Example sentences for: disciple

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  • Some texts claim that the first Jews arrived in India at the time of the Babylonian exile, in 587 b.c. ; others bring them to Cranganur, on the Malabar coast, in a.d. 72, about the time that the disciple Thomas is thought to have brought his Christian mission to India.

  • Bush disciple Ted Nelson took the idea to the world of digital computers in 1962, calling his creation "hypermedia" and dubbing these jumping points "hyperlinks."

  • Given some of the tendencies of Scripture translation in recent decades, it would hardly be surprising to see Matthew 26:33-35--the passage in which Peter promises to remain a loyal disciple scant hours before turning disloyal--rewritten and embellished to render the response from Jesus as follows: "Truly you make all the right noises . But this night you will deny me three times."

  • The apostle Paul arrived in a.d. 59 with his disciple Titus, whom he left behind to convert the islanders to Christianity.

  • George Carey, the archbishop of Canterbury, noted that "it hurts to be denied the Lord's Supper by a fellow disciple of Jesus Christ."


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