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• Lystra

  Lystra was a city in the region of Lycaonia in Asia Minor. In Acts 14 and 16 it appears as the place where Paul healed a man who could not walk, where he was stoned, and where he took Timothy along as a coworker.

• Mark 11

  Mark 11 is the chapter in which Jesus enters Jerusalem riding a colt, curses a fig tree, and drives out those who were buying and selling in the temple, after which the Jewish leaders question him about the source of his authority.

• Presbytery

  A presbytery (Korean nohoe) is a governing court in Presbyterian churches in which the ministers and ruling elder representatives of a given region meet to govern the churches of that region. It is the intermediate court between the session and the general assembly.

• Luke 23:43

  Luke 23:43 records the promise Jesus made on the cross to the repentant thief: "To day shalt thou be with me in paradise." The verse is frequently cited in discussions of where believers are immediately after death (the intermediate state) and of whether salvation is possible apart from works or baptism. It is also the subject of a translation debate over the placement of a comma.

• Tychicus

  Tychicus was a coworker of the apostle Paul from the province of Asia who traveled with him, delivered his letters, and brought news of the churches. Paul called him "a beloved brother and faithful minister."

• Troas

  Troas was a port city on the Aegean coast of northwestern Asia Minor. The Book of Acts records it as the place where Paul saw the vision of the man of Macedonia and where Eutychus was restored to life.

• Bethphage

  Bethphage was a village near the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. The Synoptic Gospels present it as the place where Jesus Christ, just before entering Jerusalem, sent his disciples to bring him a donkey.

• Galatia

  Galatia was a region in the central interior of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and also the name of a Roman province (an administrative district governed by the empire). It was home to the churches to which Paul preached the gospel and sent the Epistle to the Galatians.

• Allegorical Interpretation

  Allegorical interpretation is a method of reading Scripture that assumes a hidden spiritual and symbolic meaning lies beyond the literal and historical sense of the text, and it matches the text's persons, objects, and events one by one to other realities. In Korean it is also called pungyujeok haeseok ("figurative interpretation").

• Puteoli

  Puteoli is a port city in southern Italy mentioned in Acts 28, where Paul, on his way to Rome as a prisoner, disembarked and stayed seven days with the believers there. It is the modern Pozzuoli, near Naples.

• Hushai

  Hushai was a figure of David's time, called "the Archite" and "David's friend." During Absalom's rebellion he feigned allegiance to Absalom, defeated the counsel of Ahithophel, and thereby aided David.

• Havruta

  Havruta is a method of study from the Jewish tradition in which two people pair up to study a text by questioning and debating each other. In Korean churches it is used mainly for Bible study and church school education.

• Tabeel

  Tabeel was a man of the Persian period, mentioned in Ezra 4:7, who joined Bishlam and Mithredath in writing to King Artaxerxes in Aramaic. He is generally regarded as a different person from "the son of Tabeal" in Isaiah 7:6.

• Bishlam

  Bishlam is a figure mentioned only once, in Ezra 4:7, who in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, joined Mithredath, Tabeel, and others in sending the king a letter written in Aramaic.

• Melita

  Melita is the Mediterranean island where Paul came ashore after his ship was wrecked while he was being taken to Rome as a prisoner. It appears in Acts 28 and is traditionally identified with present-day Malta.

• Judges 15

  Judges 15 recounts how Samson, whose wife has been given to another man, takes revenge on the Philistines; is bound by the men of Judah and handed over to the enemy; kills a thousand men with the jawbone of a donkey; and, when he is thirsty, cries out to God and receives a spring of water.

• CBMC of Korea

  CBMC of Korea (Korea Christian Business Men's Committee) is an interdenominational lay organization of Christian businesspeople and professionals who share the gospel with their workplace colleagues and help one another grow in faith. It is the Korean affiliate of CBMC International and is registered as an incorporated association.

• Patmos

  Patmos is a small island in the Aegean Sea. In Revelation 1:9 it appears as the place where John was staying "for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ" and where he received his revelation.

• Asia (Roman Province)

  Asia was a Roman province in western Asia Minor during the New Testament period. Centered on Ephesus, it was the region where Paul carried out an extended ministry and where the seven churches of Revelation were located. It is distinct from the modern continent of Asia.

• Jeremiah 1

  Jeremiah 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. It contains the book's superscription, the account of Jeremiah's call to be a prophet, and two visions: the rod of an almond tree and the seething pot.