If anyone has an ear, let him hear. As when Jesus taught, prior to the formation of the church, all people are enjoined to hear (Mtt. Mat. 11:15). Un...
rTlHE conclusion, at which we have arrived in the last section, '*- assumes St Paul's release from his captivity at Rome. We must suppose that he res...
2 Kings 16:6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria A port on the Red sea, that formerly belonged to Edom, taken from them by David...
Myth The word myth (Gk. muthos [mu'qo]) only appears five times in the Bible, all in the New Testament, and all but one in the pastoral epistles ( 1 T...
Some have observed that the church at Smyrna may not have existed until almost the time of Nero allowing precious little time for it to have earned a...
DwellTents were in primitive times the common dwellings of men. Houses were afterwards built, the walls of which were frequently of mud ( Job 24:16 ; ...
Word of God [N]( Hebrews 4:12 , etc.). The Bible so called because the writers of its several books were God's organs in communicating his will to men...
Overview - Genesis 24 1?Abraham swears his servant. 10?The servant's journey. 12?His prayer. 14?His sign. 15?Rebekah meets him; 18?fulfils his sign; 2...
Timothy [N] [S]honouring God, a young disciple who was Paul's companion in many of his journeyings. His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are...
War [N] [T] [S]The Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by conquest. They had to engage in a long and bloody war before the Canaanit...
Follow, Follower The noun follower is seldom used in Scripture for the people of God, possibly due to its frequent references to idol worshipers ( Deu...
Laying on of Hands [N] [S]The Bible frequently invests this simple gesture with weighty symbolism. Its significance can be fruitfully evaluated in con...
Time [N] [T]It is debatable whether the Bible contains enough information to formulate a full-scale doctrine of time; nonetheless, the significance of...
Predestination [N] [B]This word is properly used only with reference to God's plan or purpose of salvation. The Greek word rendered predestinate is fo...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
Works which are particularly recommended for further study of the Book of Revelation are emphasized.Aland, Kurt and Bruce M. Metzger. The Greek New Te...
Teach, Teacher Although several Hebrew words are translated teach in English translations of the Old Testament, two words predominate: yara [h'ry], to...
Apostle [N] [B] [S]a person sent by another; a messenger; envoy. This word is once used as a descriptive designation of Jesus Christ, the Sent of the ...
Appear, Appearance The Old Testament. The Hebrew word most commonly used for appearance in the Old Testament is raa [h'a'r]. The seeing of God leads t...
Pride [N] [T] The Old Testament. While pride is sometimes used in the Old Testament in a positive sense (i.e., the pride of the land of Israel [ Psalm...