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3061 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptism for the Dead.6
… into the Jewish mind, and it would not be surprising if it took more than twenty years for the leaven of the gospel to work all the Jew out of Paul. At least it serves …
3062 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Baptismal Regeneration.6
… (compare the language of the Church Catechism with the qualification mentioned in the Prayer-Book "Office for the Baptism of Those of Riper Years," "Whereby …
3063 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Barzillai.3
… 80 years of age, he declined David's invitation to come to live in the capital, and sent instead his son Chimham ( 2 Samuel 19:31 - 39 ). David before his death charged …
3064 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Benjamin.3
… . At the time of the descent of Israel to Egypt Joseph was about 40 years of age. Benjamin was not much younger, and was himself the father of a family. The phrase …
3065 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bethel.7
… the demolition of the sanctuary at Bethel, destroying all the instruments of idolatry, and harr ying the tombs of the idolaters. The monument of the man of …
3066 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Between the Testaments.32
… 20 years, succeeded him, and thus the "great he-goat," of which Daniel had spoken ( Daniel 8:8; 10:20 ), appeared on the scene. In the twelve years of his reign (335-323 BC …
3067 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, I-III Introduction.73
… years. From the death of Moses till the reign of Artaxerxes, the successor of Xerxes, king of Persia, the prophets who followed Moses narrated the events …
3068 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, IV Canonicity.16
… , though the prophet's mission itself was pre-Assyrian (9th century). The rebuilding of the temple after the return, under Zerubbabel, furnished the occasion …
3069 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, V Inspiration.11
… to the labors of Bible Societies, the circulation of the Bible in the different countries of the world in recent years outstrips all previous records. No …
3070 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Bible, The, V Inspiration.14
… of the noblest monuments of the English language of its own, or any, age. Necessarily, however, the Greek text used by the translators ("Textus Receptus"), resting …
3071 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Blindness.4
… , and the cure by the gall of the fish is paralleled by the account given in Pliny (xxxii.24) where the gall of the fish Callionymus Lyra is recommended as an application …
3072 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Book.93
… Lands: The history of books begins at least with the history of writing. Some of the pictures on the cave walls of the neolithic age (Dechelette, Man: Archaeol …
3073 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Botany.13
… of the former cycles. At the present time there is some evidence that the rainfall has, on the whole, been increasing during the last 50 years and the cultivated …
3074 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Boy.2
… at the fourth year. He was expected to learn the Scriptures at five, the Mishna at ten, and to fulfill the whole law at thirteen. At twelve years he was expected …
3075 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Brethren of the Lord.3
… twelve years old. We know nothing of him after the narrative of the child Jesus in the temple. That there is no allusion to him in the account of the family in …
3076 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Canaan; Canaanites.30
… on the site of the towers of the first wall were filled with scarabs and other relics of the reign of Amon-hotep III (1440 BC). At Lachish the ruins of the third …
3077 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Canaan; Canaanites.36
… the foreign language and script, and two of the Tell el-Amarna letters are from a Canaanitish lady. The official notices of the name by which each year was …
3078 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Canon of the Old Testament, II.22
… is the standard he gives of canonicity, namely, antiquity; because, as he says, since Artaxerxes' age the succession of prophets had ceased. It was the uniform …
3079 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Captivity.98
… hundred years," says the late Dr. P. Hay Hunter in After the Exile (I, xvi), "the teaching of Moses was established as the basis of the national life, the first steps …
3080 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Catechist; Catechumen.6
… twelve years of age had become a child of the law, a catechumen. He increased in wisdom and learned obedience. He became the great Catechist instructing His …