When David (in the Bible) got ready to fight Goliath, he reminded himself that he had already slain a lion and a bear.
Focused on his later years as a scarred, reflective Roman prisoner after the city's legendary fires gave Nero an excuse to scapegoat Christians, the movie is built around cell visits by one-time cohort Luke (suitably serious, Bible-flick-ready actor Jim Caviezel) that produced some of the New Testament's key writings.
My machete through your bible, are you ready to die?" is one of the lyrics.
The workers, Bibles at the ready, write down callers' requests -- for healings, financial relief, mended marriages, jobs -- and pray with them on the phone.
After being coached by the Playa's bible, the guy is ready to approach the girl fully loaded with an arsenal of material.
The Padre held a Morning Surgery, had his Bible and prayer book ready and was not very pleased to see me about knitted garments instead of a religious problem.
To dispel any confusion, yes, this is the Bible, complete with crinkly, ready-to-tear paper; and no, it does not contain any previously undiscovered works of C.S. Lewis.
The volumes of the Anchor Bible appear when they are ready, not necessarily in the familiar sequence.
The classic bible for men who are ready to don the uniform of adulthood, it has peeled back its business suit and emerged as a much younger magazine.
In the absence of such ready-made material, Bible publishers formulate projects using classic market research.
