Which preposition to use with disciples

of Occurrences 515%

" John Cassell now went forth as a disciple of the temperance cause.

in Occurrences 32%

[Footnote 13: A familiar way of speaking of his disciples in their hearing.

at Occurrences 15%

At the approach of evening Christ appeared to His disciples at Emmaus and revealed to them His divinity.

to Occurrences 13%

"Well, sister," cried John, laughing, "Denbigh is a disciple to Frank's system of horse-flesh.

of Occurrences 11%

The walls were white-washed and the seats were hard, for the "Disciples of Jesus" possessed but little of this world's goods.

with Occurrences 10%

They received us in the name of disciples with every mark of love and respect.

on Occurrences 10%

His disciples on this said, "Sir, your grief is excessive."

for Occurrences 10%

And then, with a shock and revulsion at herself, she remembered that her father had read at worship that morning something about giving even a cup of cold water to a disciple for Christ's sake.

from Occurrences 8%

When they saw their fellow-disciples from Ts'in passing along, they were moved with great pity and sympathy, and expressed themselves thus: "How is it that these men from a border-land should have learned to become monks, and come for the sake of our doctrines from such a distance in search of the Law of Buddha?"

as Occurrences 8%

Thou must know, dear master, that during thy trance the theurgic movement has attained a singular development, and that thou art regarded with disdain by thy younger disciples as one wholly behind the age, unacquainted with the higher magic, and who can produce no other outward and visible token of the Divine favour than the occasional companionship of a serpent.

by Occurrences 6%

He ventures to suggest that Jesus Christ deceived his disciples by intimating what was not true as to his purpose, in more than one instance.

into Occurrences 5%

After his departure I took my young disciple into my study, and endeavoured to bring him forward by inquiries as to his former amusements, employments, and associates, but with little or no effect, and I soon found that a wild mountain colt had been submitted to my management.

after Occurrences 4%

There is no better demonstration of the fact that it is through the personal lives of individuals that the Great Peace is to be achieved, both directly and indirectly, than the fact that peace, the gift of the Holy Spirit, was promised to the individual man, by Christ Himself, as the legacy he left to his disciples after His Resurrection and Ascension.

in Occurrences 3%

Whoever reads this Abstract of Plato's Discourse on Prayer, will, I believe, naturally make this Reflection, That the great Founder of our Religion, as well by his own Example, as in the Form of Prayer which he taught his Disciples, did not only keep up to those Rules which the Light of Nature had suggested to this great Philosopher, but instructed his Disciples in the whole Extent of this Duty, as well as of all others.

as Occurrences 2%

But notwithstanding an Excess of Modesty obstructs the Tongue, and renders it unfit for its Offices, a due Proportion of it is thought so requisite to an Orator, that Rhetoricians have recommended it to their Disciples as a Particular in their Art.

without Occurrences 2%

He was still in deep affliction of spirit, but supernaturally comforted to such a degree as to be able to go to his disciples without tottering as he walked, or bending beneath the weight of his sufferings.

about Occurrences 1%

He had told his disciples about his sufferings and death, and the shame and dishonor connected with them; and here, as if to counterbalance that, he wished to give them a glimpse of the glory that is to shine around him forever.

among Occurrences 1%

Still, as this larger idea of morality includes the lesser and more restricted, we may consider Mr. Ruskin and his disciples among those to whom the case of Lippo Lippi and many another presents a distinct difficulty.

than Occurrences 1%

Thus read (and thus all our symbols should be read), Masonry proves something more to its disciples than a mere social society or a charitable association.

until Occurrences 1%

Ultimately Confucius gave up his wanderings, settled in his home town of Lu, and there taught his disciples until his death in 479 B.C. Such was briefly the life of Confucius.

at Occurrences 1%

CARAVAGGIO, an Italian painter, disdained the ideal and the ideal style of art, and kept generally to crass reality, often in its grossest forms; a man of a violent temper, which hastened his end; a painting by him of "Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus" is in the National Gallery, London (1569-1609).

from Occurrences 1%

The words are: "an high mountain apart," which some suppose to refer to the position of the mountain, and not to the remoteness of Christ and the three Disciples from men.

before Occurrences 1%

Our Savior himself spake these words at His last supper: it was the last sermon that He made unto His disciples before His departure; it is a very long sermon.

Which preposition to use with  disciples