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3241 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sardis.2
… BC, the capital of the kingdom of Lydia. It stood on the northern slope of Mt. Tmolus; its acropolis occupied one of the spurs of the mountain. At the base flowed …
3242 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Satan.18
… , in the seduction and ruin of mankind. The balance and sanity of the Bible is nowhere more strikingly exhibited than in its treatment of the work of Satan. Not …
3243 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Septuagint, 1.64
… under Euergetes the king." The words have been the subject of controversy, but, with the majority of critics, we may interpret this to mean the 38th year of …
3244 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Servant of Jehovah; Servant of the Lord; Servant of Yahweh.17
The more one studies the problem of the authorship of these chapters, the more unlikely does it seem that their author penned them 150 years before the time …
3245 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Seventy Weeks.2
… years), 62 weeks (434 years), and one week (7 years). The 69 weeks extend to the appearance of "an anointed one (Hebrew "Messiah"), the prince" ( Daniel 9:25 ), who, after the 62 …
3246 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shem.4
… called "the father of all the children of Eber," was born when Noah had attained the age of 500 years ( Genesis 5:32 ). Though married at the time of the Flood, Shem was …
3247 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sirach, Book of.76
… 20 years after the composition of the Hebrew, a conclusion which the evidence opposes. The teaching of the book belongs to 200 BC, or slightly earlier. The doctrine …
3248 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Slave; Slavery.29
… among the Hebrews. The slave's freedom might be bought, the price depending on (a) the nearness to the seventh year or the Jubilee year, (b) the first purchase price …
3249 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Smyrna.3
… the years 178-80 AD, from earthquakes, but it always escaped entire destruction. During the Middle Ages the city was the scene of many struggles, the most …
3250 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tarsus.21
… 8 years. Thither Barnabas went to seek him when he felt the need of a helper in dealing with the new problems involved in the growth of the Antiochene church …
3251 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tax; Taxing.22
… of the community above 20 years of age. The proceeds of this tax were to be used for the service of the Tent of Meeting (see TABERNACLE ). It seems to have been levied …
3252 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Teach; Teacher; Teaching.51
… 10 years of age, the first lessons being taken from Lev (Taylor, Sayings of the Jewish Fathers, 111). From 10 to 15 years of age the pupil was taught the substance …
3253 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Teach; Teacher; Teaching.54
… the age of 12 years He revealed His wisdom and affinity in the midst of the rabbis or Jewish teachers of the Law in the temple ( Luke 2:41 f). In the power of the Spirit …
3254 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Teach; Teacher; Teaching.55
… : The emphasis laid upon teaching in the Apostolic age is a natural consequence of the need of the people and the commands of Jesus. The practice of the apostles …
3255 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Temple, A2.40
… of the events of which it was the scene. It was here, before the incense altar, that the aged Zacharias had the vision which assured him that he should not die …
3256 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Temple, B.31
… the building of the Temple--all the more that according to the narrative he was assisted by "the princes of the fathers' houses, and the princes of the tribes …
3257 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament.19
… the habits and culture of that age would produce must have been welded together within 10 or 20 years by the external necessities" (The Growth of the Gospels …
3258 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tirhakah.4
… of the sons, and apparently the favorite, of Piankhy II. He left his mother, and the city Napata, at the age of 20; and when she followed him northward, she found him …
3259 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tobit, Book of.18
… for the night the angel instructs the bridegroom to burn the heart and liver of the fish he had caught in the Tigris. The smoke that resulted acted as a countercharm …
3260 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tribute.2
… with the 14th year in the case of men and the 12th in the case of women, the obligation remaining in force up to the 65th year in the case of both. For purposes of …