Among the teachings of Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of Matthew, the message to his followers that one should " Turn the other cheek " and his example in the story Pericope Adulterae, in which Jesus intervenes in the stoning of an adulteress, are generally accepted as his condemnation of physical retaliation ( though most scholars agree that the latter passage was " certainly not part of the original text of St John's Gospel ") More militant Christians consider Romans 13: 3 – 4 to support the death penalty.

Among Christian churches, the Russian Orthodox Church is second only to the Roman Catholic Church in terms of numbers of followers.

Among these friends were Enevold Brandt and Count Schack Carl Rantzau, leader of a circle of followers of the Enlightenment, who treated Struensee as his protégé.

Among his followers, his own protégé Marcelo Nisinman is the best known innovator of the tango music of the new millennium, while Pablo Ziegler, pianist with Piazzolla's second quintet, has assumed the role of principal custodian of nuevo tango, extending the jazz influence in the style.

Among his followers were Josephine MacLeod, Miss Müller, E. T.

Among Christians, Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Twelve apostles and other followers of Jesus as described in the Acts of the Apostles 2: 1 – 31.

Among the early is a school of followers of Marcabru, sometimes called the " Marcabrunian school ": Bernart Marti, Bernart de Venzac, Gavaudan, and Peire d ' Alvernhe.

Among the followers of his main club, he was also known as El Gigante de Alonsotegui ( Alonsotegui's giant ).

Among them were the family and followers of Daniel Boone, an explorer who settled the area starting in 1799.

Among the critics of Yoruba traditions about Oduduwa is the London-based Yoruba Muslim scholar, Sheikh Dr. Abu-Abdullah Adelabu, a PhD graduate from Damascus whose followers run several publications.

" Among some of the ideas that Puthoff supported regarding remote viewing was the claim in the book Occult Chemistry that two followers of Madame Blavatsky, founder of theosophy, were able to remote-view the inner structure of atoms.

Among the other followers of Dovber in the academy of Mezeritch, the brother of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, Rabbi Zusha of Hanipol holds a beloved place in Hasidic tradition.

Among the most famous followers of Bektashi Sufisim in the 19th century Balkans were Ali Pasha and Naim Frasheri.

Among his followers were Hermias ( Κρατήτειος Ἑρμείας mentioned in sch.

Among the followers of Imam al-Shāfi ‘ ī ’ s school were:

Among her followers were merchants, craftsmen, doctors ( such as Steven Blankaart ), painters, rentiers, clerics and scholars ( such as Robert Boyle, who had her work translated into English ), and Comenius, who invited her to his deathbed.

Nevertheless, his sharp, authentic descriptions of the hunting field have retained their popularity among fox-hunters ... Among a wider public his mordant observations on men, women, and manners ; his entertaining array of eccentrics, rakes, and rogues ; his skill in the construction of lively dialogue ( a matter over which he took great pains ); his happy genius for unforgettable and quotable phrases ; and above all, his supreme comic masterpiece, Jorrocks, have won him successive generations of devoted followers.

Among the followers of this Shakha, the Apastamba Sutras are the common.

Among his followers were Menedemus and Asclepiades, the leaders of the Eretrian school of philosophy.

Among the most well-known Tenebrist artists are: Italian and Dutch followers ( the Utrecht School ) of Caravaggio, Francisco Ribalta, Jusepe de Ribera and their Spanish followers.

Among the central characters are a newlywed couple, a neighbor, a revivalist preacher and his followers.

Among her followers are drow, humans, gnomes, elves, shapeshifters ( children of the moon ), half-orcs and half-elves.

Among the dozens of books Pogue has authored is The World According to Twitter ( 2009 ), written in collaboration with around 500, 000 of his Twitter followers.

Among the dolls was one that meant very much to the First Lady, who would pick it up and look at it often.

Among some recent imports were seat covers for one series of dining room chairs on which were depicted salad plates overflowing with tomatoes and greens and another set on which a pineapple was worked in naturalistic color.

Among the observers of the 1946 tsunami at Hilo was Francis P. Shepard of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, one of the world's foremost marine geologists.

Among the spectators was the noted exotic dancer, Patti Waggin who is Mrs. Don Rudolph when off the stage.

Among stage performances was a starring role in `` Golden Arrow '' directed by Noel Coward.

Among the many severe measures taken by the First Emperor, Shih Huang-ti, in his efforts to insure the continuation of this hard-won national unity, was the burning of the books in 213 B.C., with the expressed intention of removing possible sources for divergent thinking ; ;

Among the proposed etymologies is the Hurrian and Hittite divinity, Aplu, who was widely invoked during the " plague years ".

Among other things, Moseley demonstrated that the lanthanide series ( from lanthanum to lutetium inclusive ) must have 15 members — no fewer and no more — which was far from obvious from the chemistry at that time.

Among his staff was Isham G. Harris, the Governor of Tennessee, who had ceased to make any real effort to function as governor after learning that Abraham Lincoln had appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee.

Among the Turkmen leaders the Ottomans emerged as great power under Osman and his son Orhan I. Smyrna was conquered in 1330 AD, and the last Byzantine possession, Philadélphia ( modern Alaşehir ), fell in 1390 AD.

Among a few kabbalists, it was posited that some human souls could end up being reincarnated into non-human bodies.

Among others, John Heath has observed, " The unalterable kernel of the tale was a hunter's transformation into a deer and his death in the jaws of his hunting dogs.

Among the victims of Messalina's intrigues were Agrippina's surviving sister Livilla, who was charged with having adultery with Seneca the Younger.

Among the Visigoths settled in Lower Moesia, the situation was ripe for rebellion.

Among the last of his labors was the defense of the orthodoxy of his former pupil, Thomas Aquinas, whose death in 1274 grieved Albertus ( the story that he travelled to Paris in person to defend the teachings of Aquinas can not be confirmed ).

Among these, Pindar was held by many ancient critics to be pre-eminent, but some gave precedence to Alcaeus instead.

Among these gifts was reputed to be a piece of the true cross, a true treasure for the devout Saxon king.

Among these was a raid taking place in Kent, an allied country in Southeast England, during the year 885, which was quite possibly the largest raid since the battles with Guthrum.

Among his collaborators was Giovanni Maria Butteri and his main pupil was Giovanni Bizzelli.

Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).

Among his companions he had made enemies and he was destined to take no share in the crusade he had joined.

Among the changes starting in the 19th-century gold rushes was the introduction of words, spellings, terms and usages from North American English.

Among his many philanthropic efforts, the establishment of public libraries throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries was especially prominent.