Example sentences of "jesus ' [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without the fourth gospel there were very few sayings which could be taken as directly expressing what Jesus ' own self-understanding might have been ; for most of these statements are in it , not in the synoptics . |
| 2 | Whatever the meaning for those twelve disciples on that short mission ( and the Spirit may well have come upon them temporarily as he did upon the Old Testament of God to equip them for a special purpose ) , it is hard to mistake the shadow this event casts towards the time of the Church , when men sent out by Jesus ( ‘ sent one' is the root meaning of the word ‘ apostle ’ ) would be equipped by the Spirit given them by Jesus , for carrying out Jesus ' own mission in the world . |
| 3 | Once it was felt not to be reliable as evidence for Jesus ' own history and teaching , however , most of what the psychological biographies had chiefly depended upon was removed along with it . |
| 4 | The apostle Paul , answering the anxious questions of Christians whose loved ones had died , reminded them that Jesus ' own victory over death makes it certain that those who have come into a close relationship with him will share his new , full life which goes beyond the grave . |
| 5 | In Jesus ' own relation of sonship to the Father , a relation which is mediated and empowered by the Holy Spirit , the triune structure of God 's own eternal being as Father , Son and Holy Spirit is shown as the eternal ground within God of the human person and history of Jesus . |