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Mother

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The superiority of the Hebrew over all contemporaneous systems of legislation and of morals is strongly shown in the higher estimation of the mother in the Jewish family, as contrasted with modern...

Ephesians, The Epistle To The

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was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome, (Acts 28:16) apparently immediately after he had written the Epistle to the Colossians [[489]Colossians, The Epistle To The,...

Colossians, The Epistle To The

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was written by the apostle St. Paul during his first captivity at Rome. (Acts 28:16) (A.D. 62.) The epistle was addressed to Christians of the city of Colosse, and was delivered to them by...

Galatians, The Epistle To The

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was written by the apostle St. Paul not long after his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, (Acts 18:23) and probably in the early portion of his two-and-a-half-years stay at Ephesus, which...

Hebrews, Epistle To The

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+ The author--There has been a wide difference of opinion respecting the authorship of this epistle. For many years Paul was considered the author; others think it may have been Luke, Barnabas, or...

Philippians, Epistle To The

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was St. Paul from Rome in A.D. 62 or 63. St. Paul's connection with Philippi was of a peculiar character, which gave rise to the writing of this epistle. St. Paul entered its walls A.D. 52. (Acts...

Romans, Epistle To The

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+ The date of this epistle is fixed at the time of the visit recorded in Acts 20:3 during the winter and spring following the apostle's long residence at Ephesus A.D. 58. On this visit he remained...

Corinthians, First Epistle To The

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was written by the apostle St. Paul toward the close of his nearly three-years stay at Ephesus, (Acts 19:10; 20:31) which, we learn from (1 Corinthians 16:8) probably terminated with the Pentecost...

Corinthians, Second Epistle To The

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was written a few months subsequent to the first, in the same year--about the autumn of A.D. 57 or 58--at Macedonia. The epistle was occasioned by the information which the apostle had received...

Lodge, To

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This word, with one exception only, has, at least in the narrative portions of the Bible, almost invariably the force of "passing the night."

Thessalonians, First Epistle To The

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was written by the apostle Paul at Corinth, a few months after he had founded the church at Thessalonica, at the close of the year A.D. 62 or the beginning of 53. The Epistles to the Thessalonians,...

Thessalonians, Second Epistle To The

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appears to have been written from Corinth not very long after the first, for Silvanus and Timotheus were still with St. Paul. (2 Thessalonians 1:1) In the former letter we saw chiefly the...

Mary, Mother Of Mark

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(Colossians 4:10) was sister to Barnabas. (Acts 4:36; 12:15) She was among the earliest disciples, and lived at Jerusalem. She gave up her house to be used as one of the chief places of meeting....

Philemon, The Epistle Of Paul To

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is one of the letters which the apostle wrote during his first captivity at Rome A.D. 63 or early in A.D. 64. Nothing is wanted to confirm the genuineness of the epistle: the external testimony is...

Titus, Epistle To

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There are no specialties in this epistle which require any very elaborate treatment distinct from the other Pastoral Letters of St. Paul. It was written about the same time and under similar...

Daniel, Apocryphal Additions To

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The Greek translations of Daniel contain several pieces which are not found int he original text. The most important are contained in the Apocrypha of the English Bible under the titles of The Son...

Willows, The Brook Of The

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a wady mentioned by Isaiah, (Isaiah 15:7) in his dirge over Moab. It is situated on the southern boundary of Moab, and is now called Wady el-Aksa.

Timothy, Epistles Of Paul To

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The Epistles to Timothy and Titus are called the Pastoral Epistles, because they are principally devoted to directions about the work of the pastor of a church. The First Epistle was probably...

Arkite, The

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from Arka, one of the families of the Canaanites, (Genesis 10:17; 1 Chronicles 1:16) and from the context evidently located in the north of Phoenicia. The site which now bears the name of 'Arka...

Danites, The

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The descendants of Dan and the members of his tribe. (Judges 13:2; 18:1, 11 1 Chronicles 12:35)

Eshkalonites, The

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(Joshua 13:3) [[493]Ashkelon, Askelon]

Ezrahite, The

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(son of Zerah), a title attached to two persons--Ethan, (1 Kings 4:31; Psalms 89:1) title, and Heman, Psal 88:1 title.

Gezrites The

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The word which the Jewish critics have substituted in the margin of the Bible for the ancient reading, "the Gerizite." (1 Samuel 27:8) [[552]Gerizites, THE]

Haggites, The

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a Gadite family sprung from Haggi. (Numbers 26:15)

Jimnites, The

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descendants of the preceding. (Numbers 26:44)

Maonites, The

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a people mentioned in one of the addresses of Jehovah to the repentant Israelites, (Judges 10:12) elsewhere in the Authorized Version called Mehunim.

Meholathite, The

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a word occurring once only-- (1 Samuel 18:19) It no doubt denotes that Adriel belonged to a place celled Meholah.

Mishraites, The

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the fourth of the four "families of Kirjath-jearim," i.e. colonies proceeding therefrom and founding towns. (1 Chronicles 2:53)

Perizzite, The

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and Per'izzites (belonging to a village), one of the nations inhabiting the land of promise before and at the time of its conquest by Israel. (B.C. 1450.) They are continually mentioned in the...

Punites, The

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the descendants of Pua, or Puvah, the son of Issachar. (Numbers 26:23)

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