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36521 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.9

… profound spiritual insight. It makes no difference to the meaning of the afflictions whether we understand by the Servant the whole Hebrew nation, or the …

36522 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agabus.2

… and spiritual truth, to "forth-tell" rather than to "foretell"; but the interpretation of God’s message sometimes took the form of predicting events. (b) The phrase …

36523 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agony.5

3. Spiritual: The agony of Jesus was supremely within the realm of His spirit. The effect of sin in separating the human soul from God was fathomed by the suffering …

36524 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrapha.7

… the spiritual and incorruptible glory of righteousness in heaven." This alleged utterance of the risen Lord is most probably of secondary character (compare …

36525 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agriculture.13

… and spiritually, but if they have chosen the rarer spots where underground streams burst forth into valleys covered with alluvial deposits ( Exodus 3:8 ), they …

36526 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alexandria.10

… and spiritual, the real and ideal; it proclaimed the necessity of some mystic union between the human and the Divine. It stated but could not solve the problem …

36527 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alienate.2

… Testament, spiritually, for the turning of the soul from God ( Ephesians 2:12; Colossians 1:21 ). The Greek allotrios, which is the root of the verb, is the opposite …

36528 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Allegory.3

… higher spiritual and mystical sense. The fourfold sense ascribed to the Scriptures finds its expression in the well-known saying: Littera gesta docet; quid …

36529 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Allegory.4

… draws spiritual truths from common historical statements, as e.g. when the healing of a leper by Christ is made the basis of an exposition of the healing of …

36530 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Alms; Almsgiving.8

… more spiritual morality than that which was taught and practiced by the scribes and Pharisees: "Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness …

36531 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ambassador.3

… and spiritual nature of the minister’s vocation as the representative of Jesus Christ, the King of kings, and Saviour of the world.

36532 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ambassage.2

… own spiritual sovereignty and kingdom ( Luke 19:14 ); (2) of a weak king who sends to a stronger an ambassage to ask conditions of peace ( Luke 14:32 ). Not used elsewhere …

36533 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amon.4

… the spiritually-minded "remnant" was minded to violence and conspiracy, it merely shows what a stern and sterling fiber of loyalty still existed, seasoned …

36534 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Amos (1).47

… of spiritual value as practiced in the Northern Kingdom. So we may take his allusions to the new moon and the Sabbath ( Amos 8:5 ) as seasons of special sacredness …

36535 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ananias (1).5

… and spiritual restoration, and the means of introducing him to the other Christians in Damascus ( Acts 9:10 - 19 ). Paul makes honorable mention of him in his account …

36536 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Andrew.9

… rich spiritual growth, which no doubt influenced Him in His decision. His wisdom and insight were justified of the after event. Along with a keenness of perception …

36537 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anna.4

… their spiritual deliverance had come.

36538 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.27

… more spiritual: in the former the notion of the original image, in the latter that of the ideal predominates." At any rate we have scriptural warrant (see especially …

36539 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.51

… , intellectual, spiritual, have been derived from their rudiments in lower animals"--a theory which he considers unsupported by adequate evidence and directly …

36540 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropomorphism.24

… the spiritual grows always more clearly differentiated from the symbolic and sensuous. The fact that our knowledge of God is susceptible of advance does …