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Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen
[Bible]The Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen is a parable of Jesus in which the tenants entrusted with a vineyard kill the servants sent by the owner and finally his son as well. It appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke and is read as a warning to the leaders who rejected Jesus.
Parable of the Rich Fool
[Bible]The Parable of the Rich Fool is a parable of Jesus found in Luke 12:13–21. It tells of a rich man who enlarges his barns, stores up his wealth, and feels secure, only to hear the words "this night thy soul shall be required of thee." The parable warns against covetousness.
The House Built on the Rock
[Bible]The house built on the rock is a parable Jesus told at the close of His sermons in Matthew 7 and Luke 6. It compares the person who hears His words and does them to a man who built his house upon a rock, and the person who hears but does not do them to a man who built his house upon the sand.
Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
[Bible]The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats is Jesus' teaching in Matthew 25:31-46, in which the returning Son of Man judges all nations, separating them as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. Through this scene Jesus teaches that whatever is done for the least of his brethren is done for him.
Parable of the Two Sons
[Bible]The Parable of the Two Sons is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 21:28-32. It contrasts a son who refused his father's request but afterward changed his mind and went to work with a son who said he would go but did not.
Raising of Jairus's Daughter
[Bible]The raising of Jairus's daughter is the miracle in which Jesus restored to life the twelve-year-old daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, after she had died. The account appears in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac
[Bible]The healing of the Gerasene demoniac is the miracle in which Jesus healed a demon-possessed man who lived among the tombs in a Gentile region on the far side of the Sea of Galilee. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Feeding of the Four Thousand
[Bible]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.
Golden Rule
[Bible]The Golden Rule is the traditional name for the teaching of Jesus "whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them" (Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31).
Essenes
[Bible]The Essenes were a Jewish sect active around the time of Jesus, known for their communal life and strict purity regulations. They are not named in the Bible and are known from extra-biblical sources such as Josephus and Philo.
Great Commission
[Bible]The Great Commission is the command in which the risen Jesus instructed his disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching them. Its principal text is Matthew 28:18-20.
Annas
[People]Annas was a former Jewish high priest in the time of Jesus and the father-in-law of Caiaphas. He was the first person before whom Jesus was brought after his arrest, and he also appears at the interrogation of the apostles.
Olivet Discourse
[Bible]The Olivet Discourse is a lengthy address that Jesus delivered to his disciples on the Mount of Olives during the final week of his public ministry. In it he taught about the destruction of the Jerusalem temple, his second coming, and the signs of the end of the world. It is recorded in Matthew 24–25, Mark 13, and Luke 21.
Stations of the Cross
[Christian Life]The Stations of the Cross is a devotional practice in which Jesus Christ's journey, from carrying the cross to Golgotha through his death and burial, is divided into a series of scenes that are meditated upon and prayed through in order. In a broader sense, the term refers to the disciple's life of suffering and obedience.
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.
Monothelitism
[Doctrine & Theology]Monothelitism was a seventh-century Christological position holding that Jesus Christ, though possessing two natures, divine and human, has only one will. It was rejected by the Third Council of Constantinople in 680–681.
Threefold Office of Christ
[Doctrine & Theology]The threefold office of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ accomplishes salvation by holding together the three offices of prophet, priest, and king. It was systematized in the Reformed confessions.
Discipleship
[Christian Life]Discipleship is the path of following and learning from Jesus Christ as his disciple and living according to his teaching, or the way of life that results from doing so.
Monophysitism
[Doctrine & Theology]Monophysitism is the Christological position that in the incarnate Jesus Christ the divine and human natures are united into a single nature. The Council of Chalcedon rejected it in 451 and confessed "two natures, one person" as orthodox teaching.
Jacob's Well
[Bible]Jacob's Well is the well near Sychar in Samaria where Jesus spoke with the Samaritan woman in John 4. The Samaritans remembered it as the well given to them by their ancestor Jacob.