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Gerah
[Bible]The gerah is the smallest unit of weight mentioned in the Old Testament. Scripture defines it in the statement "a shekel is twenty gerahs," and it appears chiefly in passages that fix the weight of silver offered to the sanctuary.
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."
Judges 11
[Bible]Judges 11 tells how Jephthah the Gileadite, who had been driven from his home, is made leader of Gilead, defeats the Ammonites, and loses his only daughter because of a vow he made before the victory.
Ecclesiastes 6
[Bible]Ecclesiastes 6 describes as "vanity" the plight of a person who receives riches and honor from God yet cannot enjoy them. In twelve verses, the chapter addresses the futility of endless desire and the human inability to know what lies ahead.
Luke 19:10
[Bible Verses]Luke 19:10 records the words Jesus spoke after staying at the house of Zacchaeus, the chief tax collector, in Jericho, declaring that he had come "to seek and to save that which was lost." The verse is regarded as a one-line summary of the theme of the Gospel of Luke and is frequently cited as a basis for evangelism and missions.
Revelation 8
[Bible]Revelation 8 is the chapter in which the Lamb opens the seventh seal and heaven falls silent. Seven angels receive trumpets, and four of them sound in turn, bringing plagues upon a third of the earth, the sea, the rivers, and the heavens.