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Widow
[Bible]A woman whose husband has died. The Old Testament law designated widows, along with orphans and sojourners, as people to be protected. In the New Testament, widows appear both as recipients of the early church's relief and care and as examples of faith.
1 Peter 1:23
[Bible Verses]A verse stating that the believer's new birth has come about through incorruptible seed, that is, the living and abiding word of God. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between regeneration (the new birth) and the word.
Ephron
[People]Ephron, the son of Zohar, was a Hittite who appears in Genesis 23. He owned the field and cave of Machpelah near Hebron and sold them to Abraham for four hundred shekels of silver, and the cave became Sarah's burial place.
Orphans and Widows
[Bible]"Orphans and widows" is a biblical word pair referring to people whose livelihood and legal protection were weakened by the loss of a husband or father. Often grouped with the sojourner, they represent the socially vulnerable for whom God shows special care.
Deuteronomy 15
[Bible]Deuteronomy 15 is a chapter of law containing the ordinance for releasing debts owed by fellow Israelites every seventh year, the command to open one's hand to a poor brother, the law for freeing in the seventh year a Hebrew servant who has served six years, and the law for consecrating the firstborn males of cattle and sheep.
1 Peter 2:5
[Bible Verses]A verse stating that believers, as "lively stones," are built up into a spiritual house and become a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ. Together with 1 Peter 2:9, it is frequently cited as a principal basis for the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers.
1 Peter 5:7
[Bible Verses]A verse that urges suffering believers to cast all their anxieties on God, on the ground that God cares for them. It is widely quoted as a word of comfort and prayer, and commentators note that it should be read together with the call to humility in the preceding verse.
Rome
[Bible]Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire in the New Testament era and appears in Acts, Romans, and other books. Paul wrote a letter to the believers there and later went to the city as a prisoner, where he preached the gospel.
Matthew 25:40
[Bible Verses]The verse in the parable of the sheep and the goats in which the King says, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." It is the passage most often cited as a basis for serving the poor, and interpreters differ over who "the least of these" are.
Exodus 20:8-11
[Bible Verses]The fourth of the Ten Commandments, which commands that the Sabbath be remembered and kept holy: after six days of labor, no work is to be done on the seventh day. Denominations differ on whether Christians should keep this commandment on Sunday, the Lord's Day, or on the Saturday Sabbath.
Vineyard
[Bible]A vineyard is a plot of land where grapevines are planted and cultivated. In the Bible it is part of agricultural life, and it frequently serves as a symbol of the people (Israel) whom God tends and from whom He expects fruit.
Ittai
[People]Ittai was a foreign commander from Gath in Philistia who followed David to the end when the king fled during Absalom's rebellion. He appears in 2 Samuel as the commander of one-third of David's army.
Proverbs 6
[Bible]Proverbs 6 is a chapter within the collection of wisdom instructions (chapters 1–9). It warns against becoming surety for a neighbor, against laziness, and against the wicked, and it lists seven things the LORD hates. It then teaches the son to keep his parents' instruction and to stay away from adultery.
Ephesians 2:20
[Bible Verses]A verse in which Paul tells Gentile believers that they are the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone. It is frequently cited in discussions of the foundation of the church and in debates over whether the offices of apostle and prophet continue today.
Pachomius
[People]Pachomius (c. 292–346) was a fourth-century Egyptian monk. He is known as the first to organize cenobitic monasticism, in which a number of monks live together under a single rule.
Deuteronomy 25
[Bible]Deuteronomy 25 is a chapter of law containing regulations on judicial rulings and the limit on flogging, the ox treading out grain, levirate marriage, and honest weights. It closes with the command to remember what Amalek did.
Strange Fire
[Bible]Strange fire is an expression from the incident in Leviticus 10 in which Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, died after offering incense in a manner God had not commanded. The Hebrew phrase means "strange fire."
Nadab and Abihu
[People]Nadab and Abihu were the eldest and second sons of Aaron. Appointed as priests, they offered incense with "strange fire," which the LORD had not commanded, and were killed by fire that came out from before the LORD.
Aldersgate Experience
[History]The Aldersgate experience was a religious experience of John Wesley on May 24, 1738, when, at a society meeting on Aldersgate Street in London, he felt his "heart strangely warmed." It is commonly called Wesley's conversion and is regarded as the event that launched the Methodist movement.
Proverbs 5
[Bible]Proverbs 5 is a chapter in which a father instructs his son to avoid the enticement of the strange woman and to remain faithful to the wife of his youth. It closes with a warning that the wicked are held fast by the cords of their own sins.