critical explication or interpretation of Scripture. exegetics the branch of theology that specializes in interpretation, or exegesis, of Biblical literature. Historically, exegetes have recognized four levels of meaning in the Bible: the historical or literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the an...
He relocates 30 miles east of Nazareth to the village of Capernaum. We will survey the beginnings of the independent public ministry of Jesus, which was focused around the fishing villages of the Sea of Galilee. Intriguingly, in the Gospels Jesus is never depicted as going to the two major...
In the Heb. the prefix caphar implied a regular village, as Capernaum, which place, however, had in later times outgrown the limits implied by its original designation (Lightfoot, infra; Stanley, Sin; and Pal. p. 521-527; 1 Macc. 7:31). SEE CAPHAR. ...
of these two expressions is also seen in Pr 5:14, where ἐκκησία and συναγωγή stand in juxtaposition for the Hebrew קהל and עדה. In the books of the Apocrypha, the word, as in those of the Old Test., retains its general meaning, and is not ...
He was always concerned with how the group was doing and asked us many questions as he explained each site , making you really think about the meaning behind everything. He was very organized and took us to some of the best sites around. Learned so...
24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth ...
"When the day of Pentecost was being accomplished in its purpose. When the day of Pentecost was arriving with its full meaning, when the day of Pentecost was being filled full to the brim." That's really want that translates. How many times do they hide away the Holy Days and the Sabb...
(Ro 13:1,3)— and would be communicated to all military officers in command of detached posts, such as the centurion at Capernaum, who describes himself as possessing summary powers of this kind because he was ὑπ᾿ ἐξουσίᾷ-covered by the privilege of the imperium (Mt ...
The name of Star of the Sea is also given her, from a fanciful interpretation of the meaning of her name. She is the Rose of Sharon (Song 2:1) and the Lily (2:2), the Tower of David (4:4), the Mountain of Myrrh and the Hill of Frankincense (4:6). the Garden enclosed, ...