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The Seventy Disciples
[Bible]The Seventy Disciples were a group of disciples whom Jesus Christ appointed in addition to the Twelve and sent ahead of him, two by two, into every city and place he was about to visit. They appear only in Luke 10. Some manuscripts and translations give their number as seventy-two.
Sending of the Seventy
[Bible]An event in which Jesus appointed seventy others, apart from the Twelve, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every town he intended to visit. It is recorded only in Luke 10.
Seventy Elders
[Bible]The seventy elders were a group of seventy leaders chosen from among the elders of Israel in the time of Moses. They appear in Exodus 24 and Numbers 11, and a group of seventy elders also appears in Ezekiel 8.
Seventy Weeks
[Bible]The seventy weeks are a period named in the prophecy that the angel Gabriel delivered to Daniel in Daniel 9:24-27. They are commonly understood as "seventy sevens," that is, 490 years. Interpreters differ widely over whether the passage should be read as a messianic prophecy, an eschatological prophecy, or a prediction of specific historical events.
Septuagint
[Bible]The Septuagint is a translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into ancient Greek, produced in Alexandria, Egypt, beginning around the third century BC. New Testament writers frequently followed it when quoting the Old Testament, and the early church received and used it as its Old Testament.
Silas
[People]Silas appears in the New Testament book of Acts as a leader of the Jerusalem church who accompanied Paul on his second missionary journey. In the Pauline epistles and 1 Peter he appears under the name Silvanus.
Crescens
[People]Crescens was a coworker of Paul who is named only once, in 2 Timothy 4:10. Scripture records only that he departed for Galatia while Paul was imprisoned in Rome.
Jason
[People]Jason was a believer in Thessalonica who received Paul and his companions into his home during Paul's second missionary journey, was caught up in the ensuing riot, and was dragged before the city authorities. He appears in Acts 17.
Daniel 9:24–27
[Bible Verses]The prophecy of the "seventy weeks" delivered to Daniel by the angel Gabriel. It is among the most difficult prophecies in Scripture to interpret, and interpretations diverge sharply among the traditional reading of it as a messianic prophecy, the eschatological reading of dispensationalism, and the historical-critical reading that relates it to events of the Maccabean period.
Eldad
[People]Eldad was one of the seventy elders listed during the wilderness period who did not go out to the tabernacle but stayed in the camp. There he and Medad received the Spirit of God and prophesied (Numbers 11:26-29).
Eldad and Medad
[People]Eldad and Medad were two of the seventy elders chosen to assist Moses during the wilderness period after the Exodus. Instead of going to the tabernacle of the congregation, they remained in the camp, where they prophesied (Numbers 11:26-29).
Luke 10
[Bible]Luke 10 is the chapter in which Jesus sends out the seventy, two by two, to proclaim the kingdom of God. It also contains the parable of the Good Samaritan, which arises from a conversation with a lawyer, and the account of Martha and Mary.
Daniel 9:1-3
[Bible Verses]In this passage Daniel reads Jeremiah's prophecy of the "seventy years" and resolves to seek God with fasting and prayer. It is often cited as a model of moving from the reading of Scripture to prayer, and it raises questions about the identity of Darius and how the seventy years should be reckoned.
Daniel 9
[Bible]Daniel 9 is the chapter in which Daniel reads Jeremiah's prophecy of seventy years, fasts, and offers a prayer confessing the sins of his people. He then receives from Gabriel the revelation of the "seventy weeks."
Genesis 46
[Bible]Genesis 46 is the chapter in which Jacob leads his entire household down to Egypt and is reunited with Joseph in Goshen. It includes a list of the seventy members of Jacob's house who came into Egypt.
Daniel 10
[Bible]Daniel 10 is the chapter in which, in the third year of Cyrus, Daniel mourns and fasts for three weeks and then sees a vision of a man clothed in linen by the river Hiddekel. It introduces the final vision, which continues through chapters 11–12.
Jeremiah 26
[Bible]Jeremiah 26 recounts how, early in the reign of Jehoiakim, Jeremiah stood in the temple court and prophesied the temple's destruction. He was threatened with death but was spared through the defense of the princes and elders and the protection of Ahikam.
Numbers 11
[Bible]Numbers 11 recounts how Israel, having departed from Mount Sinai, complained at Taberah and was judged, then wept for meat, receiving quail but suffering a plague. It also tells of the appointment of seventy elders to share Moses' burden.
Seventieth Birthday Thanksgiving Service
[Christian Life]A seventieth birthday thanksgiving service is a worship service in which a person who has reached his or her seventieth birthday, together with the family, gives thanks to God for the life lived thus far. Korean churches have practiced it as a Christian rite that adapts the traditional seventieth birthday feast.
Haran
[Bible]Haran was a city in northern Mesopotamia where Abraham's family stayed after leaving Ur of the Chaldees, and where Jacob spent twenty years in the household of his uncle Laban.