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• Genesis 29Bible

  Genesis 29 tells how Jacob, after arriving in Haran, serves his uncle Laban seven years for Rachel, is deceived into marrying Leah first, and agrees to serve another seven years. The chapter closes with Leah bearing four sons.

• The Seven Signs of the Gospel of JohnBible

  The seven signs of the Gospel of John are seven events recorded in John 1–12, a Gospel that calls Jesus' miracles "signs." John presents these events as indications that reveal who Jesus is and lead people to faith.

• Seven Last Words of ChristBible

  The Seven Last Words of Christ is the traditional name for the seven sayings that Jesus Christ spoke from the cross before his death, as gathered from the four Gospels.

• Seven DeaconsBible

  The Seven Deacons were seven men chosen by the early church in Jerusalem to ensure the fair distribution of relief to those in need. They included Stephen and Philip, and their appointment is commonly regarded as the origin of the office of deacon.

• Seven SacramentsDoctrine & Theology

  The Seven Sacraments are the seven rites that the Catholic Church professes to be signs of grace instituted by Christ: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Most Protestants recognize only two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

• Seven SealsBible

  The seven seals are the seals that close the scroll held in the hand of God in Revelation 5–8. As the slain Lamb opens them one by one, war, famine, death, martyrdom, and cosmic upheaval follow in succession.

• Seven TrumpetsBible

  The seven trumpets are the trumpets blown in succession by seven angels in Revelation 8–11, together with the plagues and events that follow each one. They form the second set of seven judgments, placed between the seven seals and the seven bowls.

• Feeding of the Four ThousandBible

  The Feeding of the Four Thousand is the miracle in which Jesus fed a crowd of more than four thousand people with seven loaves of bread and a few small fish. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark.

• Seven Churches of AsiaBible

  The seven churches of Asia are the seven churches in the Roman province of Asia to which Christ sent letters in Revelation 2–3. They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

• Seven Seals, Trumpets, and BowlsBible

  The seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls are visions in Revelation 6–16 in which God's judgments unfold in three successive series of seven. Interpreters differ on how the three series relate to one another and when they occur.

• Seven Nations of CanaanBible

  The seven nations of Canaan is a collective term for the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, the peoples who lived in the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The expression derives from Deuteronomy 7:1.

• Seven BowlsBible

  The seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God that seven angels pour out in succession upon the earth, the sea, the rivers, the sun, the throne of the beast, the river Euphrates, and the air in Revelation 15–16, together with the plagues they bring.

• Anointing of the SickWorship & Rites

  The Anointing of the Sick is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, a rite in which a priest prays over a gravely ill or frail elderly person and anoints him or her with consecrated oil. Protestant churches do not recognize it as a sacrament.

• Philip the EvangelistPeople

  Philip the Evangelist appears in the Acts of the Apostles as one of "the seven" chosen in the early Jerusalem church. He preached the gospel in Samaria and baptized the Ethiopian eunuch. He is distinct from Philip the Apostle.

• Parables of the KingdomBible

  The parables of the kingdom are the parables in which Jesus described the reign of God with the words "The kingdom of heaven is like unto…"; in the narrower sense, the term refers to the seven parables of Matthew 13.

• Penitential PsalmsBible

  The Penitential Psalms are seven psalms (Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143) that church tradition groups together because they give prominent expression to the confession of sin and the plea for God's forgiveness.

• Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the PearlBible

  The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl are two brief parables of Jesus recorded in Matthew 13:44-46. They convey the worth of the kingdom of God by depicting a person who discovers it and joyfully sells everything he owns to obtain it.

• NicolasPeople

  Nicolas was one of the seven men chosen by the church in Jerusalem in Acts 6 to oversee the distribution of relief. He was a native of Antioch who had been a proselyte to Judaism.

• Luke 23:34Bible Verses

  Luke 23:34 records the prayer Jesus offered on the cross for those who were crucifying him: "Father, forgive them." It is traditionally counted as the first of the Seven Last Words from the Cross. The verse also raises a textual question, because the prayer is absent from some early manuscripts.

• Luke 23:43Bible Verses

  Luke 23:43 records the promise Jesus made on the cross to the repentant thief: "To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." The verse is frequently cited in discussions of where believers are immediately after death (the intermediate state) and of whether salvation is possible apart from works or baptism. It is also the subject of a translation debate over the placement of a comma.