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Middle Wall of Partition
[Bible]The "middle wall of partition" is an expression from Ephesians 2:14 for the barrier between Jews and Gentiles that Christ broke down through the cross. In Korean churches the phrase is frequently cited in connection with reconciliation and unity.
Habakkuk (Prophet)
[People]Habakkuk was the prophet to whom the Old Testament Book of Habakkuk is attributed. Scripture gives his name only in the book's two headings and records nothing about his origins or life.
The Cushite Woman
[People]The Cushite woman (KJV: "Ethiopian woman") is the wife whom Moses married, according to Numbers 12. She appears in the account in which Miriam and Aaron used this marriage as a pretext for speaking against Moses. Her name is not recorded.
Census of Quirinius
[Bible]The census in Luke 2 was a registration of inhabitants carried out by order of the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Because of this census, Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born.
On (Son of Peleth)
[People]On was a son of Peleth of the tribe of Reuben. Numbers 16:1 names him as one of the group that, together with Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, rose up against Moses and Aaron during the wilderness period.
Puah (Father of Tola)
[People]Puah is a man of the tribe of Issachar mentioned in Judges 10:1, the son of Dodo and the father of the judge Tola. Scripture records only his name and lineage, and only once.
Tishbe
[Bible]Tishbe is known as the hometown of the prophet Elijah. Scripture mentions it only through the epithet "the Tishbite," applied to Elijah, and its exact location is uncertain.
Simon the Cananaean
[People]Simon the Cananaean was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In Luke and Acts he is called "Simon called Zelotes" (the Zealot), which distinguishes him from Peter, who bore the same name.
Josheb-basshebeth
[People]Josheb-basshebeth was a Tahchemonite, the first of David's mighty men and chief of the captains, who is recorded as having slain eight hundred men at one time (2 Samuel 23:8). He is generally identified with Jashobeam of 1 Chronicles 11:11.
Isshiah
[People]Isshiah was a Levite recorded as the head (chief) among the sons of Rehabiah, the grandson of Moses. His name appears only once, in 1 Chronicles 24:21.
James (Son of Zebedee)
[People]James, the son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus and the brother of the apostle John. According to the Book of Acts, he was killed with the sword by King Herod, and he is the only one of the Twelve whose martyrdom is recorded in Scripture.
Herod Agrippa I
[People]Herod Agrippa I was a grandson of Herod the Great and a king who ruled Judea in the first half of the first century. In Acts 12 he is called "Herod the king" and appears as the ruler who killed James the son of Zebedee and imprisoned Peter.
Agrippa
[People]Agrippa was the Jewish king (Agrippa II) who heard the apostle Paul's defense in Acts 25–26. The name can also refer to his father, Agrippa I, who appears as "Herod the king" in Acts 12.
Rhoda
[People]Rhoda was a young girl in Jerusalem who appears in Acts 12. When Peter, newly released from prison, knocked at the gate of the house of Mary the mother of Mark, Rhoda recognized his voice and told those gathered inside.
Mary, Mother of Mark
[People]Mary, the mother of Mark, was a member of the Jerusalem church mentioned in Acts 12. She owned the house to which Peter went after his release from prison, where many people had gathered to pray.
Byzantine Text
[Bible]The Byzantine text is the text type to which the majority of extant Greek New Testament manuscripts belong. Widely copied in the church of the medieval Byzantine Empire, it became the basis of the Textus Receptus and the King James Version.
Fruit of the Spirit
[Bible]The fruit of the Spirit refers to the nine virtues—love, joy, peace, and others—that Paul lists in Galatians 5:22–23 as the character displayed by those who live by the Spirit.
New Commandment
[Bible]The new commandment is the command Jesus Christ gave his disciples at the Last Supper: "as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." It appears in John 13:34-35.
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).
Parable of the Leaven
[Bible]The Parable of the Leaven is a short parable in which Jesus likens the kingdom of God to "leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." It appears in Matthew 13 and Luke 13.