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Ner
[People]Ner was a Benjamite of the house of King Saul and the father of Abner, the commander of Saul's army. First Samuel identifies him as Saul's uncle, while 1 Chronicles records him as the father of Kish.
Arioch
[People]Arioch appears in Daniel 2 as the captain of the guard (the chief of the officials responsible for the king's protection and for carrying out executions) under Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. During the episode of the king's dream, he brought Daniel before the king.
Herodion
[People]Herodion was a believer in the church at Rome whom the apostle Paul greeted as "my kinsman" in the closing greetings of Romans 16. He is mentioned in only this one verse of Scripture.
Abiel
[People]Abiel is a Benjamite whom 1 Samuel identifies as the father of Kish and thus the grandfather of Saul, Israel's first king. He appears only by name in genealogies, and nothing of his life is recorded.
Lucius
[People]Lucius was a companion of the apostle Paul who was with him when he wrote the Epistle to the Romans and who sent greetings to the church in Rome. Paul called him one of his "kinsmen." He is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Romans 16:21.
Deborah, Rebekah's Nurse
[People]Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, is a figure in the Book of Genesis who died while Jacob's household was staying at Bethel. She was buried beneath an oak below Bethel, and the tree was named Allon-bachuth.
Persis
[People]Persis was a woman of the early church whom the apostle Paul, in the greetings of Romans 16, describes as "the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord."
Chuza
[People]Chuza was the steward of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee. He was the husband of Joanna, one of the women who ministered to Jesus and his company out of their own means, and he is named only once in Scripture, in Luke 8:3.
Abdon
[People]Abdon was a judge of Israel mentioned in Judges 12. The son of Hillel the Pirathonite from the land of Ephraim, he judged Israel for eight years. Scripture records that his forty sons and thirty grandsons rode on seventy donkey colts.
Tola
[People]Tola was a judge from the tribe of Issachar who succeeded Abimelech and judged Israel for twenty-three years during the period of the judges. He is briefly recorded in Judges 10:1–2.
Seraiah
[People]Seraiah was a high priest in the final years of the Kingdom of Judah who was executed by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, after the fall of Jerusalem. He is recorded as the father of Jehozadak (Jozadak) and as an ancestor of Ezra.
Husham
[People]Husham was one of the kings who reigned over Edom before any king ruled over Israel. He came from the land of the Temanites, succeeded Jobab, and was succeeded by Hadad the son of Bedad.
Immer
[People]Immer is the name of the ancestor of a priestly family in the Old Testament. It appears as the name of the sixteenth of the priestly courses established in the time of David, and Pashur, who struck Jeremiah, is identified as "the son of Immer."
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.
Mediator
[Doctrine & Theology]A mediator is one who stands between two estranged parties and restores the relationship between them. Protestants confess Jesus Christ as the one Mediator between God and humanity.
Julian (Roman Emperor)
[People]Julian (331–363), a nephew of Constantine I, the emperor who legalized Christianity, ruled the Roman Empire from 361 to 363. Although he was raised as a Christian, after his accession he sought to revive traditional Roman religion, and the church therefore calls him "Julian the Apostate."
Preparation for Communion
[Christian Life]Preparation for Communion refers both to the spiritual preparation in which believers examine themselves and prepare their hearts before the Lord's Supper and to the practical work of preparing the bread and cup and setting the Communion table.
Salt (Bible)
[Bible]In the Bible, salt is a daily necessity used to season food and keep it from spoiling. In the Old Testament it appears in connection with offerings and covenants; in the New Testament Jesus uses it as a figure for the identity of his disciples ("the salt of the earth").
Rainbow (Bible)
[Bible]In the Bible, the rainbow is the sign of the covenant God made after Noah's Flood, promising never again to destroy the earth by a flood. The books of Ezekiel and Revelation also use it to describe God's glory and throne.
Bread (Bible)
[Bible]In the Bible, bread is a baked food made from kneaded grain flour. It was a staple food and a sign of God's provision, and in the New Testament it is connected with Jesus as the bread of life and with the Lord's Supper.