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Adam Clarke, on Neh 8:5
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
Neh 8:5 · Douay-Rheims
“And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.”
On this verse:
“All the people stood up - This was out of respect to the sacred word: in imitation of this, when the gospel for the day is read in our churches, all the people stand up.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.