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• Felix and FestusPeople

  Felix and Festus were Roman governors of Judea who appear in Acts 23–26. While Paul was imprisoned at Caesarea, each in turn presided over his trial.

• BernicePeople

  Bernice is a first-century woman mentioned in Acts 25–26. She came to Caesarea with King Agrippa and was present when Paul made his defense before the governor Festus.

• Jeremiah 5Bible

  Jeremiah 5 opens with the charge that not a single person who acts justly can be found in Jerusalem. The chapter rebukes idolatry, injustice, and false prophecy, and announces judgment through a distant nation.

• CaesareaBible

  Caesarea was a Roman-era port city on the Mediterranean coast. According to Acts, it was where Cornelius was converted and where Paul was held in custody for two years. It is distinct from Caesarea Philippi in the northern interior.

• CreteBible

  Crete is a large island in the eastern Mediterranean, south of the Aegean Sea, and is the island of Crete in modern Greece. In the New Testament it appears as a place Paul sailed past while being taken to Rome and as the place where Titus ministered by appointing elders.

• Ezekiel 12Bible

  Ezekiel 12 is a chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in which the prophet packs an exile's belongings and digs through a wall. This symbolic act foretells the captivity of Jerusalem's king and people. The chapter also refutes the people's proverb that the fulfillment of prophecy is delayed.

• John 2Bible

  John 2 records Jesus' "first sign," in which he turned water into wine at a wedding feast in Cana of Galilee, and his driving out of those who were selling in the temple in Jerusalem at Passover.

• ZealotsBible

  The Zealots were Jewish groups in first-century Judea under Roman rule who resisted foreign domination in the name of "zeal" for God and the Law. In the Bible the term appears as "Zelotes," the epithet of Simon, one of the twelve disciples.

• Koine GreekBible

  Koine Greek was the common form of Greek widely used throughout the Mediterranean world after the conquests of Alexander the Great. All twenty-seven books of the New Testament, as well as the Septuagint, were written in this language.

• ConscienceBible

  Conscience is a biblical term for the inner awareness by which a person reflects on and knows the rightness or wrongness of his or her own conduct. It appears chiefly in the Pauline Epistles of the New Testament.

• PhariseesBible

  The Pharisees were a group within Judaism in the New Testament era. They strictly observed the Law of Moses and "the tradition of the elders," and in the Gospels they appear chiefly as opponents who dispute with Jesus.

• Self-ControlBible

  Self-control is a biblical concept referring to the power to govern one's own desires and emotions. In Galatians 5:23 it is listed last among the fruit of the Spirit.

• Oscar CullmannPeople

  Oscar Cullmann (1902–1999) was a Lutheran New Testament scholar from Alsace, France. He is widely known for his theology of "salvation history" (Heilsgeschichte), which holds that God's saving acts unfold in stages within history, and for his "already and not yet" eschatology.

• Job 34Bible

  Job 34 contains Elihu's second speech. Elihu argues that God never acts unjustly and repays people according to their deeds, and he rebukes Job's complaints against God as words spoken without wisdom.

• IconiumBible

  Iconium was a city in south-central Asia Minor where Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel during the first missionary journey until persecution forced them to leave. It is identified today with Konya, Turkey.

• CorinthBible

  Corinth was a Roman-era port city on the isthmus connecting mainland Greece with the Peloponnese. Paul founded a church there and later wrote 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians to it.

• Hebrews 2:3-4Bible Verses

  A passage in which the author of Hebrews warns readers not to neglect "so great salvation." It states that this salvation was first spoken by the Lord, confirmed by those who heard him, and attested by God through signs and gifts of the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited in discussions of whether spiritual gifts continue and of the authorship of Hebrews.

• 1 Corinthians 2:2Bible Verses

  A verse in which Paul recalls that, when he first preached the gospel to the church at Corinth, he determined to know nothing except Jesus Christ and him crucified. It is frequently cited in discussions of the heart of the gospel and the center of preaching.

• Philippians 1:21–23Bible Verses

  In this passage Paul, writing as a prisoner, describes his inner conflict between life and death. The words "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain" express a representative Christian view of life and death, and the passage is frequently cited in discussions of the believer's state immediately after death.

• Philippians 1:6Bible Verses

  Philippians 1:6 is the verse in which Paul expresses his confidence that God, who began a "good work" in the Philippian believers, will bring it to completion until the day of Christ. It is frequently cited in discussions of the assurance of salvation and the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints.