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217 articles found for “Twelve Disciples”

• Luke 3

  [Bible]

  Luke 3 recounts John the Baptist's preaching of a baptism of repentance and his imprisonment, the descent of the Holy Spirit and the voice from heaven at Jesus' baptism, and the genealogy of Jesus, traced back from Joseph to Adam and to God.

• 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.

• Dibri

  [People]

  Dibri is a man of the tribe of Dan who is named once in the Old Testament book of Leviticus. His daughter Shelomith was the mother of the man who blasphemed the name of God in the wilderness and was stoned to death.

• Sheshai

  [People]

  Sheshai was a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron during the conquest of Canaan. The Bible names him together with Ahiman and Talmai and records that he was driven out or killed when Caleb and the tribe of Judah took Hebron.

• Ahiman

  [People]

  Ahiman was a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron before the conquest of Canaan. A biblical figure recorded together with Sheshai and Talmai, he was driven out by Caleb and the people of Judah.

• Kedar (son of Ishmael)

  [People]

  Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. Scripture records him as the ancestor of an Arabian nomadic tribe that the Old Testament also calls "Kedar."

• Calvin Ellis Stowe

  [People]

  Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802–1886) was an American biblical scholar and seminary professor. He worked to expand public education and was the husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

• John the Baptist

  [People]

  John the Baptist was a Jewish prophet who preceded Jesus Christ, calling people to repentance and baptizing in the Jordan River. The New Testament presents him as the one who prepared the way for the Messiah.

• 1 Corinthians 15:3–4

  [Bible Verses]

  A summary of the gospel stating that Christ died for our sins "according to the scriptures," was buried, and rose again the third day. The passage is regarded as containing one of the earliest forms of Christian confession in the New Testament and is a central basis of faith in the resurrection.

• 1 Corinthians 15:10

  [Bible Verses]

  In this verse the apostle Paul confesses that his becoming an apostle, and his having labored more than anyone else, are entirely owing to the grace of God. It is frequently cited and discussed as a text that shows how divine grace relates to human labor.

• Jeroboam

  [People]

  Jeroboam was the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel, established by the ten northern tribes when the kingdom divided after Solomon's death. Because he set up golden calves at Bethel and Dan, he became the standard by which the Books of Kings evaluate the later kings of northern Israel.

• Ethiopian Eunuch

  [People]

  The Ethiopian eunuch is the treasury official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who appears in Acts 8. After hearing Philip the evangelist explain a passage from Isaiah and proclaim the gospel of Jesus, he was baptized.

• Hebron

  [Bible]

  Hebron is an ancient city in the hill country of Judah. Abraham lived there, it is the site of the cave of Machpelah, where the patriarchs were buried, and it is where David first became king.

• Ephesus

  [Bible]

  Ephesus was a Roman-era port city on the western coast of Asia Minor. Paul stayed there for about three years preaching the gospel, and the city was the destination of the Epistle to the Ephesians and the home of the first of the seven churches of Revelation.

• Forty Years in the Wilderness

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  The forty years in the wilderness were the period the Israelites spent in the wilderness after the Exodus and before entering Canaan. The Bible portrays this period both as judgment for unbelief and as a time in which God fed and taught his people.

• Ephod

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  The ephod was a vest-like outer garment worn by the high priest in the Old Testament. There was also a linen ephod worn by priests, and the ephod served as a means of inquiring of God's will.

• Amen

  [Bible]

  Amen is a Hebrew word meaning "truly, it is so" or "so be it." In the Bible it serves as a response of assent to prayer, praise, and proclamation, and the church today still uses it widely as a response in prayer and worship.

• Gilgal

  [Bible]

  Gilgal was the first place where Israel encamped after crossing the Jordan River and lay east of Jericho. It was the site of the memorial stones, the circumcision, and the Passover, and during the period of the judges and the early monarchy it served as a center of sacrifice and assembly.

• Jephunneh

  [People]

  Jephunneh is an Old Testament figure, the father of Caleb, who brought back a report of faith after the spying out of Canaan. Scripture mentions him almost exclusively in the phrase "Caleb the son of Jephunneh."

• Valley of Siddim

  [Bible]

  The Valley of Siddim is the valley in Genesis 14 where a coalition of four kings fought a coalition of five kings, including the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah. Scripture explains that it is "the salt sea."