...we should here regard death and immortality as literal or metaphorical. The Reward of the Righteous But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of...there shall no torment touch them. « In the sight of thc unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery, • and their going from us...

...the future from me— still He knows what He is about. (Meditations and Devotions, pages 301-302) 252 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure...

...the ultimate vindication of the faithful dead, the author of the Wisdom of Solomon (3:1, 4b) writes, "But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them . . . Their hope is full of immortality." In a similar vein, the author...

...suffering righteous Jesus comes in the resurrection which finds loud, earlier echoes in Wisdom 3:1: "But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them." There is a further side to Luke's intent. Earlier in his Gospel (12:11-12...

...and who have, we trust, inherited the kingdom. November 2 All Souls Wis 3:1-9; Rv 14:13; Jn 11, 17-27 "But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. . . . 'Yes, 'says the Spirit, 'they will rest from their labors, for...

...the way, walk ye in it. Isaiah 30:21. 17 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live. Amos 5:14. 1 The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. Wisdom of Solomon 3:1. (In this book, heaven is first specifically promised to the righteous.) 2 Though...

...and not another in my place, and my very eyes will gaze upon him. — Job 19:25- 27 in the Roman rite But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure...

...Fourth Evangelist, physical death is not the end of the story. In Wisdom 3:1-2 the author stresses «But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died [...] but they...

...speaks of a blessed, but not physical, future. This is usually illustrated by the following passage: But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God. and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, 154 Sanders 1985,...

...righteous looks beyond that death to vindication beyond. (1) Most clear is Wis. 3.1-9 and 5.1-5: 3- 1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. 2In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure...