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Acts 20:35
[Bible Verses]Acts 20:35 is the verse in which Paul, taking leave of the elders of the church at Ephesus, urges them to remember the words of the Lord Jesus: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." It is one of the rare verses that preserve a saying of Jesus not recorded in the four Gospels, and it is widely cited to encourage sharing and giving.
Acts 16:30–34
[Bible Verses]In this passage the Philippian jailer asks, "What must I do to be saved?" and Paul and Silas answer, "Believe on the Lord Jesus." It is frequently cited in support of salvation by faith and of "household salvation." Because it records the baptism of an entire household, it also figures in the debate over infant baptism.
Leviticus 9:22–23
[Bible Verses]In this scene Aaron, having completed his first sacrifices as high priest, lifts up his hands and blesses the people; he then blesses them again together with Moses, and the glory of the LORD appears. The passage is frequently cited as a biblical background for the benediction pronounced at the close of worship.
Circumcision of the Heart
[Bible]Circumcision of the heart is a biblical metaphor, drawn from physical circumcision, for the inward transformation in which a person casts off a heart hardened against God and is made new.
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.
Obadiah (Steward of Ahab's Household)
[People]Obadiah was the official in charge of the royal household of King Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel. When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, he hid one hundred prophets in caves and fed them. He appears in 1 Kings 18.
Er (son of Judah)
[People]Er was the firstborn son of Judah, the son of Jacob. Genesis 38 records that he married Tamar but, being "wicked in the sight of the LORD," died without children.
Deuteronomy 33
[Bible]Deuteronomy 33 is a poem in which Moses blesses the tribes of Israel one by one before his death. It opens with the appearing of the LORD, moves through blessings on the individual tribes, and closes with praise to the God who saved Israel.
Isaiah 6
[Bible]Isaiah 6 recounts Isaiah's call: in the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah sees the Lord seated on a throne in the temple, attended by seraphim. He is cleansed and then sent forth as a prophet.
Passover
[Bible]Passover is a Jewish festival commemorating the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. In Christianity, it provides the background for understanding the death of Jesus Christ and the Lord's Supper.
Matthew 26:26–28
[Bible Verses]Matthew 26:26–28 records the words Jesus spoke at the Last Supper when he broke bread and said, "Take, eat; this is my body," and then gave the cup, saying, "For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." These are the words of institution of the Lord's Supper, and no passage has divided the church more deeply over the meaning of Communion.
Luke 2:10-11
[Bible Verses]A passage in which an angel announces the birth of Jesus to the shepherds in the fields near Bethlehem, calling him "Savior," "Christ," and "Lord." Because it contains the heart of the Christmas message, it is one of the texts most frequently read in Christmas services and sermons.
Jeremiah 17:5–10
[Bible Verses]Jeremiah 17:5–10 is a prophetic oracle of Jeremiah that compares the one who trusts in man to a shrub in the desert and the one who trusts in the LORD to a tree planted by the waters. Verse 9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked," is frequently cited to explain human sinfulness.
Luke 11:5–13
[Bible Verses]A passage in which Jesus, after teaching the Lord's Prayer, instructs his disciples on prayer through the parable of the friend who comes at midnight to borrow bread and through the words "Ask, seek, knock." It is frequently cited in support of persistent prayer and concludes with the promise that God gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.
Nimrod
[People]Nimrod is a son of Cush and grandson of Ham who appears in Genesis 10. The Bible describes him as one who "began to be a mighty one in the earth" and as "a mighty hunter before the LORD," and it associates him with cities such as Babel and Nineveh.
Psalm 92
[Bible]Psalm 92 is a psalm of thanksgiving bearing the superscription "A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day." It contrasts the short-lived prosperity of the wicked with the enduring fruitfulness of the righteous and celebrates the exaltation and uprightness of the LORD.
Psalm 121
[Bible]Psalm 121 is one of the Songs of Ascents, an eight-verse poem that confesses that help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth, and celebrates him as the keeper who neither slumbers nor sleeps.
Maranatha
[Bible]Maranatha is an Aramaic expression found in 1 Corinthians 16:22, meaning "Our Lord, come" or "Our Lord is coming." It is known as a phrase the early church used while awaiting the Lord's return.
Ashtoreth
[Bible]Ashtoreth (also Ashtaroth) is a Canaanite and Sidonian goddess named in the Old Testament. Usually mentioned together with Baal, her name serves as a representative term for the foreign gods that Israel served after forsaking the LORD.
Zephaniah (Prophet)
[People]Zephaniah was an Old Testament prophet who ministered during the reign of King Josiah of Judah. The Old Testament Book of Zephaniah preserves his prophecies, in which he proclaimed judgment on "the day of the LORD" and the restoration of the remnant.