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• Acts 17

  [Bible]

  Acts 17 recounts how Paul, during his second missionary journey, preaches the gospel in Thessalonica and Berea and meets opposition, and then, at the Areopagus in Athens, uses the altar "TO THE UNKNOWN GOD" as a starting point to proclaim the Creator and the resurrection.

• Acts 20:34–35

  [Bible Verses]

  Acts 20:34–35 is the closing section of Paul's farewell address to the Ephesian elders. Paul reminds them of his example of working with his own hands to help the weak, and he passes on a saying of Jesus not found in the Gospels: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." The passage is often cited in discussions of charitable giving and self-supporting (tentmaking) ministry.

• Selah

  [Bible]

  Selah is a Hebrew word that appears in the Old Testament book of Psalms and in Habakkuk 3. Many interpreters regard it as a marker related to singing or recitation, but its exact meaning remains unknown.

• Ceremonial Law

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  Ceremonial law is a theological term for the part of the Mosaic law that governed Israel's worship and religious rites, including the regulations concerning sacrifices, feasts, circumcision, food, and purity.

• Job's Three Friends

  [People]

  Job's three friends are Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, who appear in the Book of Job. They came to comfort Job in his suffering but went on to argue that his sins had caused it, and God rebuked them.

• Magi

  [People]

  The Magi were men from the East who, at the time of Jesus' birth, saw a star, came to worship the infant Jesus, and presented him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. They appear only in Matthew 2.

• Cappadocian Fathers

  [History]

  A collective name for three fourth-century theologians from Cappadocia in Asia Minor: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus. They articulated the Trinitarian formula that God exists as one essence in three persons.

• 1 John 5:7–8

  [Bible Verses]

  This passage states that there are three that bear witness: the Spirit, the water, and the blood. Some Latin manuscripts and later translations add the words "there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost." This addition, known as the Johannine Comma, has become the most famous case in biblical textual criticism.

• Parable of the Leaven

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Leaven is a short parable in which Jesus likens the kingdom of God to "leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." It appears in Matthew 13 and Luke 13.

• Parable of the Barren Fig Tree

  [Bible]

  The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree is a parable of Jesus found in Luke 13:6–9. In it, the owner of a vineyard wants to cut down a fig tree that has borne no fruit for three years, but the vinedresser asks him to leave it one more year. The parable calls for repentance and illustrates the patience of God.

• Passion Predictions

  [Bible]

  The passion predictions are the occasions on which Jesus told his disciples in advance that he would suffer and be put to death in Jerusalem and would rise again after three days (on the third day). They are recorded three times in the Synoptic Gospels.

• Languages of the Bible

  [Bible]

  The languages of the Bible are the original languages in which the Bible was first written. The Old Testament was written mainly in Hebrew, with some portions in Aramaic, and the New Testament was written in Greek (ancient Greek).

• Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac

  [Bible]

  The healing of the Gerasene demoniac is the miracle in which Jesus healed a demon-possessed man who lived among the tombs in a Gentile region on the far side of the Sea of Galilee. It is recorded in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• Philip the Evangelist

  [People]

  Philip the Evangelist appears in the Acts of the Apostles as one of "the seven" chosen in the early Jerusalem church. He preached the gospel in Samaria and baptized the Ethiopian eunuch. He is distinct from Philip the Apostle.

• Healing of the Demon-Possessed Boy

  [Bible]

  The healing of the demon-possessed boy is a miracle in which Jesus, after coming down from the Mount of Transfiguration, cast a demon out of a boy whom his disciples had been unable to heal. The account appears in Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

• Table of Nations

  [Bible]

  The Table of Nations is the list of the descendants of Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, recorded in Genesis 10. Arranged in genealogical form, the passage describes how the various peoples spread across the earth after the Flood.

• Table of Nations

  [Bible]

  The Table of Nations is the genealogy of the descendants of Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, recorded in Genesis 10. It sets out how humanity divided and spread into many peoples and nations after the Flood. It is also called the List of Nations.

• Threefold Division of the Law

  [Doctrine & Theology]

  The threefold division of the law is a theological framework that divides the Old Testament law into moral, ceremonial, and civil (judicial) law in order to explain which parts remain binding on Christians.

• Table of Nations

  [Bible]

  The Table of Nations is the genealogy in Genesis 10 of the peoples descended from Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. In a single list, it shows how humanity divided into many nations and languages and spread abroad after the Flood.

• Daniel

  [Bible]

  Daniel is a book of the Old Testament that contains stories of Daniel and his three friends, set during the Babylonian exile, along with visions concerning the end times.