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16561 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Noah (1).2
… , "to comfort," but this is probably a mere play upon the name by Noah’s father. The times in which Noah was born were degenerate, and this finds pathetic expression …
16562 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Number.45
… of comforters of the bereaved. The world was created, said the rabbis, by ten words, and Abraham was visited with 10 temptations (Ab v.1 and 4; several other illustrations …
16563 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Omniscience.10
… and comfort when the pious suffer from the misunderstanding and misrepresentation of men; (b) it acts as a deterrent to those tempted by sin, especially secret …
16564 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paraclete.3
… means "comforters," in the saying of Job regarding the "miserable comforters" who came to him in his distress.
16565 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paraclete.4
… translation "Comforter" in the passages of John’s Gospel in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) is warranted by the meaning …
16566 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paraclete.7
… of comfort in too limited a way. No doubt in the mind of Jesus the comforting aspect, of the Spirit’s work applied to all their future sorrows and trials, and …
16567 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paraclete.9
… . As Comforter His work would come under (1), (2), (3) and (6); as Advocate and Intercessor under (6), (7), (8); as Helper and Teacher under (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8).
16568 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Paraclete.14
… the Comforter; Pearson, On the Creed; Taylor, Sayings of the Jewish Fathers; various comms., Westcott, Godet and others.
16569 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pentateuch, 3.17
… "to comfort" or Moses with "draw out"--even if Egyptian princesses spoke Hebrew. The etymological key will not fit. Yet we must ask ourselves whether the narrator …
16570 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.37
… our comfort the sacred Scriptures which are in our hands’ ( 1 Maccabees 12:9 ).
16571 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Persecution.55
… this comforting exhortation to the case of those who suffered in the Neronic persecution. The description which Tacitus gives is as follows: "Christus, the …
16572 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peter, the First Epistle of.38
… to comfort and encourage them amid the persecutions and the sufferings to which they were unjustly subjected, and to fortify them against the heavier trials …
16573 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peter, the First Epistle of.49
… to comfort and encourage his fellow-believers with the consolations of the Lord Himself, that they may bear stedfastly their manifold sufferings and triumph …
16574 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Peter, the Second Epistle of.30
… to comfort, strengthen and sustain his persecuted brethren; this is his supreme aim. In the Second he is anxious to warn and to shield those whom he addresses …
16575 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philetus.5
… and comforts His people. The apostle proceeds to say that teaching of this kind "eats as doth a gangrene," and that it increases unto more ungodliness. As a canker …
16576 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Philippians, the Epistle to The.15
… Paul’s comfort than any of his other converts were. They raised money for Paul’s support and forwarded it to him again and again. They were anxious that he …
16577 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prayers of Christ.22
… of comfort and encouragement. Attention might be called to the remarkable forecast of the history and experience of the church which the prayer furnishes …
16578 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Priesthood.11
… three "comforters" when the great trial had passed ( Job 1:5; 42:8 ). In these and the like instances there was priestly action no less certainly than in that of Aaron …
16579 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Psalms, Book of.105
… to comfort. The shadow of the Almighty is over the saint who dwells in the secret place of the Most High.
16580 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Psalms, Book of.107
… of comfort, and as a fountain of hope.