1. And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carrie...
Pentecost, [N] [B] [E] [H]that is, the fiftieth day (from a Greek word meaning fiftieth), or Harvest Feast, or Feast of Weeks, may be regarded as a s...
From Bethany He sends Peter and John into the Matt. xxvi. 1Y-19. city to prepare the Passover. He describes a man Mark xiv. 12-16. whom they should ...
Chapter?26With this chapter Moses concludes the particular statutes which he thought fit to give Israel in charge at his parting with them; what follo...
Matthew 21:8 And a very great multitude Which consisted partly of the great multitude which followed Christ from Jericho, and partly of the much peopl...
The Book of PsalmsChapter 81Chapter Overview: This psalm may assist us in our solemn feast - days, in praising God, for what he is, and what he has ...
HARVEST har'-vest (qatsir; therismos): To many of us, harvest time is of little concern, because in our complex life we are far removed from the actu...
Passover, [N] [B] [E]the first of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites celebrated in the month Nisan (March-April, from the 14th to the...
Leviticus 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them What is next observed, it being incumbent on them to do what is enjoined: when ye...
Chapter?28Now that the people were numbered, orders given for the dividing of the land, and a general of the forces nominated and commissioned, one wo...
During this sojourn in Capernaum, the Lord with His Matt. xii. 1-8. disciples walked through the fields upon a Sabbath and Mark ii. 23-28. plucked an...
1. THE law requires, that out of the public expenses a lamb of the first year be killed every day, at the beginning and at the ending of the day; b...
Proverbs 3:9 Honour the Lord with thy substance Or, out of thy substance F14; for as it should be a man's own that he gives, and not another's, and th...
The Book of DeuteronomyChapter 26Chapter Overview: A form of confession made by him that offered the first - fruits, ver. 1 - 11. A prayer to be m...
Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come Or was come, was begun and entered upon; for it was not over, or ended, it being but the third h...
Leviticus 23:42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days So that it seems they were not obliged to dwell in them on the eighth day, which was an holy convo...
Galatians 4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.] Lest the apostle should be thought to suggest, without foundation, the inclination ...
Letter VI. For 334.Letter VI. For 334. Easter-day, xii Pharmuthi, vii Id. April: xvii Moon; Aera Dioclet. 50; Coss. Optatus Patricius, Anicius Paulinu...
1. ABOUT the same time Pekah, the king of Israel, died by the treachery of a friend of his, whose name was Hoshea, who retained the kingdom nine ye...
Chapter?16In this chapter we have, I. A repetition of the laws concerning the three yearly feasts; in particular, that of the passover (v.?1-8). That ...