For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia (hudokhsan gar Makedonia kai Acaia). For Macedonia and Achaia took pleasure. The use of hu...
Timon, [N] [E] [H]one of the seven, commonly called deacons. ( Acts 6:1-6 ) He was probably a Hellenist. (A.D. 34.) [N] indicates this entry was also...
That are widows indeed (ta ontw chra). For ontw (actually, really), see Luke 23:47 ; 1?Corinthians 14:25 ; and verse 1?Timothy 5:5 . For widows (c...
Overview - Acts 4 1?The rulers of the Jews, offended with Peter's sermon, 3?imprison him and John. 5?After, upon examination Peter boldly avouching ...
Nicanor [N] [H] [S]conqueror, one of the seven deacons appointed in the apostolic Church ( Acts 6:1-6 ). Nothing further is known of him. These dict...
Overview - Luke 19 1?Of Zacchaeus a publican. 11?The ten pieces of money. 28?Christ rides into Jerusalem with triumph; 41?weeps over it; 45?drives the...
Deacon [E] [S](Servant, waiter)(One charged with the temporal affairs of the local congregation)Selected by the people Acts 6:1-6 Characteristics of...
Widows [T]to be treated with kindness ( Exodus 22:22 ; Deuteronomy 14:29 ; Deuteronomy 16:11 Deuteronomy 16:14 ; Deuteronomy 24:17 Deuteronomy 24...
Overview - 1?Corinthians 16 1?He exhorts them to relieve the want of the brethren at Jerusalem. 10?Commends Timothy; 13?and after friendly admonitions...
Paul (Paulo). He does not mention his apostleship as he usually does. Omitted also in I and II Thess. and Philemon. Timothy (Timoqeo). In no sense th...
Overview - Deuteronomy 28 1?The blessings for obedience. 15?The curses for disobedience. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeDeuteronomy 28:29??(King James...
Fellowship [N] [B] With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will ( Job 22:21 ; John 17:3 ); agreement with his designs ( Amos 3:2 ); mutual affec...
Overview - 2?Corinthians 7 1?He proceeds in exhorting them to purity of life; 2?and to bear him like affection as he does to them. 3?Whereof lest he...
Deacon [N] [S]Anglicized form of the Greek word diaconos, meaning a runner, messenger, servant. For a long period a feeling of mutual jealousy had exi...
Synagogue [N] [E] [S]The synagogue was the place where Jews gathered for instruction and worship in the New Testament period. The Greek word synagoge ...
Chapter 44:2? Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. tempted (S...
ORDAIN; ORDINATION or-dan', or-di-na-shun (Latin ordinare, to set in order to arrange; in post-Augustan Latin to appoint to office; from ordo, gen. or...
TIMOTHY. CHAPTER III. Bishops and Deacons. SUMMARY.--The Qualifications of Bishops. Of Deacons. Their Wives. The Reason for Writing to Timothy of ...
BISHOP bish'-up: The word is evidently an abbreviation of the Greek episkopos; Latin, episcopus. GENERAL 1. Use in the Septuagint and Classic Gree...
Jesus, the christ HISTORY OFGenealogy of Matthew 1:1-17 ; Luke 3:23-38 Facts before the birth ofThe angel Gabriel appears to Mary (at Nazareth) ...