Instruction From nature Proverbs 24:30-34 ; Ecclesiastes 1:13-18 ; 3 ; 4:1 ; Matthew 6:25-30 See PARABLESFrom the study of human nature Eccles...
The Priesthood Ancient History. The idea of a priest and his intercessory work underlies all religion. From the time that the smoke of Abel's sacri...
To be seen of men (pro to qeaqhnai toi anqrwpoi). See Psalms 6:1 where this same idiom occurs. Ostentation regulates the conduct of the rabbis. Phy...
CHAPTER 13 Exodus 13:1 Exodus 13:2 . THE FIRST-BORN SANCTIFIED. 2. Sanctify unto me all the first-born--To sanctify means to consecrate, t...
PHYLACTERY fi-lak'-ter-i (phulakterion, guard): 1. Bible References: This word is found only in Matthew 23:5 in our Lord's denunciation of the Phari...
CHAPTER 6 Deuteronomy 6:1-25 . MOSES EXHORTS ISRAEL TO HEAR GOD AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. 1-9. Now these are the commandments, the statut...
Chapter?23 Jesus reproves the scribes and Pharisees. (1-12) Crimes of the Pharisees. (13-33) The guilt of Jerusalem. (34-39) Verses 1-1...
Money [N] [T] [E] [S]A variety of monetary systems are represented in the Bible, corresponding to the political powers that dominated the cultures rep...
Education in Bible Times Education is essential to the survival of any social group, since a community secures its continued existence and development...
by Alfred Edersheim 1876 Chapter 13 Among the People, and with the Pharisees It would have been difficult to proceed far either in Galilee or in J...
2. Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: [In Moses' seat, &c.] this is to be understood rather of the legislative seat (or chair)...