Matthew 10:3 Philip and Bartholomew The first of these was called next; his name is a Greek one, which his parents, though Jews, might take from the G...
SISERA sis'-er-a (cicera', of doubtful meaning; S(e)isara): (1) Given in Judges 4 as the captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor. The accounts gi...
Minister, christian (a sacred teacher)CalledAMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST 2?Corinthians 5:20 ANGELS OF THE CHURCH Revelation 1:20 ; 2:1 APOSTLES Lu...
Luke 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, &c.] For good men are frequently apt to fall into sin, and offend both God and man; se...
Ezekiel 20:10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, &c.] Which Aben Ezra interprets of God himself, who is compared to a lion; wh...
John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael Who was of Cana of Galilee, ( John 21:2 ) and where, it is very likely, Philip found him; since we quickly read of ...
shut heaven Shut is ??????? [kleisai] : ?shut, lock, bar.?1 The same root is used where Jesus informs us ?many widows were in Israel in the days of E...
Psalms 88:15 I am afflicted In body and mind, from within and from without, by Satan, by the men of the world, and by the Lord himself; which is the c...
Job 9:9 Which maketh Arcturus By which is meant not a single star, but a collection of stars, as Bar Tzemach and Ben Melech, a constellation; hence we...
Job 17:14 I have said to corruption, thou [art] my father Not to the corruptible seed, of which he was begotten; nor to the corruption or purulent mat...
John 3:34 For he whom God hath sent Still meaning Christ, who was sent in human nature, in the likeness of sinful flesh, in the fulness of time; to be...
Divination [N] [T] [B] [E]is a foretelling future events, or discovering things secret by the aid of superior beings, or other than human means. It i...
1. And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was ...
The Arabian interpreter thinks the first name of this city was Hazor, Joshua 11:1. The Jews, Ekron, Zephaniah 2:4. R. Abhu saith, (he was of Caesarea,...
Peter [E] [H] [S]Also called SIMON BAR-JONA and CEPHAS Matthew 16:16-19 ; Mark 3:16 ; John 1:42 A fisherman Matthew 4:18 ; Luke 5:1-7 ; John 2...
Miracles [T] [S]CATALOGUE OFCreation of the world Genesis 1 The great flood Genesis 7 ; 8 The confusion of languages Genesis 11:1-9 The fire...
TALMUD tal'-mud (talmudh): I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS AND VERBAL EXPLANATIONS II. IMPORTANCE OF THE TALMUD III. THE TRADITIONAL LAW UNTIL THE COMPOSITI...
Psalms 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword Wicked men, whose tongues were as a sharp sword, reproaching and blaspheming him, and bearing false witnes...
CHRISTS, FALSE fols (pseudo-christoi). 1. Christ's Warnings: In His discourse on the last things, uttered by Him on the Tuesday of the week of His ...
BALANCE bal'-ans The English word balance is from the Latin bilanx = having two scales (bi = two and lanx = plate, or scale). It is used to render thr...