Colossians 1:13-14 Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:… King Theodore kept two or three British subjects in prison, and no entreaty, expostulation, threat, could induce him to release them. At last the British nation arose and said, "At all costs the prisoners must be released;" and so General Napier led his army along the defiles over the mountains. At length he came to Magdala, the capital of Abyssinia. King Theodore was conquered and slain, and so General Napier ascended to the capital. But perhaps some of you do not know that as General Napier rode into the city, those captives, bowed down with their long imprisonment, came near to him, and laid their hands upon his horse's saddle and thanked him as their deliverer. He said to them, "Do not thank me; God is the deliverer. The Christians in England have been praying for you." (J. L. Nye.) Parallel Verses KJV: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: |
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