mightie worke: but layde his handes vpon a fewe sicke folke, and healed them. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xiii. 54 Whence hath this man this wisedome, and these mighty works ? View more context for this quotation 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 47 He could do no mighty work there because of their unbelief. View more context for this quotation 1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 120 Then as to miracles, they are to be sure a means of proving and spreading the christian religion, as they shew the divine mission of the Messiah, and rouze the mind to attend to the power by which these mighty works were wrought. 1778 H. Brooke Impostor i. i, in Poems & Plays (1789) IV. 4 Yet, my friend, Even all his mighty works to me import, But as they greatly serve to authorize The mightier words he utter'd. 1872 S. A. Foot Autobiogr. II. 310 Withdrawing from this over-whelming view of His mighty works, and returning to the planet on which we are placed, we see that, [etc.]. 1881 Bible (R.V.) Mark ix. 39 For there is no man which shall do a mighty work [c1384 Wycliffite, E.V. vertu; 1535 Coverdale, 1611 a miracle] in my name. [So also Acts 2:22.] 1985 M. Green I Believe in Holy Spirit 42 The Spirit, active in an upsurge of prophecy, active in the birth of John and Jesus, rests upon Jesus and in its power he carries out his mighty works and after the resurrection imparts that same Spirit to his disciples. < as lemmas |
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