Zeal [E] Christ an example of Psalms 69:9 ; John 2:17 Godly sorrow leads to 2 Corinthians 7:10 2 Corinthians 7:11 Of saints, ardent Psalm...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 9. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people. Gentiles shall hear my praise. Here is an instance of the way in which the truly dev...
?EXPOSITION Verse 5. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth. Let thy praise be according to the greatness of thy...
EPAPHRODITUS e-paf-ro-di'-tus (Epaphroditos, lovely): Mentioned only in Philippians 2:25; 4:18. The name corresponds to the Latin Venustus (= handsom...
SIMEON (2) (shim`on; Sumeon): (1) The 2nd son of Jacob by Leah (see separate article). (2) Great-grandfather of Judas Maccabeus (1 Macc 2:1). (3) A...
Athens [N] [S]the capital of Attica, the most celebrated city of the ancient world, the seat of Greek literature and art during the golden period of G...
Lycaonia [N] [E] [H](land of Lycanon, or wolf land ), a district of Asia Minor. From what is said in ( Acts 14:11 ) of the speech of Lycaonia, it is ...
I have set (dedwka). Perfect active indicative of didwmi, I have given (a gift of Christ, this open door). See Luke 12:51 for a like use of didwmi....
General Note.General Note.The Banquet appears to me a genuine work, although, like other writings of this Father, it may have been corrupted. Tokens o...
Ephesus [N] [H] [S]the capital of proconsular Asia, which was the western part of Asia Minor. It was colonized principally from Athens. In the time of...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER XIV. Missionary Labors in the Cities of Asia Minor. SUMMARY.--Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. Flight to Lystra and Der...
Gathered the church together (sunagagonte thn ekklhsian). Second aorist active participle of sunagw. It was the first missionary meeting in history (...
Sound not a trumpet (mh salpish). Is this literal or metaphorical? No actual instance of such conduct has been found in the Jewish writings. McNeile ...
CARIA ka'-ri-a (Karia): A country in the Southwest of Asia Minor which extended on the North to Lydia, on the East to Phrygia, on the South to Lycia,...
Lystra [N] [H] [S]a town of Lycaonia, in Asia Minor, in a wild district and among a rude population. Here Paul preached the gospel after he had been d...
TITUS ti'-tus (Titos (2?Corinthians 2:13; 7:6,13; 8:6,16,23; 12:18; Galatians 1:2:1,3; 2?Timothy 4:10; Titus 1:4)): 1. One of Paul's Converts: A Gre...
CHAPTER III: ST. BONIFACE (AD 680-755)Although the Church of Ireland was in a somewhat rough state athome, many of its clergy undertook missionar...
Was cast down (eblhqh). Effective first aorist passive indicative of ballw, cast down for good and all, a glorious consummation. This vision of final...
?EXPOSITION Verse 7. He is the Lord our God. Blessed be his name. Jehovah condescends to be our God. This sentence contains a greater wealth of meanin...
COS kos (Kos, summit; the King James Version Coos): An island off the coast of Caria, Asia Minor, one of the Sporades, mountainous in the southern ha...