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• Felix and Festus

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  Felix and Festus were Roman governors of Judea who appear in Acts 23–26. While Paul was imprisoned at Caesarea, each in turn presided over his trial.

• Lois and Eunice

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  Lois and Eunice were New Testament women, the grandmother and mother of Timothy, the apostle Paul's coworker. In 2 Timothy 1:5 they are named as the ones in whom Timothy's faith first dwelt.

• Euodia and Syntyche

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  Euodia and Syntyche were two women believers in the church at Philippi, named in Philippians 4:2. Paul urged them to "be of the same mind in the Lord."

• Sodom and Gomorrah

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  Sodom and Gomorrah were cities of the plain of the Jordan described in Genesis. Because of their wickedness, they were destroyed by brimstone and fire from heaven, and throughout the Bible they are repeatedly cited as an example of God's judgment.

• Creation of the Heavens and the Earth

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  The creation of the heavens and the earth is the event recorded at the opening of Genesis, in which God made the heavens, the earth, and everything in them over six days and rested on the seventh day. It is the starting point of the whole Bible and is read as a text that reveals the relationship between God, the world, and humanity.

• David and Goliath

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  David and Goliath is an event recorded in 1 Samuel 17, in which the shepherd David struck down the Philistine champion Goliath with a sling in the Valley of Elah.

• Manna and Quail

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  Manna and quail were the food that, according to Exodus 16 and Numbers 11, God provided for the people of Israel in the wilderness after the Exodus. Manna is recorded as having fallen continually throughout Israel's forty years in the wilderness.

• Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

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  The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl are two brief parables of Jesus recorded in Matthew 13:44-46. They convey the worth of the kingdom of God by depicting a person who discovers it and joyfully sells everything he owns to obtain it.

• The Rich Man and Lazarus

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  The Rich Man and Lazarus is a story told by Jesus in Luke 16:19–31. A rich man who lived in luxury and Lazarus, a beggar who lay at his gate, find their situations reversed after death. The story addresses wealth, care for one's neighbor, repentance, and the word of God.

• Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

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  The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector is a parable of Jesus found in Luke 18:9–14. A Pharisee boasts of his own righteousness, while a tax collector pleads for mercy, and it is the tax collector who goes home justified. The parable teaches humility and the proper attitude in prayer.

• Parable of the Sheep and the Goats

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  The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats is Jesus' teaching in Matthew 25:31-46, in which the returning Son of Man judges all nations, separating them as a shepherd divides the sheep from the goats. Through this scene Jesus teaches that whatever is done for the least of his brethren is done for him.

• The Vine and the Branches

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  A figurative saying in John 15 in which Jesus compares himself to a vine and his disciples to its branches, teaching that they bear fruit only by abiding in him.

• Urim and Thummim

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  The Urim and Thummim were objects in the Old Testament that the high priest carried in the breastplate of judgment and used when seeking God's will. Scripture does not describe their appearance or explain how they were used.

• Seraphim and Cherubim

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  Seraphim and cherubim are winged heavenly beings in the Old Testament who appear near God's throne and in holy places. The seraphim praise God in Isaiah 6, and the cherubim appear in the Garden of Eden, on the ark of the covenant, in the temple, and in Ezekiel's visions.

• Chapters and Verses of the Bible

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  The chapters and verses of the Bible are a numbering system added to make biblical passages easier to locate and cite. The divisions were not part of the original texts; the chapter divisions are generally dated to the thirteenth century and the New Testament verse numbers to the sixteenth century.

• Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

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  The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the tree in the midst of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2–3 whose fruit God commanded Adam not to eat, but which Adam and Eve ate.

• Seven Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls

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  The seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls are visions in Revelation 6–16 in which God's judgments unfold in three successive series of seven. Interpreters differ on how the three series relate to one another and when they occur.

• Alpha and Omega

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  Alpha and Omega is a title used in the Book of Revelation by God and by Jesus Christ as a self-designation. Alpha and omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and the title signifies the First and the Last, the One who governs the beginning and the end of all things.

• Nadab and Abihu

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  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 went out from before the LORD.

• Abana and Pharpar

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  Abana and Pharpar are two rivers of Damascus that Naaman, commander of the Aramean army, compared favorably with the Jordan River in 2 Kings 5.