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1681 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1183.3 (Matthew Henry)
… answering the prayers of the people, which were offered to him by their great high priest. 3. That he was herein avenging the quarrel of his own Son, and our Saviour …
1682 Matthew Henry's Complete Bible Commentary, p. 1187.2 (Matthew Henry)
… ); their prayers are now turned into praises, their hosannas end in halleluias. 2. The matter of their thanksgiving: they praise him for the truth of his word, and …
1683 Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, p. יָד.2
… people answered אָמֵן אָמֵן בְּמֹעַל יְדֵיהֶם; נשׂא יד(ים) elsewhere (of men) in prayer ψ 28:2; cf. 68:32, and יָדִי לַיְלָה נִגְּרָה 77:3. Also of God, to give a signal …
1684 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Prayer.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… submission to the divine will. Prayer must also be offered in the faith that God is, and is the hearer and answerer of prayer, and that he will fulfil his word …
1685 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Thunder.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… ). In answer to Samuel’s prayer ( 1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 12:18 ), God sent thunder, and “all the people greatly feared,” for at such a season (the wheat-harvest) thunder …
1686 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 1.21
… not to the Messiah's coming, but to the last judgment. In answer to the declaration of Moses as to his approaching death, Joshua rends his garments and breaks …
1687 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocryphal Gospels.49
… an answer to her prayers and announces that after three days she shall go to the heavenly places to her Son, into true and everlasting life. Apostles from their …
1688 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Discrepancies, Biblical.6
… - 5 ("Answer not a fool," and "Answer a fool according to his folly"), or instances of merely formal contrariety of expression, where the things intended are manifestly …
1689 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, 3.31
… carrying to completion. He is Lord of heaven and earth ( Matthew 11:25 ). The forces of Nature are at His command ( Matthew 5:45; 6:30 ). He can answer every prayer and satisfy …
1690 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Images.23
… testifies to faith in the supernatural being represented by the image and to a desire to keep the object of worship near. Prayer is easier when the worshipper …
1691 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Importunity.2
… God answer the earnest prayer of His people. God's willingness to give exceeds our ability to ask. The parable teaches by way of contrast, not by parallel.
1692 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Intercession.36
… , all prayer necessarily takes a new form from its relation to our Lord, and in this intercessory prayer shares. At the outset, Christ teaches prayer on behalf …
1693 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Intercession.37
… the answer to prayer in the name of Christ is very definite ( John 16:24 ). Christ's high-priestly prayer is the sublimest height of prayer to God and is intercessory …
1694 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Lord's Prayer, The.12
… Lord's Prayer was given as a lesson in prayer. As such this simple model surpasses all precepts about prayer. It suggests to the child of God the proper objects …
1695 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 1.58
… a prayer-hearing and prayer-answering God, a Being so full of tender mercy and loving-kindness that we cannot fail to identify Him with the God whom Christ …
1696 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 2.7
… us to answer our own prayers, to become and be what we are praying to be. If the Divine Being is a prayer-hearing God, He is least not a prayer-answering God. The laws …
1697 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Providence, 2.19
… will answer such prayers in so far as He deems best; yet the Scriptures encourage us to make spiritual blessings the main object of our prayers. "Seek ye first …
1698 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Samson.25
… beautiful prayers in the Old Testament is that of Manoah for guidance in the training of his yet unborn child ( Judges 13:8 ). Whatever our estimate of his personality …
1699 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Worship.26
… significant to God and man as the clack of a Thibetan prayer-mill. The texts cited also make of worship something far deeper than the human emotion or surrender …
1700 Smith's Bible Dictionary, p. Miracles.2 (William Smith)
… traced to the agency of man (including prayer under the term agency), and unless it be put forth as a proof of divine mission. Prodigies and special providences …