But the result was the reverse; for the populace had long fixed their hopes on Tlepolemus, and were only too delighted to see the quarrel growing hot between them.
But this, as the proverb has it, was the fairest of his foul deeds.
By depressing their bows they received the blows of the enemy above the water-line, while by staving in the enemy’s ships below the water-line they rendered the blows fatal.
The actual popular outbreak which did occur began from the following circumstances.
Sidenote: Demetrius resolves to escape from Rome, and again consults Polybius.
Nicon, a relation of Agathocles, was in the lifetime of the late king commander of the navy.
Demetrius having thus delivered himself in vain of his swan’s song, his last appeal, and becoming convinced that Polybius had given him good advice, repented of what he had done.
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, they called his name Jesus.
And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
Or unless for a time it prove as conducible to the good of others, as Paul's circumcising Timothy was, or his becoming all things to all men, that he might win some.
As it is, we have placed them on the vantage-ground of appearing as being persecuted; our ethics need circumcising in this regard, and the prepuce of exclusion should be buried in the sands of the desert.
This mention of the objectionable nature of the reed as a circumcising medium is attributed to the danger that may arise from splinters.
They differ in some respects from those employed in circumcising a convert.
I testify to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to do the whole Law.
I testify to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to the whole law.
To this day a Hottentot priest never uses an iron knife, but always a sharp splint of quartz in sacrificing an animal or circumcising a boy.
It must be apparent to all that in going more specially to the Gentiles, as he avowedly was, the alleged expediency of circumcising Timothy falls to the ground, and on the contrary that such an act would have compromised his whole Gospel.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "circumcising" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
