Book XXIX.Book XXIX. Faustus seeks to justify the docetism of the Manichaeans. Augustin insists that there is nothing disgraceful in being born.1. Fau...
Matthew 26:61 And said, this fellow said Or saith, as De Dieu observes, the Syriac version of this place should be rendered; that is, he has not only ...
Abomination [E]Things that are, to GodIdolatry Deuteronomy 7:25 ; 27:15 ; 32:16 Unjust weights and measures Deuteronomy 25:13-16 ; Proverbs 1...
Overview - Acts 8 1?By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church being planted in Samaria, by Philip the deacon, who preached, did miracles...
BEWITCH be-wich' (existemi): There are two Greek words in the New Testament translated bewitch. The one given above (Acts 8:9,21 the King James Versi...
Of the strolling Jews, exorcists (twn periercomenwn Ioudaiwn exorkistwn). These exorcists travelled around (peri) from place to place like modern Gyp...
Acts 8:9 But there was a certain man called Simon Who, as Justin Martyr F6 says, was a Samaritan, and of a village called Gitton; and so a Jewish writ...
they did not repent See commentary on Revelation 9:20. murders Murder has always been prevalent upon the earth. In ?civilized? societies such as ours...
Isaiah 24:6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth The inhabitants of it, and the fruits upon it, alluding to the earth being cursed for the sin ...
Acts 13:11 And now behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee That is, the power of God was just ready to be exerted on him in a way of punishment, by s...
Simon (Simwn). One of the common names (Josephus, Ant. XX. 7, 2) and a number of messianic pretenders had this name. A large number of traditions in ...
Divination [N] [B] [E] [S] An abominable practice 1?Samuel 15:23 All who practised it, abominable Deuteronomy 18:12 PRACTISED BY Diviners ...
Chapter 88:2 And if thou refuse to let [them] go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with a frogs: (a) There is nothing so weak that God cannot use ...
Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say unto you These are the words of Christ continued, as making his appearance in Israel; and are an address to his pe...
Revelation 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth So Solinus F5 speaks of dragons that have powe...
MAGIC; MAGICIAN maj'-ik, ma-jish'-an: I. DEFINITION II. DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT 1. Magic as Impersonal 2. Margic as Personal III. MAGIC AND RELIG...
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication The kings of the earth committed fornication with the Harlot both because of the allure of her ...
But the cowardly Cowardly is ??????? [deilois] : ?timid [ones],?1 ?persons showing fear in a shameful way.?2 The word is used to describe lack of fa...
Acts 13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos The Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, the whole isle; fo...
Magic [N] [E]The Old Testament. Magicthe attempt to exploit supernatural powers by formulaic recitations to achieve goals that were otherwise unrealiz...