nearer

And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

But now the nearer I am to the sword, the nearer I am to God: when I shall come among the wild beasts, I shall come to God.

But now the nearer I am to the sword, the nearer I am to God: when I shall come among the wild beasts, I shall come to God.

And when the tyrant saw them there, standing as if they were a festal choir with their mother in the midst, he took notice of them, and struck by their noble and distinguished bearing he smiled at them, and calling them nearer said: