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95381 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Nicolas.2 (William Smith)
… Jewish faith. When the church was still confined to Jerusalem, he became a convert; and being a man of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and of wisdom, he was …
95382 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Old Testament.3 (William Smith)
… more faithful representation of the genuine Scripture; but, on the other hand, the means of detecting and correcting the errors contained in it are more precarious …
95383 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Passover.7 (William Smith)
… by faith. (3) The sprinkling of the blood upon the door-posts was a symbol of open confession of our allegiance and love. (4) The Passover was useless unless eaten …
95384 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.4 (William Smith)
… the faith of Christ, and may be paraphrased, “Friendship’s blessing; may you live forever with thy (Saviour).”
95385 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.5 (William Smith)
… of faith to the Gentiles.” And so the first missionary journey ended.
95386 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.7 (William Smith)
… the faith and in past perils, Barnabas. Acts 15:35-40. Silas, or Silvanus, becomes now a chief companion of the apostle. The two went together through Syria and …
95387 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Paul.9 (William Smith)
… a faithful Jew, and this purpose is shown at every point of the history. Certain Jews from “Asia,” who had come up for the pentecostal feast, and who had a personal …
95388 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Peter.2 (William Smith)
… his faith and devotion, he displayed at the time, or immediately afterward, a more than usual deficiency in spiritual discernment and consistency. Toward …
95389 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Philemon.2 (William Smith)
… his faith. His character, as shadowed forth in the epistle to him, is one of the noblest which the sacred record makes known to us.
95390 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Philemon The Epistle of Paul to.2 (William Smith)
… the faith. The Epistle to Philemon has one peculiar feature—its æsthetical character it may be termed—which distinguishes it from all the other epistles …
95391 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Philippians Epistle to the.2 (William Smith)
… his faithful Philippians, where he spent some days at Easter, a.d. 58, with St. Luke, who accompanied him when he sailed from Neapolis. Once more, in his Roman captivity …
95392 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Philosophy.4 (William Smith)
… , if faith asserts its prerogative, the distinction is sharply marked. Of the various classifications of the Greek schools which have been proposed, the simplest …
95393 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Poetry Hebrew.5 (William Smith)
… of faith, hope, distrust, triumphant confidence and black despair, in the struggle which it depicts the human mind as engaged in while attempting to solve …
95394 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Priest.8 (William Smith)
… true faith. They were, on the other hand, as far as possible removed from the condition of a wealthy order.
95395 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Proselyte.2 (William Smith)
… their faith. The converts who were thus attracted joined, with varying strictness, in the worship of the Jews. In Palestine itself, even Roman centurions learned …
95396 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Proselyte.3 (William Smith)
… the faith. The proselyte was placed in a tank or pool up to his neck in water. His teachers, who now acted as his sponsors, repeated the great commandments of the …
95397 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Psalms Book of.7 (William Smith)
… and faithfulness, his holiness and righteousness. The Psalms not only set forth the perfections of God: they proclaim also the duty of worshipping him by …
95398 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Rahab.2 (William Smith)
… “by faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace,” Hebrews 11:31; and St. James fortifies his doctrine …
95399 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Rainbow.2 (William Smith)
… God’s faithfulness and mercy. In the “rainbow around the throne,” Revelation 4:3, is seen the symbol of hope and the bright emblem of mercy and love, all the more …
95400 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Reuben.3 (William Smith)
… the faith of Jehovah. The last historical notice which we possess of them, while it records this fact, records also as its natural consequence that they and …