Acts 4:1-22 And as they spoke to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came on them,… I was once driven upon an Irish jaunting-car with a little child of four years of age. It began to rain, and a hood was placed over the child's head. I heard her mutter, "That is such a pretty view." I said, "How can that be when your head is covered?" "Oh," she replied, "I see my knees, my shawl, and my pretty little feet." A good illustration of people who cannot see farther than the extremity of their own beautiful selves. (J. Alexander, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, |
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