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*Luke 2"In those days it came to pass that Caesar Augustus sent out a decree that the whole world was to be taxed".  And so begins the story of Christ, ending with (coincidence?) resurrection.
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* '''it came to pass:''' a phrase which occurs frequently in the Old and New Testaments, just as ''In the beginning'' occurs at the beginning of both Genesis and St John's Gospel → Luke 2:2: "In those days it came to pass that Caesar Augustus sent out a decree that the whole world was to be taxed".  And so begins the story of Christ, ending with resurrection.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:29, 8 April 2011

  • it came to pass: a phrase which occurs frequently in the Old and New Testaments, just as In the beginning occurs at the beginning of both Genesis and St John's Gospel → Luke 2:2: "In those days it came to pass that Caesar Augustus sent out a decree that the whole world was to be taxed". And so begins the story of Christ, ending with resurrection.