The Modern American Bible: Mark; The Books of the Bible in Modern American Form and Phrase, With Introduction and Notes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Modern American Bible: Mark; The Books of the Bible in Modern American Form and Phrase, With Introduction and NotesYet there were six main arteries of commerce and intercourse traversing the country. The chief objective points of these were Caesarea the mili tary capital, and Jerusalem, its religious capital.The southern road led from Jerusalem to He bron, from there to Gaza, then eastward into Arabia, from which a direct road ran to the north to Damascus. It was by this road S. Paul may have traveled when he retired into the solitude of Arabia after his conversion (gal. I 17, I8). This road to Hebron must have been much frequented by priests and many pilgrims on their way to and from Jerusalem, and so by it the father of the Baptist and the parents of Jesus would pass.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.