LUKE. CHAPTER VIII. Speaking in Parables. SUMMARY.--Women Ministering to Christ. The Parable of the Sower. That of a Candle Under a Bed. His Mot...
LUKE. CHAPTER III. Jesus Anointed by the Holy Spirit. SUMMARY.--John's Preaching and Baptism. John's Witness of Christ. Herod and Herodias. Jes...
Burial [N] [T] [E]Burial was a matter of great importance in the Old Testament. The story of Abraham's negotiation to purchase a cave for Sarah's buri...
Darkness [N] [T] [E] [S]Darkness in both the Old Testament (Heb. hasak [J;v'j]) and New Testament (Gk.skotos [skovto]) is an evocative word. If light ...
New Jerusalem The eternal climax of redemptive history is previewed in John's description of the new Jerusalem in Revelation 21-22. The new Jerusalem ...
Name [N]In contemporary Western culture a name rarely possesses significance beyond that of a highly sentimental, perhaps aesthetically conditioned re...
Grief, Grieving Scripture often speaks of God as being grieved or experiencing grief. This holds true for each member of the Trinity. In Genesis 6:6-8...
New Word used in the New Testament to contrast and compare both the quantitative concept of the recent with the former and the qualitative idea of the...
Anger [N] [T] [E]Strong emotional reaction of displeasure, often leading to plans for revenge or punishment. There are many words for anger in Hebrew;...
Motives Motives pose at least a twofold dilemma: (1) the status of a good deed done for the wrong reason or an evil deed done with good (or even witho...
Guilt [N]Definition. The meaning usually given to the word guilt in Christian circles today bears little relation to the biblical meaning. Recent Chri...
LUKE. CHAPTER X. The Seventy Disciples Sent Forth. SUMMARY.--The Harvest Ready but the Laborers Few. Seventy Preachers Chosen. The Charge. The War...
Grave [N] [E] [S]Place where the physical remains of a deceased person are interred. It is the place appointed for all living ( Job 30:23 ). It is whe...
Disciple, Discipleship During Jesus' earthly ministry, and during the days of the early church, the term that was used most frequently to designate on...
Life [N] [E]God (Yahweh) as the Source and Sustainer of Life. According to Genesis 2:7, the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and br...
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 ...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
Sin unto Death The expression sin unto death ( 1 John 5:16-17 ) appears in a context concerning confident, effective prayer (cf. 1 John 3:21-22 ; 4:...
Murder [N] [T] [E] [S]The Old Testament. Although the Israelites did not have a term that precisely fits our present-day idea of murder, they differen...
Fast, Fasting Abstinence from food and/or drink as an element of private or public religious devotion. Fasting is nowhere commanded in the Torah and, ...