Stephen, [N] [E] [H]the first Christian martyr, was the chief of the seven (commonly called Deacons) appointed to rectify the complaints in the early...
Job 41:14 Who can open the doors of his face? &c.] Of his mouth, the jaws thereof, which are like a pair of folding doors: the jaws of a crocodile hav...
Romans 16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord These two were women, and are said to be noble women of Iconium, whom the apostle co...
Acts 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus Who perhaps came hither upon the persecution at Jerusalem, or rather might have lived here some...
Clave unto him and believed (kollhqente autwi episteusan). First aorist passive of this strong word kollaw, to glue to, common in Acts ( Hebrews 5:13...
Richard Clifton was a person of a grave deportment, and a successful preacher, but severely persecuted for nonconformity^ He was pastor to one of the ...
1 Peter 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called Both to well doing, of which none but those who are called with an holy and effectual calling are capabl...
Letter C(1) Letter C(1) To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata. When I saw your affectionate letter, in the country bordering on Armenia, it was like a lig...
The Letter to PergamosAttributeDescriptionMeaningmuch marriage, thoroughly marriage,1 high tower,2 parchment3 Titles And to the angel of the church i...
The view that Israel, having rejected her Messiah Jesus, has been permanently cast aside by God in favor of the Church. The Church is considered to be...
Overview - Hebrews 11 1?What faith is. 6?Without faith we cannot please God. 7?The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of old time. Treasury of Scr...
James [N] [H] [S] The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder brother of John the apostle. He was one of the twelve. He was by trade a fisherman, in partn...
John Lomas, Agnes Snoth, Anne Wright, Joan Sole, and Joan Catmer These five martyrs suffered together, January 31, 1556. John Lomas was a young man o...
WITNESS wit'-nes (nouns `edh, and `edhah, and verb `anah; martus, with all derivative words and their compounds): The word witness is used of inanima...
Epistle XXIV. Epistle XXIV.(1) To Moyses and Maximus and the Rest of the Confessors. Argument.-This Letter is One of Congratulation to the Roman Confe...
ABEL (1) a'-bel (hebhel; Abel; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Habel; etymology uncertain. Some translation a breath, vapor, transitorin...
TRINE IMMERSION; TRIUNE IMMERSION trin tri'-un i-mur'-shun: I. LINGUISTIC BASIS 1. Immersion 2. Triple Action II. DOCTRINAL ARGUMENT III. HISTORI...
Acts 7:60 And he kneeled down It seems as if he stood before while they were stoning him, and while he was commending his soul to Christ, but now he k...
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight The fight of faith; the same as in ( 1 Timothy 6:10 ) (See Gill on 1 Timothy 6:10): I have finished my cour...
Simon (Simwn). One of the common names (Josephus, Ant. XX. 7, 2) and a number of messianic pretenders had this name. A large number of traditions in ...