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John 13
[Bible]John 13 is the chapter in which, on the evening before Passover, Jesus washes his disciples' feet, foretells Judas Iscariot's betrayal and Peter's denial, and gives the new commandment to love one another.
1 Corinthians 10
[Bible]First Corinthians 10 warns against idolatry, holding up the failures of Israel in the wilderness as an example. It then declares that believers cannot partake of both the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils, and on the question of food offered to idols, it sets forth the conscience of one's neighbor and the glory of God as the guiding standards.
Demon
[Bible]In the Bible, demons are evil spiritual beings that oppose God, torment people, and work behind idolatry and false teaching. They appear especially often in the New Testament Gospels.
Matthew 7:21
[Bible Verses]Jesus' warning, "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." The verse figures prominently in discussions of faith and works and of the assurance of salvation.
Mary Magdalene
[People]Mary Magdalene was a female disciple who followed Jesus from the time of his Galilean ministry. All four Gospels record that she witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus and the empty tomb, and the Gospel of John presents her as the first person to meet the risen Jesus.
Mark 6:13
[Bible Verses]A verse recording that the twelve disciples, sent out by Jesus, cast out demons and healed the sick by anointing them with oil. It is frequently cited in support of anointing the sick and of divine healing ministry, and interpreters differ over its relationship to the Catholic sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
Magdala
[Bible]Magdala was an ancient town believed to have stood on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. In the Bible it is known chiefly through the name "Mary Magdalene."
Susanna
[People]Susanna is a woman named once in Scripture, in Luke 8:3. She was one of the women who accompanied Jesus and the Twelve and ministered to them out of their own means.
2 Corinthians 7:1
[Bible Verses]A verse in which Paul urges the Corinthian church, on the basis of God's promises, to cleanse themselves from the defilement of flesh and spirit and to perfect holiness. It is frequently cited in discussions of sanctification and holiness, and scholars debate the placement of the passage that precedes it.
Martin Bucer
[People]Martin Bucer (1491–1551) was a reformer who led the Reformation in the German city of Strasbourg. He labored throughout his life to reconcile the divided Reformation camps and influenced the development of Calvinism and of Anglican worship.
Jun Taek-bu
[People]Jun Taek-bu (全澤鳧, 1915–2008) was a Korean YMCA leader and writer on Christian history. He served as general secretary and later as honorary general secretary of the Seoul YMCA. His works include A History of the Korean YMCA Movement and A History of the Development of the Korean Church, and he was also active in the movement to promote Hangul.
Mount of Corruption
[Bible]The Mount of Corruption is a mountain east of Jerusalem mentioned in 2 Kings 23:13. Solomon built high places for foreign gods there, and Josiah later defiled and destroyed them. It is commonly identified with the southern part of the Mount of Olives.
Milcom
[Bible]Milcom is a god of the Ammonites mentioned in the Old Testament. Scripture records that Solomon followed this idol in his later years and that King Josiah defiled its high place during his reforms.
Limbo
[Doctrine & Theology]Limbo is the place where the souls of unbaptized infants, or of the righteous who died before Christ, were believed to dwell. The concept developed in medieval Roman Catholic theology and is generally not accepted by Protestants.
Daniel 8
[Bible]Daniel 8 records Daniel's vision of a ram and a male goat in the third year of King Belshazzar, together with its interpretation by the angel Gabriel. The chapter features a "little horn" that defiles the sanctuary and the "two thousand and three hundred days."
Recapitulation
[Doctrine & Theology]Recapitulation (anakephalaiōsis) is the soteriology developed by the second-century Church Father Irenaeus. It teaches that Christ retraced, from the beginning, the human path on which Adam failed, restoring it through obedience, and that he gathers all things together in himself.
Valley of Sorek
[Bible]The Valley of Sorek is the valley named in Judges 16:4 as the home of Delilah, the woman Samson loved. It runs from the hill country of Judah down to the coastal plain along the Mediterranean and lay in the border region between Israel and the Philistines.
Prayer of Manasseh
[Bible]The prayer of repentance offered by Manasseh, king of Judah, during the affliction of his captivity. It is recorded in 2 Chronicles 33, and a short Greek prayer bearing the same name has been transmitted among the Apocrypha (writings outside the canon).
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
[People]Antiochus IV Epiphanes was king of the Seleucid Empire from 175 to 164 BC. He defiled the Jerusalem temple and persecuted Judaism, provoking the Maccabean Revolt, and he is frequently mentioned in interpretations of the Book of Daniel.
Psalm 74
[Bible]Psalm 74 is a lament in which, after enemies have burned and defiled the sanctuary, the community asks God why he has cast them off and pleads with God, the King who has worked salvation from of old, to remember his covenant and arise.