Overview - Mark 14 1?A conspiracy against Christ. 3?Precious ointment is poured on his head by a woman. 10?Judas sells his Master for money. 12?Chris...
The Book of MarkChapter 11Verses:11:1To Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives - The limits of Bethany reached to the mount of Olives, and join...
Some shouting one thing, some another (alloi allo ti epepwnoun). Same idiom of alloi allo as in Mark 19:32 which see. The imperfect of epipwnew, to...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Overview - Matthew 13 1?The parable of the sower and the seed; 18?the exposition of it. 24?The parable of the tares; 31?of the mustard seed; 33?of the...
I Jesus (Egw Ihsou). The last and most solemn attestation to the book that from Jesus (the historic Jesus known to the churches), in harmony with Ep...
Overview - Matthew 18 1?Christ warns his disciples to be humble and harmless, 7?to avoid offences, 10?and not to despise the little ones; 15?teaches ...
Abyss In our English Bibles, the Greek word abyssos [a [busso] is transliterated as abyss (RSV bottomless pit) in every instance except Romans 10:7, w...
Overview - Daniel 9 1?Daniel, considering the time of the captivity, 3?makes confession of sins, 16?and prays for the restoration of Jerusalem. 20?Ga...
BARTIMAEUS bar-ti-me'-us (Bartimaios): A hybrid word from Aramaic bar = son, and Greek timaios = honorable. For the improbability of the derivation f...
NOTES ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST LUKE NOTES ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST LUK...
QUEEN OF SHEBA she'-ba (1?Kings 10:1-13; 2?Chronicles 9:1-12, called in Mt 12:42; Lu 11:31, the queen of the south (basilissa notou)): 1. Old Testame...
JUDAEA joo-de'-a, ju-de'-a (Ioudaia): The land of the Jews, the Greco-Roman equivalent of Judah. As most of the Israelites returning from the captivi...
MERCY; MERCIFUL mur'-si, mur'-si-fool (checedh, racham, chanan; eleos, eleeo, oiktirmos): Mercy is a distinctive Bible word characterizing God as rev...
Provide beasts (ktenh parasthsai). Change from direct to indirect discourse just the opposite of that in verse Luke 22 . Beasts (kthnh). For riding ...
HALAH ha'-la (chalach; Halae, Hallae, Chaach, for Chalach, Chala; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Hala): 1. Many Identifications: Menti...
Overview - 1?Samuel 8 1?By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king. 6?Samuel praying in grief, is comforted by God...
And I saw (kai eidon). As in Philippians 4:1 ; Philippians 5:1 . The vision unfolds without anything being said about opening the book and reading ...
Chapter?3Of all the families of Israel none was so illustrious as the family of David. That is the family which was mentioned in the foregoing chapter...
Consolation [N]Attempt to comfort someone who is in sorrow. The most frequently encountered Hebrew term is niham [WjIn]; parakaleo [parakalevw], param...