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Sermon on the Mount
[Bible]The Sermon on the Mount is the collection of Jesus' teachings recorded in Matthew 5–7, delivered on a mountain to His disciples and the multitudes. It contains the Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, and the Golden Rule.
Mount Tabor
[Bible]Mount Tabor is a mountain in the Galilee region of northern Israel, rising northeast of the Jezreel Valley. In the Old Testament it appears as the battleground of Deborah and Barak, and church tradition has long identified it as the Mount of Transfiguration.
Pisgah
[Bible]Pisgah was a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab, east of the Jordan River and opposite Jericho. From its summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.
Mount Pisgah
[Bible]Mount Pisgah is a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, northeast of the Dead Sea. It is known as the place from whose summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.
The Burnt Offering on Mount Moriah
[Bible]The event recorded in Genesis 22 in which Abraham, at God's command, prepared to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah, until God stopped him and provided a ram in Isaac's place.
The Transfiguration
[Bible]The Transfiguration is the event, recorded in the Synoptic Gospels, in which Jesus was transformed in appearance on a high mountain before Peter, James, and John, while Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with him.
Wilderness of Sinai
[Bible]The Wilderness of Sinai is the wilderness where Israel, after the Exodus, encamped before Mount Sinai for nearly a year, received the Law, and set up the tabernacle. It is the setting of the narrative that runs from Exodus 19 through Numbers 10.
Healing of the Demon-Possessed Boy
[Bible]The healing of the demon-possessed boy is a miracle in which Jesus, after coming down from the Mount of Transfiguration, cast a demon out of a boy whom his disciples had been unable to heal. The account appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
Wilderness of Ziph
[Bible]The Wilderness of Ziph is a tract of wilderness surrounding Ziph, a town in the hill country of Judah. It appears in 1 Samuel 23 and 26 as a place where David hid while fleeing from Saul.
Mark 9
[Bible]Mark 9 is the chapter of the Gospel of Mark that recounts Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, his healing of a boy possessed by a spirit, his second prediction of his death and resurrection, and the disciples' dispute over who is the greatest, followed by his teaching on servanthood and on causing others to stumble.
Zion
[Bible]Zion was originally the name of the Jerusalem stronghold that David captured. The name later came to refer to the mountain on which the temple stood, to Jerusalem as a whole, and ultimately to the people of God and the heavenly city.
Transfiguration Sunday
[Feasts & Seasons]Transfiguration Sunday commemorates the event in which Jesus was transfigured in glory on a mountain (the Transfiguration). In the Protestant church calendar, it is commonly observed on the last Sunday of the Epiphany season, the Sunday immediately before Ash Wednesday.
Ezekiel 17
[Bible]Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.
Genesis 22
[Bible]Genesis 22 recounts how Abraham, at God's command, sets out to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah. He is stopped, offers a ram in Isaac's place, and receives a renewed promise of blessing. The chapter ends with a list of Nahor's descendants.
Mount Carmel
[Bible]Mount Carmel is a mountain range in northern Israel that extends inland toward the southeast from the Mediterranean coast. It is best known as the place where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal and prayed for rain (1 Kings 18).
Mount Zemaraim
[Bible]Mount Zemaraim is the mountain on which Abijah, king of Judah, stood and addressed the army of Israel before his battle with Jeroboam, king of the northern kingdom of Israel (2 Chronicles 13:4). It appears to have been located in the hill country of Ephraim, near Bethel.
Abihu
[People]Abihu, the second son of the high priest Aaron in the Old Testament, was consecrated as a priest along with his older brother Nadab. He died by fire that came out from before the LORD after offering incense with "strange fire," which the LORD had not commanded.
Matthew 17
[Bible]Matthew 17 records Jesus' transfiguration on a high mountain, the healing of a demon-possessed boy, the second prediction of his Passion, and his payment of the temple tax (the half shekel) at Capernaum.
Jael
[People]Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, appears in Judges 4–5. She killed Sisera, the Canaanite commander who was fighting against Israel, in her tent, and the Song of Deborah praises her as one who shall be "blessed above women."
Matthew 28:19–20
[Bible Verses]In this passage the risen Jesus commands his disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to observe all that he has commanded. Known as the "Great Commission," it serves as a foundational text for missions, baptism, and discipleship.