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Easter

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the...

On

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Light; the sun, (Gen 41:45, 50), the great seat of sun-worship, called also Bethshemesh (Jer 43:13) and Aven (Ezek 30:17), stood on the east bank of the Nile, a few miles north of Memphis, and near...

Love

Easton's Bible Dictionary

This word seems to require explanation only in the case of its use by our Lord in his interview with "Simon, the son of Jonas," after his resurrection (John 21:16, 17). When our Lord says, "Lovest...

Sermon on the mount

Easton's Bible Dictionary

After spending a night in solemn meditation and prayer in the lonely mountain-range to the west of the Lake of Galilee (Luke 6:12), on the following morning our Lord called to him his disciples,...