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4181 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c1.92

… the spirit of the law. With an absolute authority--"But I say unto you"--Jesus leads everything back from the outward letter to the state of the heart. Illustrations …

4182 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c2.24

… an evil spirit. Flinging herself at His feet, and addressing Him as "Son of David," she besought His mercy for her child. At first Jesus seemed--yet only seemed--to …

4183 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jesus Christ, 4c2.47

… the evil spirit that possessed him, but they were not able. Their failure, as Jesus showed, was failure of faith; none the less did their discomfiture afford …

4184 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Job, Book of.54

… , the spirits who rejoiced over creation ( Job 38:7 ), are come together to render report, and Satan, uninvited, enters among them. He is a wandering spirit, unanchored …

4185 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 1.81

… is spirit; and true worship must be an intercourse of spirit with spirit, having relation to no local or material, but only to moral conditions. Thus the concept …

4186 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Johannine Theology, 1.111

… ); the Spirit convicts men of sin because they "believe not" on Him ( John 16:9 ). "Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin" ( John 8:34 ); but what reveals the …

4187 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joshua (3).4

… view, "not the spirit of evil who appears in later Jewish writings; he is only the officer of justice whose business is to see that the case against criminals …

4188 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lake of Fire.2

… for evil spirits. Of late it has been proposed to derive "the lake of fire" from "the stream of fire" which destroys the enemies of Ahura in the Zoroastrian eschatology …

4189 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 1.59

… party spirit are recalled; a not unworthy echo of 1 Corinthians 13:1 - 13 is embodied; and the erring community is solemnly monished.

4190 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 1.101

… : "Every spirit that confesseth not," etc. ( 1 John 4:3 ). He grieves over the lapse of a Philippian presbyter, Valens, who, along with his wife had flagrantly sinned; but …

4191 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Literature, Sub-apostolic, 2.14

… our spirit." This has been interpreted as involving the doctrine of baptismal regeneration; but the reference may be rather to the regeneration which baptism …

4192 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lust.3

… ," "adulteress," "evil woman." (5) ’Awah, meaning "greatly to desire," long after, with undue emphasis, with evil spirit though not perhaps with impure thought. In Numbers …

4193 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Merab.2

… " the "evil spirit" in Saul ( 1 Samuel 18:11 ). Saul also feared David ( 1 Samuel 18:12 ), and this led him to incite the youth to more dangerous deeds of valor against the …

4194 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Millennium, Premillennial View.21

… the evil one. (e) The tares are not wicked men in general, but a particular class of wicked brought into close and contaminating association with the children …

4195 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Molech; Moloch.11

… the spirit of the Molech-worshipper: "Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" ( Micah 6:6 ff). That Molech-worship …

4196 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Music.21

… an evil spirit ( 1 Samuel 18:10 ), and to soothe temper, or excite the inspiration, of a prophet ( 2 Kings 3:15 ). The words "Destroy not" in the titles of four of the Psalms …

4197 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Name.6

… out evil spirits by some other name or power ( Acts 16:18; 19:17 ). The gospel, of salvation was to be preached "in his name," by His authority and as making it effectual …

4198 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Nazarene.5

… of spirits He was known by this appellation. Evil spirits knew and feared Him, under this name ( Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34 ), and the angels of the resurrection morning …

4199 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Number.34

… 7 spirits of Beliar (Testament to the Twelve Patriarchs, Reuben chapters 2 and 3) and of the 7 evil spirits so often referred to in Babylonian exorcisms (compare …

4200 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Palestine Exploration, 2b.13

… the spirit of the object that it might serve the deceased in the spirit world. Lamps are common now in every tomb but there is a marked decrease in the quantity …