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1 Corinthians 16
[Bible]The final chapter of 1 Corinthians. Paul requests a collection for the saints in Jerusalem, outlines his travel plans, commends his coworkers, and closes the letter with exhortations and greetings.
2 Corinthians 9
[Bible]2 Corinthians 9 is the chapter in which Paul urges the Corinthian believers to prepare in advance the collection for the saints in Jerusalem, and explains cheerful giving and the thanksgiving it produces.
Chenaniah
[People]Chenaniah was a chief of the Levites who directed and taught the singing when David brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. He appears in 1 Chronicles 15.
Meshullam
[People]Meshullam is a man in Nehemiah 3 of the Old Testament who took part in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Several other people with the same name appear in 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
Holy Week
[Feasts & Seasons]Holy Week is the week immediately preceding Easter, a period that commemorates Jesus Christ's entry into Jerusalem, his suffering, and his death on the cross. Korean Protestants commonly call it Passion Week, while Catholics and Anglicans in Korea generally call it Holy Week.
Palm Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Palm Sunday is the Sunday immediately before Easter. It commemorates the occasion when crowds carrying palm branches welcomed Jesus Christ as he entered Jerusalem. Holy Week begins on this day.
Acts of the Apostles
[Bible]The Acts of the Apostles is the fifth book of the New Testament. It records how, after the ascension of Jesus Christ and with the coming of the Holy Spirit, the church began in Jerusalem and spread as far as Rome.
Nehemiah
[Bible]Nehemiah is a historical book of the Old Testament. It records how the people of Judah, having returned from the Babylonian exile, rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and reorganized their community of faith under the leadership of Nehemiah, an official of the Persian court.
2 Corinthians
[Bible]Second Corinthians is the eighth book of the New Testament and the second letter Paul sent to the church at Corinth. It addresses Paul's defense of his apostleship, comfort in suffering, and the collection to aid the church in Jerusalem. Its verse 13:13 (13:14 in many English Bibles) is used as the benediction in worship.
Peter
[People]Peter, originally named Simon, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ. A fisherman from Galilee, he became a leader of the early church in Jerusalem, and the New Testament books of 1 Peter and 2 Peter bear his name.
David
[People]David was the second king of ancient Israel according to the Old Testament. He ruled the kingdom from Jerusalem, which he made his capital. Many of the Psalms are attributed to him, and the New Testament calls Jesus Christ "the son of David."
Acts 1:8
[Bible Verses]Acts 1:8 records Jesus' words to the disciples just before his ascension: when the Holy Spirit comes upon them, they will receive power and be his witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The verse previews the narrative of the entire Book of Acts and serves as a leading watchword for missions. The nature of the experience of the Spirit implied by "receiving power" is debated.
Ezekiel (Prophet)
[People]Ezekiel was an Old Testament priest and prophet who ministered during the Babylonian exile. He proclaimed to the exiles of Judah both the judgment of Jerusalem and the restoration of Israel, and his prophecies are preserved in the Book of Ezekiel.
Jeremiah (Prophet)
[People]Jeremiah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered from the final years of the Kingdom of Judah into the early period of the Babylonian exile. He warned of the destruction of Jerusalem, prophesied the "new covenant," and is known as "the weeping prophet."
Nehemiah (person)
[People]Nehemiah was an Old Testament figure who served as cupbearer to the Persian king Artaxerxes and later became governor of Judah. Together with the community that had returned from exile, he rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem and restored order within the community.
Philip
[People]Philip is the name of two figures in the New Testament: Philip the Apostle, one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, and Philip the Evangelist, one of the seven men appointed by the church in Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 9:6–8
[Bible Verses]In this passage Paul uses the image that one reaps as one sows to urge the church in Corinth, as it prepared its collection for the saints in Jerusalem, to give gladly rather than under compulsion. It is frequently cited in sermons on giving and is also invoked in debates over tithing and the prosperity gospel.
Queen of Sheba
[People]The Queen of Sheba was a foreign queen who, having heard reports of Solomon's wisdom, came to Jerusalem and tested him with hard questions. Jesus called her "the queen of the south" and spoke of her as a witness at the judgment.
Acts 1:4–5
[Bible Verses]In this passage the risen Jesus, before his ascension, tells the apostles not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Father, saying that they will soon be baptized with the Holy Spirit. It is frequently cited as the starting point for the differing ways denominations understand "baptism in the Holy Spirit."
Zedekiah
[People]Zedekiah was the last king of the Kingdom of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, placed him on the throne, but Zedekiah rebelled against him. When Jerusalem fell, he was blinded and carried off to Babylon.