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Marriage

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was instituted in Paradise when man was in innocence (Gen 2:18-24). Here we have its original charter, which was confirmed by our Lord, as the basis on which all regulations are to be framed (Matt...

Husband

Easton's Bible Dictionary

I.e., the "house-band," connecting and keeping together the whole family. A man when betrothed was esteemed from that time a husband (Matt 1:16, 20 Luke 2:5). A recently married man was exempt from...

Bride

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa 49:18; 61:10; etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The...

Seventy weeks

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A prophetic period mentioned in Dan 9:24, and usually interpreted on the "year-day" theory, i.e., reckoning each day for a year. This period will thus represent 490 years. This is regarded as the...

Marriage-feasts

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(John 2:1-11) "lasted usually for a whole week; but the cost of such prolonged rejoicing is very small in the East. The guests sit round the great bowl or bowls on the floor, the meal usually...

First-born

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut 21:17; Gen 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr 5:1; Heb 12:16; Ps 89:27). (See [211]BIRTHRIGHT.) The "first-born of the poor" signifies the most miserable of...

First-fruits

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The law required, (1.) That on the morrow after the Passover Sabbath a sheaf of new corn should be...

First-born, Redemption of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when the extensive plan of sacrificial worship was introduced, requiring a company of men to be...

John, First Epistle of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was evidently written by John the evangelist, and probably also at Ephesus, and when the writer was in advanced age. The purpose of the apostle...

Peter, First Epistle of

Easton's Bible Dictionary

This epistle is addressed to "the strangers scattered abroad", i.e., to the Jews of the Dispersion (the Diaspora). Its object is to confirm its readers in the doctrines they had been already...

Timothy, First Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Paul in this epistle speaks of himself as having left Ephesus for Macedonia (1:3), and hence not Laodicea, as mentioned in the subscription; but probably Philippi, or some other city in that...

Corinthians, First Epistle to the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was written from Ephesus (1 Cor 16:8) about the time of the Passover in the third year of the apostle's sojourn there (Acts 19:10; 20:31), and when he had formed the purpose to visit Macedonia, and...

First-born, Sanctification of the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A peculiar sanctity was attached to the first-born both of man and of cattle. God claimed that the first-born males of man and of animals should be consecrated to him, the one as a priest (Ex 19:22...