the Egyptians turned the Jews into slaves for labor. After God delivered them from that slavery, he returned them to the promised land, under the guidance of Moses. However, because the people neglected to obey God's law, he made them wander in the desert for 40 years until that generatio...
II. Fishing from the Desert to the Wedding to the Well:Jesus was thirty years old. His cousin John lived in the desert and Jesus asked him to baptize him. Then, Jesus went to the desert to pray forty days. He chose fishermen as his first disciples. Then, he changed water to wine at...
The Bible story of Elijah is from the first book of Kings, describing his miraculous feats and redemption of the people of Israel from the evil king Ahab. Similar to the life of Jesus, Elijah performs marveling acts to demonstrate the validity of God to
Moses asks Lisa if they will have an easy life from now on - she tells him that they will wander the desert for forty years. When he asks if it's plain sailing after that, she quickly changes the subject. Homer: Homer The Self-King...
God provided manna for the Israelites to eat during their 40 years in the desert after they left Egypt. Manna was a miraculous food that appeared each morning as fine flakes on the ground. The Israelites gathered it daily, except on the Sabbath, when they gathered enough the day before to...
这事以後,埃及王的酒政和膳长得罪了他们的主─埃及王,法老就恼怒酒政和膳长这二臣,把他们下在护卫长府内的监里,就是约瑟被囚的地方。护卫长把他们交给约瑟,
St. Augustine described the story as the conflict between "The City of God" and the kingdoms of man. You cannot serve two masters. You must declare your allegiance either to the Kingdom of God, or to the kingdom of man-centered humanism. In the Bible, human government is a rebellion ...
5 The men who had come out of Egypt had been circumcised, but none of those who were born in the desert on the trip from Egypt had been circumcised. 6 The ·Israelites [L sons/T children of Israel] had moved about in the ·desert [wilderness] for forty years. During that time...
During the 40 years the Israelites spent wandering in the desert, God provided food, water, and protection. Still, the Israelites constantly doubted if God would give them what they needed to survive—often grumbling that they would’ve preferred to just stay slaves in Egypt. ...
(with the possible exception of v 48) may have been a Jewish Christian hymn that Luke found appropriate at this point in his story. Even if not composed by Luke, it fits in well with themes found elsewhere in Luke: joy and exultation in the Lord; the lowly being singled out for God...