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Ask a QuestionAnointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered "Messiah" (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was...
Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he came to John, who was the representative of the law and the prophets, that by him he might be...
Helper. (1.) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet (
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One of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (
Christ's priestly office consists of these two parts, (1) the offering up of himself as a sacrifice, and (2) making continual intercession for us. When on earth he made intercession for his people...
The second advent of Christ. Three different Greek words are used by the apostles to express this, (1) apokalupsis (
Two female Christians, active workers, whom Paul salutes in his epistle to the Romans (16:12).
The "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or sculptured on the prow of the ship which Luke refers to (
(1) with reference to his first advent "in the fulness of the time" (
One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ's office as mediator comprehends three different functions, viz., those of a prophet, priest, and king. These are not...
The birth of our Lord took place at the time and place predicted by the prophets (
The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple (
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Stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (