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3221 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peter, the Second Epistle of.23

the aim of this article to trace the history of the two opinions indicated above, nor to cite largely the arguments employed in the defense of the Epistle …

3222 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pontus.6

… taken the measure of its antagonist, but neither had been able to oust the other. The second war began in the year 74, with Lucullus as the Roman general. Lucullus …

3223 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priests and Levites.34

… - 51 ). The age for beginning service is given in Numbers 4:1 - 49 as Numbers 30:1 - 16 years, but in Numbers 8:24 as Numbers 25:1 - 18 years, if the text is sound. The age for ceasing …

3224 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priests and Levites.48

… . The answer is to be found in his age. Weaning sometimes took place at as late an age as three, and accordingly, the boy may have been as much as four years old when …

3225 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priests and Levites.65

… :27, "the priests the Levites" bless the people according to the ordinary text, but many authorities read "the priests and the Levites." Hezekiah appears to have …

3226 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Print; Printing; Printed.4

… as the color is laid on by drawing or by the "pintadera." The "pintadera" or "stamp used to impress patterns upon the skin" is best known from the Mexican and South …

3227 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rehoboam.10

… . The Disruption of the Kingdom: Rehoboam was 41 years old ( 2 Chronicles 12:13 ) when he began to reign Septuagint 1 Kings 12 2:24a says 16 years). He ascended the throne …

3228 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rehoboam.15

… at the age of fifty-eight, after having reigned in Jerusalem for 17 years. His son Abijah became his successor. He was buried in Jerusalem. Josephus says that …

3229 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Resurrection.50

… here the facts seem to be these: A belief among the Persians in the resurrection of the body is attested for the pre-Christian period by the fragments of Theopompus …

3230 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation of John.29

… of the apostle as 90 years of age, it is plain there is a strange blunder in the name of the emperor. The former date answers to the conditions of the book (decadence …

3231 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation of John.30

… within the space of 3 1/2 years. "The final catastrophe, which was to destroy the city and empire, was to take place in three years and a half. .... The writer knows .... that …

3232 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Revelation of John.104

… to the truth which lies at the basis of the historical interpretation, namely, that there are here prefigured the great crises in the age-long conflict of …

3233 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Roman Empire and Christianity, 2.36

… . On the death of Domitian peace was restored to the Christian church which lasted throughout the brief reign of Nerva (96-98) and the first 13 years of Trajan …

3234 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.21

… suggests the abundant possibility that the converts and friends belonging to the "household" who, a very few years later, perhaps not more than three, were …

3235 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Romans, Epistle to The.30

6. The Language: The Epistle was written in Greek, the "common dialect," the Greek of universal intercourse of that age. One naturally asks, why not in Latin, when …

3236 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ruth.3

… . History: The history lies in the period of the Judges ( Ruth 1:1 ), at the close of a great famine in the land of Israel. Elimelech, a native of Bethlehem, had, with his …

3237 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sabbath.14

… which the king, the priest and the physician must be careful not to stir up the anger of the deity. On these days the king was not to eat food prepared by fire, not …

3238 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctuary.39

… . On the alternative view this phenomenon will have been the result of an interpretation of the Law to suit the needs of an age some 800 years subsequent to …

3239 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sarah; Sarai.6

the mother of Abram. The language of Genesis 20:12 would indeed admit of her being Abram's niece, but the fact that there was but Genesis 10:1 - 32 years' difference …

3240 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sarah; Sarai.7

… 60 years of age according to the chronology of the sacred historian, made the impression on the Egyptians by her beauty that Abraham had anticipated, and …