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99764 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.42

… ; Luke 12:4 ), persecutors are unable to go. The methods of persecution which were employed by the Jews, and also by the heathen against the followers of Christ …

99765 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.47

… ( Acts 12:2 ). Peter also was imprisoned, and was delivered only by an angel ( Acts 12:7 - 11 ).

99766 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.52

12. The Neronic Persecution: The legal decisions which were favorable to the Christian faith were soon overturned on the occasion of the great fire in Rome …

99767 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.54

… 4:12 ff) which may be compared with the narrative of Tacitus: "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove …

99768 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.58

… 2:12 the King James Version), so that all accusations directed against them may be seen to be untrue, and their sufferings shall then be, not for ill-doing, but …

99771 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persian Religion (Ancient).48

12. Interment: In primeval times the Persians buried or burned their dead. Zoroastrianism may have introduced the dakhma (Vendidad, passim) or Tower of Silence …

99772 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persians.2

… Nehemiah 12:22; Daniel 6:28; Achaem. Persian Parsa, name of both country and people; does not occur in Avesta):

99773 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persians.23

… ; 8, 12, 15, 28 ), being previously included under the Medes ( Genesis 10:2 ), as they were by Thucydides, and even by Xenophon often.

99774 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persians.47

( Nehemiah 1:1; 12:22; 1 Maccabees 1:1 )

99775 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persis.2

… 16:12 ). Paul designates her "the beloved, who labored much in the Lord." The name is not found in inscriptions of the imperial household, but it occurs as the name …

99776 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Person of Christ, 1-3.42

… :17; 12:16; Galatians 1:14 ). Paul is not telling us here, then, what our Lord was once, but rather what He already was, or, better, what in His intrinsic nature He is; he is …

99777 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Person of Christ, 4-5.9

… :9; 12:45 ). In this remarkable sentence there is asserted in the most direct manner the full Deity of the incarnate Word, and the continuity of His life as such …

99779 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Person of Christ, 4-8.7

… " ( Luke 12:8 - 9; 15:10 ) Christ designates as His angels, the "kingdom of God" ( Matthew 12:28; 19:24; 30, 30; Mark and Luke often) as His Kingdom, the "elect of God" ( Mark 13:20; Luke …

99780 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Person of Christ, 4-8.10

… ( Matthew 12:41 ff), above the temple itself ( Matthew 12:6 ), and the ordinances of the divine law ( Matthew 12:8 ); or on His accent of authority in both His teaching and …