John 3:16 For God so loved the world The Persic version reads men: but not every man in the world is here meant, or all the individuals of human natur...
Phenicia [N]( Acts 21:2 ) = Phenice ( 11:19 ; 15:3 ; RSV, Phoenicia), Gr. phoinix, a palm, the land of palm-trees; a strip of land of an average brea...
Philistines [N] [E] [H](immigrants ), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as th...
Chapter 3333:1 And this [is] the a blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. (a) This blessing contain...
Altar [N] [E] [S]Structure on which offerings are made to a deity. The Hebrew word for altar is mizbeah [;eBzim], from a verbal root meaning to slaugh...
THIRD PERIOD. FROM THE SOJOURN IN EGYPT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL IN SHILOH. THE PERIOD OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAEL, AND THE SPRING-TIME IN THE LAND OF PRO...
Chapter 1111:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, 1 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, a...
Abstain, Abstinence Forbearance of certain activities as a matter of command and voluntary practice for moral and religious purposes. The word-group t...
Miracle [E]Although English speakers regularly use miracle to refer to a broad range of wondrous events, the biblical concept is limited to those not ...
Suffering [N]The experience of physical pain and/or mental distress. The words and phrases in the Bible expressing this concept are too numerous to li...
THE CHILDREN FOR CHRIST. Seventeenth Day. Consecrated parents. 'And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: how shall we order the child? and...
CHAPTER 21 Ezekiel 21:1-32 . PROPHECY AGAINST ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM, AND AGAINST AMMON. 2. the holy places--the three parts of the temple: t...
HEART AND HEAD. Sec. XII. Quid sine capite est homo, cries Ambrose, cum totus in capite sit! According to thorough investigation and evidence of ...
Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul [which] is lifted up is not upright in him, &c.] This and the following clause describe two sorts of persons differently...
CHAPTER 14 Revelation 14:1-20 . THE LAMB SEEN ON ZION WITH THE 144,000. THEIR SONG. THE GOSPEL PROCLAIMED BEFORE THE END BY ONE ANGEL: THE FA...
THE DISTINCTION OF SEX. Sec. VI. If the contrarieties of male and female, or rather the contra- rieties which lay at the foundation of the separat...
Having seen the Father and His glorious throne, John?s attention is now drawn to a scroll held in the Father?s hand. The redeeming Lamb takes the scro...
CHAPTER V. PROPHECY AND CHOKMA IN THE AGE OF DAVID AND SOLOMON. ? 15. The Transition of the Kingdom from Benjamin to Judah. G AMUEL, the late-bo...
XII. GRACIOUS REMEMBRANCE. 1 I WIll praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejo...
The Book of 1?SamuelChapter 15Chapter Overview: God commands Saul utterly to destroy the Amalekites, ver. 1 - 3. He destroys them, but not utterly, ...