SCORPION skor'-pi-un (aqrabh; compare Arabic aqrab, scorpion; ma`aleh `aqrabbim, the ascent of Akrabbim; skorpios. Note that the Greek and Hebrew may ...
AQUILA ak'-wi-la (Akulas), (an eagle): Aquila and his wife Priscilla, the diminutive form of Prisca, are introduced into the narrative of the Ac by t...
\\INTRODUCTION TO JOHN\\ The author of this Gospel is John, the son of Zebedee and Salome, the brother of James the greater; he outlived the rest of ...
Letter XLVI. Letter(1) To the Mareotis from Sardica, a.d. 343-4.Letter XLVI. Letter(1) To the Mareotis from Sardica, a.d. 343-4.Athanasius to the pres...
The Book of LukeChapter 19Verses:19:1He passed through Jericho - So that Zaccheus must have lived near the end of the town: the tree was in the town i...
Chapter?3At the start of this chapter, concerning the baptism of John, begins the gospel (Mk.?1:1 ); what went before is but preface or introduction; ...
Chapter?61In this chapter, I. We are sure to find the grace of Christ, published by himself to a lost world in the everlasting gospel, under the type ...
Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, go to Advising, exhorting, stirring up, and encouraging one another to the work proposed, of building a cit...
Chapter?49 A call for attention. (1-5) Folly of worldlings. (6-14) Against fear of death. (15-20) Verses 1-5 We seldom meet with a more solem...
Chapter?6In this chapter we have, I. The law concerning Nazarites, 1. What it was to which the vow of a Nazarite obliged him (v.?1-8). A remedial law ...
Chapter?3In this chapter we have, I. A promise of the coming of the Messiah, and of his forerunner; and the errand he comes upon is here particularly ...
Consolation [N]Attempt to comfort someone who is in sorrow. The most frequently encountered Hebrew term is niham [WjIn]; parakaleo [parakalevw], param...
ANTEDILUVIANS an-te-di-lu'-vi-ans. 1. Chronology Uncertain: According to the ordinary interpretation of the genealogical tables in Genesis 5 the liv...
Chapter?9The prophet in this chapter (according to the directions given him, ch.?3:10, ch.?3:11 ) saith to the righteous, It shall be well with thee, ...
The Book of JohnChapter 15Verses:15:1I am the true vine - So the true bread, 6:32 ; that is, the most excellent.15:2Every one that beareth fruit, he...
Chapter?21In this chapter we have, I. Isaac, the child of promise born into Abraham?s family (v.?1-8). II. Ishmael, the son of the bondwoman, cast out...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 21. They gave me also gall for my meat. This was the sole refreshment cruelty had prepared for him. Others find pleasure in their foo...
Chapter?5In this chapter we have, I. A prediction of the troubles and distresses of the Jewish nation (v.?1). II. A promise of the Messiah, and of his...
Chapter?6Christ having, in the former chapter, armed his disciples against the corrupt doctrines and opinions of the scribes and Pharisees, especially...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS\\ The title of this book may be rendered the Book of Praises, or Hymns; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...