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• Mediation of Christ

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The mediation of Christ is the Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ stands between God and humanity, reconciles the two, and continues to intercede for believers. Protestants confess Christ as the sole mediator.

• Psalm 103

  [Bible]

  Psalm 103 is a twenty-two-verse psalm of praise bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." The psalmist urges his own soul to bless the LORD, celebrates God's mercy in forgiving sin, and then calls on all creation to join in praise.

• Lord's Supper

  [Worship & Rites]

  The Lord's Supper is the rite instituted by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper. In it believers share the bread and the cup in remembrance of Christ's death, and it is one of the two sacraments observed by Protestants.

• Ark of the Covenant

  [Bible]

  The Ark of the Covenant was a gold-overlaid wooden chest made at God's command in the time of Moses. It held the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments and was kept in the Most Holy Place of the tabernacle and later of the temple. It is also called the "ark of the law."

• Zebedee

  [People]

  Zebedee was a Galilean fisherman and the father of James and John, two of the twelve disciples of Jesus. In the Gospels his name appears mostly in the phrase "the sons of Zebedee."

• Zechariah (son of Jeberechiah)

  [People]

  Zechariah, the son of Jeberechiah, was one of the two "faithful witnesses," together with Uriah the priest, whom Isaiah took when, at God's command, he wrote the name "Maher-shalal-hash-baz" on a tablet (Isaiah 8:2).

• Thaddaeus

  [People]

  Thaddaeus was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. The Gospels of Matthew and Mark call him "Thaddaeus," while the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts record him as "Judas the son of James." The two names are commonly understood to refer to the same person.

• Luke 11:2-4

  [Bible Verses]

  The form of the Lord's Prayer recorded in the Gospel of Luke, given by Jesus in answer to a disciple's request that he teach them to pray. Because it is shorter than the form in Matthew, discussion often centers on the relationship between the two texts, manuscript variants, and the meaning of "lead us not into temptation."

• Parable of the Lost Sheep

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Lost Sheep is a parable of Jesus in which a shepherd with a hundred sheep goes in search of the one that has gone astray and rejoices when he finds it. It appears in Luke 15 and Matthew 18.

• Parable of the Wedding Feast

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Wedding Feast is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 22:1-14. A king invites guests to his son's wedding feast, but they refuse; he then has people gathered from the highways to fill the feast. Luke 14 contains a similar "Parable of the Great Banquet."

• Sons of the Prophets

  [Bible]

  The sons of the prophets were groups in the northern kingdom of Israel who gathered around a prophet during the time of Elijah and Elisha. They appear mainly in 2 Kings, and the name renders a Hebrew expression meaning literally "sons of the prophets."

• Mithredath

  [People]

  Mithredath is a Persian personal name found in the Book of Ezra. Two individuals bear this name: the treasurer of King Cyrus, who handed over the temple vessels to Sheshbazzar, and a man who wrote to King Artaxerxes.

• Acts 16:31

  [Bible Verses]

  Acts 16:31 records the answer of Paul and Silas to the jailer of the prison at Philippi: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house." The verse is widely cherished as a text of hope for the salvation of one's family. It raises two questions: whether "thy house" is a promise to the whole family, and whether household baptisms support infant baptism.

• Jether

  [People]

  Jether was the firstborn son of the judge Gideon. In Judges 8 he appears as a youth whom his father commanded to kill Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, but who did not draw his sword because he was young and afraid.

• Daniel 8

  [Bible]

  Daniel 8 records Daniel's vision of a ram and a male goat in the third year of King Belshazzar, together with its interpretation by the angel Gabriel. The chapter features a "little horn" that defiles the sanctuary and the "two thousand and three hundred days."

• Baanah

  [People]

  Baanah was the son of Rimmon the Beerothite. With his brother Rechab, he served as a captain under Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul. The two men killed Ish-bosheth and brought his head to David, who had them executed (2 Samuel 4).

• Caleb

  [People]

  Caleb is a man of the tribe of Judah who appears in the Old Testament books of Numbers and Joshua. One of the twelve spies, he joined Joshua in urging Israel to take Canaan, and the two of them were the only members of the Exodus generation to enter the Promised Land.

• Sosthenes

  [People]

  Sosthenes is a first-century figure in the New Testament. The Book of Acts presents him as a ruler of the synagogue in Corinth, and First Corinthians names him as the "brother" who joined Paul in sending the letter. Scholars disagree over whether the two references are to the same person.

• Ahuzzath

  [People]

  Ahuzzath was a "friend" of Abimelech, king of Gerar. According to Genesis 26:26, he accompanied Abimelech, together with Phichol, the chief captain of his army, when the king went to Isaac, and he was present when the two sides made a covenant.

• Peace Offering and Propitiation

  [Bible]

  The peace offering of the Old Testament book of Leviticus and the New Testament presentation of Christ as the offering that deals with sin are distinct biblical concepts. The New Korean Revised Version of the Bible renders both with a single term, although the original-language words behind the two uses differ.