Yea (outw de). And so, introducing a limitation to the preceding statement. Making it my aim (pilotimoumenon). Present middle participle (accusative ...
Joanna (Iwana). Her husband Cuza, steward (epitropou) of Herod, is held by some to be the nobleman (basiliko) of John 4:46-53 who believed and all ...
TROGYLLIUM tro-jil'-i-um, tro-gil'-i-um (Trogullion): According to Acts 20:15 the King James Version, the American Revised Version margin, the ship i...
Jonah [N] [H] [S]a dove, the son of Amittai of Gath-hepher. He was a prophet of Israel, and predicted the restoration of the ancient boundaries ( 2?Ki...
? ? ? The Second Epistle to Timothy has a melancholy interest as the last letter which Paul ever wrote, written from his second imprisonment in Rom...
When they had fasted (nhsteusante). Either finishing the same fast in verse Acts 2 or another one (Hackett), but clearly a voluntary fast. Laid the...
Twofold more a son of hell than yourselves (uion geennh diploteron mwn). It is a convert to Pharisaism rather than Judaism that is meant by one prose...
LOIS lo'-is (Lois (2?Timothy 1:5)): The grandmother of Timothy, and evidently the mother of Eunice, Timothy's mother. The family lived at Lystra (Act...
MANAEN man'-a-en (Manaen, Greek form of Hebrew name Menahem, meaning consoler): Manaen is mentioned, with Barnabas, Saul and others, in Acts 13:1, as...
John Darby commentary for Acts 25Acts Chapter 25The dignity of Paul's manner before all these governors is perfect. He addresses himself to the consc...
Silas [N] [H] [S]wood, a prominent member of the church at Jerusalem; also called Silvanus. He and Judas, surnamed Barsabas, were chosen by the church...
Troas [N] [H] [S]a city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor, named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from it (a...
Cilicia [N] [H] [S]a maritime province in the south-east of Asia Minor. Tarsus, the birth-place of Paul, was one of its chief towns, and the seat of a...
Iconium [N] [E] [H](little image ), the modern Konieh , was the capital of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor. It was a large and rich city, 120 miles north fro...
? ? ? The Epistle to Titus was written before the Second, and there is good reason to believe, after the First Epistle to Timothy. It belongs to a...
Barnabas [N] [H] [S]son of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite ( Acts 4:36 ). His name stands first on the list of prophets and teachers of th...
The Beginnings of American Foreign Missions Samuel J. Mills, when a student in Williams College, gathered about him a group of fellow students, all f...
PAUL, THE APOSTLE, 3 III. Chronology of Paul's Career. 1. Schemes: There is not a single date in the life of Paul that is beyond dispute, though sev...
EPAPHRAS ep'-a-fras (Epaphras): A contracted form of Epaphroditus. He must not, however, be confounded with the messenger of the Philippian community...
Evangelist [E](publisher of glad tidings ). In the New Testament the evangelists appear on the one hand after the apostles and prophets; on the other...