Motif
Bubbling blood of a slain figure on an altar
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A motif of the Sacrifice and Offering family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
islamic
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XVI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 22594-22671 confidence: medium
Commentary story: a general enters the temple, sees blood bubbling on the great altar, hears it first called unaccepted sacrificial blood, orders killings, learns it is John’s blood, invokes God’s permission for it to stop, and it stops.
The commentary relates blood bubbling on the great altar until it is acknowledged as John’s blood and stops after an appeal by the general for God’s permission.
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