POOR poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there ...
CHAPTER 24. ELECTION CONFIRMED BY THE CALLING OF GOD. THE REPROBATE BRING UPON THEMSELVES THE RIGHTEOUS DESTRUCTION TO WHICH THEY ARE DOOMED. The tit...
9:1? And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city1. Came into his own city. Capernaum. 9:2? And behold, they brought to h...
3-2. JESUS TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS. a?MATT. 4:1-11; b?MARK 1:12-13; c?LUKE 4:1-13. ? ? ? c?1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, retu...
CHAPTER 9 Matthew 9:1-8 . HEALING A PARALYTIC. ( = 2:1-12 Luke 5:17-26 ). This incident appears to follow next in order of time to the cu...
BAPTISM (NON-IMMERSIONIST VIEW) _I. THE SCRIPTURAL NAMES FOR THE RITE_ _II. PRE-CHRISTIAN BAPTISM_ 1. Baptism of Proselytes 2. Baptism of John 3. ...
NAZIRITE naz'-i-rit (nazir, connected with nadhar, to vow; nazeir, nazeiraios, as also various words indicating holiness or devotion; the King James V...
Synagogue [N] [E] [S]The synagogue was the place where Jews gathered for instruction and worship in the New Testament period. The Greek word synagoge ...
CHAPTER 2 Joel 2:1-32 . THE COMING JUDGMENT A MOTIVE TO REPENTANCE. PROMISE OF BLESSINGS IN THE LAST DAYS. A more terrific judgment than tha...
Mediator, Mediation On the human plane, mediation takes place in the Bible, as it has in many cultures throughout history, both in innocent circumstan...
CHAPTER 5 Isaiah 5:1-30 . PARABLE OF JEHOVAH'S VINEYARD. A new prophecy; entire in itself. Probably delivered about the same time as the sec...
CHAPTER 9 Isaiah 9:1-7 . CONTINUATION OF THE PROPHECY IN THE EIGHTH CHAPTER. 1. Nevertheless, &c.--rather, For darkness shall not (continuall...
CHAPTER 13 Ezekiel 13:1-23 . DENUNCIATION OF FALSE PROPHETS AND PROPHETESSES; THEIR FALSE TEACHINGS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT JUDGMENTS. 1. As th...
8:1? In those days1, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples2, and saith unto them, In ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 18. Open thou mine eyes. This is a part of the bountiful dealing which he has asked for; no bounty is greater than that which benefi...
Chapter?3In this chapter we have a miracle and a sermon: the miracle wrought to make way for the sermon, to confirm the doctrine that was to be preach...
PART IV. THE NATURE, DECREES, AND WORKS OF GOD. CHAPTER I. THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. In contemplating the words and acts of God, as in contemplating ...
Paul [E] [H] [S]Also called SAUL Acts 8:1 ; 9:1 ; 13:9 From the tribe of Benjamin, Romans 11:1 ; Philippians 3:5 Personal appearance of 2 Cor...
CHAPTER 9 1?Corinthians 9:1-27 . HE CONFIRMS HIS TEACHING AS TO NOT PUTTING A STUMBLING-BLOCK IN A BROTHER'S WAY ( 1?Corinthians 8:13 ) BY HI...
Feasts and Festivals of Israel The major festivals of Old Testament Israel were, in calendar order, Passover, Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, the Feast...