John 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of your house has eaten me up. The most remarkable examples of zeal are found in the records of the early itinerant ministers. Richard Nolley, one of these, came upon the fresh trail of an emigrant in the wilderness, and followed it till he overtook the family. When the emigrant saw him he said, "What? a Methodist preacher! I quit Virginia to be out of the way of them; but in my settlement in Georgia I thought I should be beyond their reach. There they were; and they got my wife and daughter into their church. Then I come here to Chocktaw Corner, find a piece of land, feel sure that I shall have some peace from the preachers; and here is one before I have unloaded my waggon!" The preacher exhorted him to make his peace with God, that he might not be troubled by the everywhere present Methodist preachers. Parallel Verses KJV: And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.WEB: His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will eat me up." |
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