Earthquake at Apamea and Philippi
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Genre: | Extract, Miscellaneous |
Publications extracted: | Arundell 1834 |
Subjects: | Vulcanology, Miracle, Natural Law |
The writer identifies the earthquake related in Acts 16. 26 with an earthquake recorded at Apamea in the same year, observing: 'As God often works miracles, even by natural causes, so the prison doors, being opened to Paul by the earthquake, would still be the effect of Divine agency'. |
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