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341 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1025.30 (Matthew Henry)
… to the disparagement either of the temple or of the law. The priests had themselves profaned the temple, by making it not only a house of merchandise, but a den …
342 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1029.3 (Matthew Henry)
… the Gentiles were taken into the church, but that the first who was taken in was an officer of the Roman army, which was to them the abomination of desolation …
343 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1031.23 (Matthew Henry)
… one of the family or one of the church, whether a servant or a daughter, does not appear; it should seem, by her being named, that she was of note among the Christians …
344 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1031.41 (Matthew Henry)
… to the church by it, Acts 12:24. After the death of James, the word of God grew; for the church, the more it was afflicted, the more it multiplied, like Israel in Egypt …
345 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1040.15 (Matthew Henry)
… water churches, as the apostles did, and gave himself, as they did, to the word and prayer; thus, having used the office of a deacon well, he purchased to himself …
346 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1041.17 (Matthew Henry)
… at prayer in the temple, which was to be called a house of prayer for all people; not only in which all people should pray, but in which all people should be prayed …
347 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1079.20 (Matthew Henry)
… prayers. We read also of a church in a private family, 1 Corinthians 16:19. It is very probable that the family itself is called the church in their house. Note …
348 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1117.11 (Matthew Henry)
… house, they should endeavour to promote the good of the whole church by promoting the work of grace in one another. And it is the duty of every one of us …
349 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1123.6 (Matthew Henry)
… the character of deacons: these had the care of the temporal concerns of the church, that is, the maintenance of the ministers and provision for the poor …
350 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1134.38 (Matthew Henry)
… . All the house saluted are here joined in the closing benediction, the more to remind and quicken all to further the end of the epistle.
351 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1146.36 (Matthew Henry)
… has the privileges of the first-born. The names of these are written in heaven, in the records of the church here: they have a name in God’s house, are written among …
352 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1154.10 (Matthew Henry)
… and the working of the divine Spirit. (2.) The church of God is a spiritual house. The foundation is Christ, Ephesians 2:22. It is a house for its strength, beauty, variety …
353 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1157.8 (Matthew Henry)
… Christian churches and societies, consequently pride is the great disturber of them, and the cause of most dissensions and breaches in the church. 2. There …
354 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abba.2
… -Christian prayers, a name by which God was addressed, then in oriental churches a title of bishops and patriarchs. So Jesus addresses God in prayer ( Matthew …
355 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Benediction.3
… in the church as to the benediction. That section of the church which regards the minister as clothed with sacerdotal powers, holds that the blessings pronounced …
356 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Cornelius.6
… less of the Jewish rites. He was well reported of by the Jews, and his religion showed itself in prayer at the regular hours, and in alms to the people (of Israel …
357 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Essenes.61
… in the society. They were to keep the doctrines of the sect secret. They kept the Sabbath with greater strictness than did any other section of the Jews. Heinous …
358 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Euodia.3
… of the church there. At Philippi the gospel was first preached to women ( Acts 16:13 ), and the church was first formed among women--evidently in the house of Lydia …
359 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Golgotha.7
… the Hill Ophel, and the southern slopes, now bare, were in Christ's time crammed with houses; in later times, from the 4th century, it was the Church of the Holy …
360 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. James.17
… in the house of John Mark that they should immediately inform "James and the brethren" of the manner of his escape ( Acts 12:17 ). By the time of the Jerusalem convention …