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North country

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Palestine from the north (Isa 41:25; Jer 1:14, 15; 50:3, 9, 41; 51:48; Ezek 26:7).

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...

Laodicea, Epistle from

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Col 4:16), was probably the Epistle to the Ephesians, as designed for general circulation. It would reach the Colossians by way of Laodicea.

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...

Thorn in the flesh

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(2 Cor 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. (1.) Roman Catholic writers think that it denotes suggestions to impiety. (2.) Luther, Calvin, and other Reformers interpret...

Colossians, Epistle to the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was written by Paul at Rome during his first imprisonment there (Acts 28:16, 30), probably in the spring of A.D. 57, or, as some think, 62, and soon after he had written his Epistle to the...

Ephraim in the wilderness

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(John 11: 54), a town to which our Lord retired with his disciples after he had raised Lazarus, and when the priests were conspiring against him. It lay in the wild, uncultivated hill-country to...

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...

Hebrews, Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) Its canonicity. All the results of critical and historical research to which this epistle has been specially subjected abundantly vindicate its right to a place in the New Testament canon...

Philemon, Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for...

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...

Ephesians, Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was written by Paul at Rome about the same time as that to the Colossians, which in many points it resembles. Contents of. The Epistle to the Colossians is mainly polemical, designed to refute...

Philippians, Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was written by Paul during the two years when he was "in bonds" in Rome (Phil 1:7-13), probably early in the year A.D. 62 or in the end of 61. The Philippians had sent Epaphroditus, their...

Timothy, Second Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was probably written a year or so after the first, and from Rome, where Paul was for a second time a prisoner, and was sent to Timothy by the hands of Tychicus. In it he entreats Timothy to come to...

Romans, Epistle to the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

This epistle was probably written at Corinth. Phoebe (Rom 16:1) of Cenchrea conveyed it to Rome, and Gaius of Corinth entertained the apostle at the time of his writing it (16:23; 1 Cor 1:14), and...

Thessalonians, Epistles to the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The first epistle to the Thessalonians was the first of all Paul's epistles. It was in all probability written from Corinth, where he abode a "long time" (Acts 18:11, 18), early in the period of...

Titus, Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was probably written about the same time as the first epistle to Timothy, with which it has many affinities. "Both letters were addressed to persons left by the writer to preside in their...

Galatians, Epistle to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The genuineness of this epistle is not called in question. Its Pauline origin is universally acknowledged. Occasion of. The churches of Galatia were founded by Paul himself (Acts 16:6; Gal 1:8; ...

Luke, Gospel according to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Was written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord's ministry, but to have gone to the best sources of information within his reach, and to have written an orderly...

Mark, Gospel according to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

It is the current and apparently well-founded tradition that Mark derived his information mainly from the discourses of Peter. In his mother's house he would have abundant opportunities of...

Matthew, Gospel according to

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The author of this book was beyond a doubt the Matthew, an apostle of our Lord, whose name it bears. He wrote the Gospel of Christ according to his own plans and aims, and from his own point of...

Corinthians, Second Epistle to the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shortly after writing his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul left Ephesus, where intense excitement had been aroused against him, the evidence of his great success, and proceeded to Macedonia....

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...

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