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John 8:7
[Bible Verses]John 8:7 is the verse in which Jesus says to those about to stone a woman taken in adultery, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." It is a classic text on mercy and forgiveness, but it raises a textual problem: the entire story is absent from the oldest manuscripts.
Mark 7
[Bible]Mark 7 records Jesus' dispute with the Pharisees and scribes over the tradition of the elders, his teaching that what defiles a person comes from the heart, and his healing of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter and of a deaf man with a speech impediment.
Masoretes
[Bible]The Masoretes were Jewish scholars, active roughly from the sixth to the tenth century, who copied and transmitted the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, adding vowel points, cantillation marks, and marginal notes that recorded how the text was to be read.
Mark 2
[Bible]The second chapter of the Gospel of Mark, in which Jesus forgives and heals a paralytic in Capernaum, calls Levi the tax collector, and disputes with the scribes and Pharisees over fasting and the Sabbath.
Luke 20
[Bible]Luke 20 records Jesus' debates with the religious leaders in the Jerusalem temple over the source of his authority, paying tribute to Caesar, the resurrection, and the relationship between the Christ and David. The chapter also contains the parable of the wicked husbandmen and a warning against the scribes.
Mark 7:18–19
[Bible Verses]In this passage Jesus explains to his disciples that food entering a person from outside cannot defile that person. Its closing clause, rendered in the Korean Revised Version as "declaring all foods clean," is frequently debated because translations and interpretations differ over whether it abolishes the Old Testament food laws.
Sign
[Bible]A sign (Korean pyojeok, 標蹟) is a token that God displays to reveal His will and power, or the authority of one He has sent. The Gospel of John calls the miracles of Jesus "signs" and records them as evidence intended to lead people to faith.
Corban
[Bible]Corban is a Hebrew word meaning "an offering given to God." In the New Testament it appears in Mark 7:11, in a passage where Jesus criticizes the practice of using a vow to avoid supporting one's parents.
Seraiah
[People]Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.
Proselyte
[Bible]Proselyte (Greek prosēlytos) is a New Testament term for a person born a Gentile who came to believe in the God of Israel and formally entered the Jewish community through circumcision and other rites.
Artaxerxes
[People]Artaxerxes was a king of Persia who sent Ezra and Nehemiah to Jerusalem, authorizing the restoration of the Law and the rebuilding of the city walls. He appears in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Huldah
[People]Huldah was a prophetess who lived in Jerusalem during the reign of Josiah, king of Judah. She delivered the word of God to the officials the king sent to inquire about the Book of the Law discovered in the temple.
Bithiah
[People]Bithiah is a woman mentioned once, as "the daughter of Pharaoh," in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4. She was the wife of Mered. Jewish tradition sometimes identifies her with the daughter of Pharaoh who rescued the infant Moses.
Osnappar
[People]Osnappar is a figure mentioned only once, in Ezra 4:10, where he is described as the "great and noble" one who resettled various peoples in Samaria and in the land west of the Euphrates River. He is commonly identified with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal.
Mered
[People]Mered is a man named in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 4, where he is identified as a son of Ezrah. He is recorded as having married Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh.
Matthew 12:41
[Bible Verses]Jesus' warning to those who demanded a sign: the men of Nineveh, who repented at Jonah's preaching, will condemn "this generation" at the judgment. The verse is often cited as a call to repentance and as a revelation of who Jesus is.
Parable of the Prodigal Son
[Bible]The Parable of the Prodigal Son is a parable of Jesus recorded in Luke 15:11-32. It tells of a father who welcomes home his younger son after the son has squandered his share of the estate. It is also called the "Returning Prodigal."
Hosanna
[Bible]"Hosanna" is a transliteration of a Hebrew expression meaning "save now." It derives from Psalm 118 and is recorded in the Gospels as the acclamation the crowds shouted when Jesus entered Jerusalem.
Mark 7:21–23
[Bible Verses]In this passage, Jesus explains to his disciples that what defiles a person is not food entering from outside but evil coming from the heart, and he lists twelve evils. It is frequently cited in discussions of the origin of sin and of purity laws.
Parable of the Lost Sheep
[Bible]The Parable of the Lost Sheep is a parable of Jesus in which a shepherd with a hundred sheep goes in search of the one that has gone astray and rejoices when he finds it. It appears in Luke 15 and Matthew 18.