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99521 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.4

12:7 ), though he recognized that the evil agent was subordinate to God’s purpose of grace, and was the means of moral discipline ( 1 Corinthians 12:7, 9 ). Thus …

99522 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.7

… :10-12). Compare Deuteronomy 8:2, 16; Psalms 66:10 f; Psalms 17:3; Isaiah 48:10; Jeremiah 9:7; Proverbs 17:3 .

99523 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.8

… 94:12; 67, 71. (2) The purificatory function of trials is taught in such passages as Isaiah 1:25; Zechariah 13:9; Malachi 3:2 - 3, where the process of refining metals …

99524 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.9

… :1 - 12 are the Jewish nation or the heathen. The significant point here is the value and meaning ascribed to the Servant’s sufferings. The speakers had once …

99525 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.10

… :3, 12; 1 Peter 1:7; 4:17 ), and (3) a means of discipline, calculated to purify and train the character ( Romans 5:3; 2 Corinthians 12:7, 9; James 1:3 ). (4) The idea of vicarious and …

99526 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Affliction.11

… ; Romans 12:12; James 1:3 - 4; James 5:7 - 11; 1 Peter 2:20 ), and even the spirit of positive joy in tribulation ( Matthew 5:11 f; Romans 5:3; 2 Corinthians 12:10; James 1:2, 12; 1 Peter …

99527 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Africa.3

… Chronicles 12:3 )--words indicating, as often with the Semites, not the country itself, but its inhabitants. Other portions of Africa known to the Hebrews were …

99528 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Africa.4

… ( Numbers 12:1 ), and it will probably be generally admitted, that the great Hebrew lawgiver is not likely to have espoused a Negro woman. The Ethiopian eunuch …

99529 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agagite.2

… ( Esther 12:6; 16:10 ). The name Haman is probably of Elamitic origin. Oppert’s attempt to connect the term "Agagite" with "Agaz," a Median tribe mentioned by Sargon …

99530 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Against.2

… :35; 12:14, etc.); when of position, meaning "opposite," "facing," "in front of" ( 1 Kings 7:5; Genesis 15:10, Romans 8:31 ); when of action, "opposed to" ( Matthew 5:11; 26:59; 1 Corinthians …

99531 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agape.3

… 1:12 and in 2 Peter 2:13 according to a very doubtful reading. For the existence of the Christian common meal, however, we have abundant New Testament evidence …

99532 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agape.7

… 1:12 ), and which would tend to multiply as the church grew in numbers and came into closer contact with the heathen world, might suggest the advisability of …

99533 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Age; Old Age.2

… 38:12, "Mine age is departed and removed from me as a shepherd’s tent," the American Standard Revised Version, "My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from …

99534 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Age; Old Age.4

… " ( Job 12:12 ); for "aged" ( Job 12:20 ), "elders."

99535 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Age; Old Age.6

… 5:12, 14 ). Compare Job 29:8 (as showing the exceptionally high regard for Job). See also Wisdom of Solomon 2:10; Ecclesiastes 8:6 .

99536 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Age; Old Age.7

… 20:12, "that thy days may be long in the land"; Job 5:26; Psalms 91:16, "With long life will I satisfy him"; Psalms 92:14; compare Isaiah 65:20; Zechariah 8:4; 1 Samuel 2:32 ).

99537 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Age; Old Age.9

(4) Superior wisdom was believed to belong to the aged ( Job 12:20; 15:10; 7, 9; compare 1 Kings 12:8 ); hence positions of guidance and authority were given to them, as the terms "elders," "presbyters" and (Arabic) "sheik" indicate.

99539 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrapha.8

… Martyr). (12) "That which is weak shall be saved by that which is strong" (circa 300 AD). (13) "Come out from bonds ye who will" (Clement of Alexandria). (14) "Be thou saved and …

99540 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Agrarian Laws.13

… 25:12 ). God would so bless the land in the sixth year that it would bring forth enough for the Sabbath year, the ensuing jubilee and the subsequent period to the …