Circumcision [N] [T] [B] [S]cutting around. This rite, practised before, as some think, by divers races, was appointed by God to be the special badge ...
FLESH @basar, she'er): 1. Etymology: Used in all senses of the word, the latter, however, most frequently in the sense of kin, family, relationship ...
CHAPTER 6 SERMON ON THE MOUNT--continued. Matthew 6:1-18 . FURTHER ILLUSTRATION OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE KINGDOM--ITS UNOSTENTATIOUSNESS...
PUNISHMENTS pun'-ish-ments ('awon, fault, iniquity, punishment for iniquity, sin (Genesis 4:13; Leviticus 26:41; Job 19:29; Psalms 149:7; Lamentations...
3-2. JESUS TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS. a?MATT. 4:1-11; b?MARK 1:12-13; c?LUKE 4:1-13. ? ? ? c?1 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, retu...
Temptation, Test While the number of terms denoting temptation and testing is small, their range of meaning is wide, extending from a secular sens...
CHAPTER 6 Ephesians 6:1-24 . MUTUAL DUTIES OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN: MASTERS AND SERVANTS: OUR LIFE A WARFARE: THE SPIRITUAL ARMOUR NEEDED AGA...
CHAPTER 1 Jonah 1:1-17 . JONAH'S COMMISSION TO NINEVEH, FLIGHT, PUNISHMENT, AND PRESERVATION BY MIRACLE. 1. Jonah--meaning in Hebrew, dove. C...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 10. And I said, This is my infirmity. He has won the day, he talks reasonably now, and surveys the field with a cooler mind. He confe...
CHAPTER 7 Micah 7:1-20 . THE UNIVERSALITY OF THE CORRUPTION; THE CHOSEN REMNANT, DRIVEN FROM EVERY HUMAN CONFIDENCE, TURNS TO GOD; TRIUMPHS B...
CHAPTER 6 Jeremiah 6:1-30 . ZION'S FOES PREPARE WAR AGAINST HER: HER SINS ARE THE CAUSE. 1. Benjamin--Jerusalem was situated in the tribe of ...
Disease [N]To understand the biblical records concerning illness it is necessary to think oneself back into a world that knew nothing of germs, bacter...
?EXPOSITION Having offered earnest intercession for the afflicted but penitent nation, the sacred poet in the true spirit of faith awaits a response f...
PAPYRUS pa-pi'-rus (Cyperus papyrus; bublos, biblos, whence biblion, a roll, ta biblia, the Books = the Bible): 1. Papyrus Paper 2. Egyptian Papyri ...
Chapter?21The ruins of the tribe of Benjamin we read of in the foregoing chapter; now here we have, I. The lamentation which Israel made over these ru...
Chapter?10In this chapter we have, I. The peaceable times Israel enjoyed under the government of two judges, Tola and Jair (v.?1-5). II. The troubleso...
Chapter?4We left all hands at work for the building of the wall about Jerusalem. But such good work is not wont to be carried on without opposition; n...
Chapter?3God is still by the prophet inculcating the same thing upon this careless people, and much in the same manner as before, by a type or sign, t...
Chapter?4The work of a Christian is twofold?doing the will of God and suffering his pleasure. This chapter directs us in both. The duties we are here ...
Chapter?2We left Job honourably acquitted upon a fair trial between God and Satan concerning him. Satan had leave to touch, to touch and take, all he ...