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Jude 1
[Bible]Jude 1 is the only chapter of the Epistle of Jude. It warns against false teachers who have crept into the church, comparing them with examples of judgment from the Old Testament, urges believers to hold fast to the faith, and closes with a doxology.
Mark 16
[Bible]Mark 16 is the final chapter of the Gospel of Mark. It contains the account of the women hearing the news of Jesus' resurrection at the empty tomb (vv. 1–8) and the account of the risen Jesus appearing, sending out his disciples, and ascending into heaven (vv. 9–20). Because verses 9–20 are absent from some early manuscripts, they are enclosed in brackets in some Bibles.
Gehenna
[Bible]Gehenna is a term derived from the "Valley of Hinnom" beside Jerusalem. In the New Testament it refers to the place where the wicked are punished after the final judgment. The New Korean Revised Version renders it as "hell" (jiok).
Lillias Horton Underwood
[People]Lillias Horton Underwood (1851–1921) was a medical missionary sent by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern Presbyterian Church). She arrived in Korea in 1888, headed the women's department of Jejungwon, and served as physician to Empress Myeongseong. The wife of Horace Underwood, she was also active in women's ministry and writing.
Fishers of Men
[Bible]A phrase Jesus used when He called disciples who were fishermen on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, likening the work of bringing people to God to catching fish. It appears in Matthew 4:19 and Mark 1:17.
Philia
[Bible]Philia (φιλία) is a Greek word meaning "friendship" or "affectionate love." It appears only once as a noun in the New Testament, but the cognate verb phileō and the noun philos ("friend") occur in many places.
Marian Bottomley Hall
[People]Marian Bottomley Hall was a British-born physician and Methodist medical missionary. During the Japanese colonial period, she worked alongside her husband, Sherwood Hall, in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, providing medical care and taking part in efforts to combat tuberculosis.
Matthew 20:28
[Bible Verses]In this saying, Jesus declares that he came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. The verse is frequently cited as a teaching on the example of servanthood, and it also figures in discussions of the meaning of the atonement and the scope of "many."
Robert Hardie
[People]Robert Alexander Hardie (1865–1949) was a Canadian medical missionary and Methodist minister. Known in Korea as Ha Ri-yeong (河鯉泳), he is remembered for leading the 1903 Wonsan Revival.
Sherwood Hall
[People]Sherwood Hall (1893–1991) was a Canadian Methodist medical missionary born in Seoul. He founded a tuberculosis sanatorium in Haeju, Hwanghae Province, and in 1932 issued Korea's first Christmas seals.