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  • Faithful One! who girdedst thy Loins with the Apostle, and the

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

    John 21. 1999

  • I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest.

    The Gospel of John for Readers Lightheart

  • I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest.

    The Gospel of John for Readers Lightheart

  • I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself and walkedst whither thou wouldest.

    The Gospel of John for Readers Lightheart

  • When thou wast young -- embracing the whole period of life to the verge of old age. thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest -- wast thine own master. when ... old thou shalt stretch forth thine hands -- to be bound for execution, though not necessarily meaning on a cross.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not ....

    Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • 'When thou wast young thou girdedst thyself, and wentest whither thou wouldest.

    Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • 'When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.'

    Town and Country Sermons Charles Kingsley 1847

  • When thou wast young thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst

    The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844

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