GESTURE jes'-tur, jes'-tur: The Oriental is rich in gestures by which feelings are expressed and force added to words. Of this we have abundant illus...
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit Overt, verbal, and conscious repudiation of the fact that God is at work in Jesus Christ accomplishing his designs t...
MARK. CHAPTER I. The Beginning of the Ministry of Christ. SUMMARY.--The Mission of John the Baptist. His Preaching in the Wilderness. His Baptis...
Chapter 1212:1 And 1 he began to speak unto them by a parables. A [certain] man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged [a place f...
The Book of MarkChapter 12Verses:12:1 Matthew 21:43 ; Lu 20:9.12:10 Psalms 118:22 .12:12They feared the multitude - How wonderful is the providence ...
Repentance [N] [B] [E] What it is Isaiah 45:22 ; Matthew 6:19-21 ; Acts 14:15 ; 2?Corinthians 5:17 ; Colossians 3:2 ; 1?Thessalonians 1:9 ; H...
After these things ?The connecting link, after these things, is chronological and also shows a cause and effect relationship between the first and sec...
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 E. THE PASSION WEEK--BETRAYAL, TRIAL AND CRUCIFIXION Importance of the Last Events: We reach now the closing week and last solemn ...
Prayer [T] [B] [E] [S]MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSPrayer test proposed by Elijah 1?Kings 18:24-39 Daily, in the morning Psalms 5:3 ; 88:13 ; ...
BRANCH ;BOUGH bransh: Represented by very many words in the Hebrew. (1) zemorah used especially of a vine branch. The spies cut down from thence a b...
12:1? At that season1 Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.JESUS DE...
Angel (a spirit) A CELESTIAL SPIRITCalled ANGEL OF THE LORD Matthew 1:20 Matthew 1:24 ; Matthew 2:13 Matthew 2:19 ; 28:2 ; Luke 1:11 ; Acts 5...
Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals 1 fifth seal With the opening of the fifth seal, we break from the judgments associated with the four horsemen. ?T...
Leaven [T] [E] [S]In the New Testament the noun for leaven is zume [zuvmh] and the verb for to leaven is zumoo [zumovw]. The noun occurs eleven times,...
Faith [T] [B] [E]General scriptures concerning 2?Samuel 22:31 ; Psalms 2:12 ; 5:11 ; 7:1 ; Psalms 9:9 Psalms 9:10 ; 18:30 ; 32:10 ; Psalms 3...
Judge [E]Appointed by the Persians Ezra 7:25 Kings and other rulers as 2?Samuel 8:15 ; 15:2 ; 1?Kings 3:16-28 ; 10:9 ; 2?Kings 8:1-6 ; Psalms...
CHAPTER 6 Luke 6:1-5 . PLUCKING CORN-EARS ON THE SABBATH. Mark 2:23-28 .) 1. second sabbath after the first--an obscure expression, occurrin...
John the Baptist [E] [S]Apart from Jesus Christ, John the Baptist is probably the most theologically significantfigure in the Gospels. As was the case...
Introduction to the Commentaries on the Gospel of MatthewIntroduction to the Commentaries on the Gospel of MatthewAccording to Eusebius (H. E. vi. 36)...
Passover [N] [B] [S]the name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord's p...