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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Neh 8:5
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
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:
“when he opened it, all the people stood up--This attitude they assumed either from respect to God's word, or, rather, because the reading was prefaced by a solemn prayer, which was concluded by a general expression of "Amen, Amen."”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.