Apostles
[ə'pɔsəlz]
Examples
- There is no evidence that the apostles of Jesus ever heard of the Trinity--at any rate from him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was among the twelve apostles one traitor, who betrayed with a kiss. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It sounded to me much more like settling his co-apostles. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Portraits of the twelve apostles in wood, and not a whole nose among 'em. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Twelve cannon cast by Louis VII were named after the twelve peers of France, and Charles V gave twelve others the names of the twelve apostles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But we must refer the reader to the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Epistles for an account of Paul's mission and teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His position is not quite like that of the Apostles: he is only a parson among parishioners whose lives he has to try and make better. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The Apostles' Creed? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Neither of Peter nor of Paul nor of any of the other saints nor apostles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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