One foot in the grave 3


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the origin of this phrase, meaning “hovering on the brink of death”, is generally attributed to the emperor Julian, who said that he would “learn something even if he had one foot in the grave”.

 
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Now, what do you think people said to that old man, one foot in the grave, as we'd call it today, eighty-something years old, white beard, and going around testifying everywhere, saying, "I'm not going to die until I see the Lord's Christ."? Why? He had a right to believe it. It was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit.

 

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