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PAIN
@ general references to- kjv@Job:14:22; kjv@Job:30:17; kjv@Job:33:19; kjv@Isaiah:21:3; kjv@Romans:8:22; kjv@Revelation:16:10; kjv@Revelation:21:4
PAINTING THE FACE @ kjv@2Kings:9:30; kjv@Jeremiah:4:30; kjv@Ezekiel:23:40
PALACES @ kjv@1Kings:7:1; kjv@1Kings:22:39; kjv@Ezra:6:2; kjv@Nehemiah:1:1; kjv@Psalms:144:12; kjv@Jeremiah:22:14
PALLIATION
- DENUNCIATION OF SIN @ (A) PALLIATION OF SIN, condemned- kjv@Proverbs:17:15; kjv@Proverbs:24:24; kjv@Proverbs:28:4; kjv@Isaiah:5:20; kjv@Ezekiel:13:22; kjv@Malachi:2:17; kjv@Romans:1:32 Connivance, CONNIVANCE Excuses, SELF
- JUSTIFICATION & SELF
- JUSTIFICATION -, Excusing Personal Sin.
See SELF
- JUSTIFICATION (B) DENUNCIATION of sin- kjv@Isaiah:30:1; kjv@Ezekiel:16:37; kjv@Matthew:3:7; kjv@Matthew:23:33; kjv@Luke:10:13; kjv@Luke:19:46 kjv@Acts:7:52; kjv@Acts:13:10; kjv@Acts:23:3 Woes, WOES Divine Curse, CURSE, DIVINE Threatening, THREATENINGS Divine Reproof, REPROOF (C) SIN REBUKED, examples of- kjv@Genesis:3:17 A Man of God Rebukes Eli- kjv@1Samuel:2:29 Samuel Rebukes Saul- kjv@1Samuel:13:13 Nathan Rebukes David- kjv@2Samuel:12:7,9; kjv@1Kings:18:18 Elijah Rebukes Ahab- kjv@1Kings:21:20 Zechariah Rebukes Judah- kjv@2Chronicles:24:20 Ezra Rebukes the People- kjv@Ezra:10:10,11; kjv@Daniel:5:22; kjv@Matthew:25:26 The Dying Thief Rebukes his Companion- kjv@Luke:23:39,40 Rulers Rebuked, NATION, THE Man of God LEADERS Reproof, REPROOF & REPROOF Woes, WOES
PALM BRANCHES @ kjv@Leviticus:23:40; kjv@Nehemiah:8:15; kjv@John:12:13
PAMPHYLIA @ a province of Asia Minor- kjv@Acts:2:10; kjv@Acts:13:13; kjv@Acts:14:24; kjv@Acts:15:38; kjv@Acts:27:5
PANICS @ kjv@Exodus:14:25; kjv@Judges:7:22; kjv@1Samuel:4:10; kjv@1Samuel:14:16; kjv@1Samuel:17:51; kjv@2Kings:7:7 kjv@2Chronicles:14:12; kjv@2Chronicles:20:23 Fear of Man, FEAR Cowardice, FEAR
PAPER @ kjv@Isaiah:19:7; kjv@2John:1:12
PAPHOS @ kjv@Acts:13:6
PARABLES @
(1) Of the Old Testament Of Jotham- kjv@Judges:9:7 Of Nathan- kjv@2Samuel:12:1 Of Woman of Tekoa- kjv@2Samuel:14:15 Of a Prophet- kjv@1Kings:20:39 Of Joash- kjv@2Kings:14:9; kjv@2Chronicles:25:18 Of the Prophets- kjv@Isaiah:5:1; kjv@Jeremiah:13:1; kjv@Ezekiel:17:3; kjv@Ezekiel:19:2,3; kjv@Ezekiel:24:3
(2) Of Christ I. In One Gospel Only Mt. Mr. Lu. The Barren Fig Tree..................
13 The Draw Net......................... 13
The Friend at Midnight...............
11 The Good Samaritan...................
10 The Goodly Pearl..................... 13
The Great Supper.....................
14 The Hidden Treasure.................. 13
The Householder......................
13
The Labourers in the Vineyard........ 20
The Marriage of the King's Son....... 22
The Pharisee and Publican............
18 The Piece of Money...................
15 The Pounds...........................
19 The Prodigal Son.....................
15 The Rich Fool........................
12 The Rich Man and Lazarus.............
16 The Seed Growing in Secret...........
4
The Sheep and Goats.................. 25
The Tares............................ 13
The Ten Talents...................... 25
The Ten Virgins...................... 25
The Two Debtors......................
7 The Two Sons......................... 21
The Unjust Judge.....................
18 The Unjust Steward...................
16 The Unmerciful Servant............... 18
The Unprofitable Servants............
17 The Wedding Feast....................
12 The Wise Steward.....................
12 II. Found in Two Gospels Only The House on the Rock................ 7
6 The Leaven........................... 13
13 The Lost Sheep....................... 18
15 III. Found in Three Gospels New Cloth............................ 9 2 5 New Wine in Old Bottles.............. 9 2 5 The Fig Tree......................... 24 13 21 The Mustard Seed..................... 13 4 13 The Sower............................ 13 4 8 The Wicked Husbandmen................ 21 12 20
PARADISE @ kjv@Luke:23:43; kjv@2Corinthians:12:4; kjv@Revelation:2:7 Heaven, 1356 Reward, FUTURE, THE
PARADOXES, SCRIPTURAL @ kjv@Matthew:10:39; kjv@Matthew:16:25; kjv@2Corinthians:4:18; kjv@2Corinthians:6:8; kjv@2Corinthians:12:10; kjv@Ephesians:3:19 Strength
(2), POWER
PARAN @ wilderness- kjv@Numbers:10:12; kjv@Numbers:12:16; kjv@Numbers:13:26; kjv@Deuteronomy:1:1; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:2
PARRICIDE @ kjv@2Kings:19:37; kjv@2Chronicles:32:21; kjv@Isaiah:37:38 Assassination, NATION, THE Murder, MURDER
PARTAKERS, BELIEVERS AS @ kjv@Philippians:1:7; kjv@Colossians:1:12; kjv@1Timothy:6:2; kjv@Hebrews:3:1; kjv@Hebrews:6:4; kjv@Hebrews:12:10; kjv@1Peter:4:13; kjv@1Peter:5:1 kjv@2Peter:1:4
PARTAKERS OF EVIL @ kjv@1Corinthians:10:21; kjv@Ephesians:5:7; kjv@2John:1:11; kjv@Revelation:18:4 Connivance, CONNIVANCE
PASSIONS, EVIL @ kjv@Romans:1:26; kjv@Romans:7:5; kjv@Galatians:5:24; kjv@1Thessalonians:4:5 Lust, IMPURITY Flesh, FLESH, THE
PASSOVER @ general references to- kjv@Exodus:12:11; kjv@Numbers:33:3; kjv@Deuteronomy:16:1; kjv@2Chronicles:30:15; kjv@2Chronicles:35:11; kjv@Ezra:6:20 kjv@Mark:14:12; kjv@1Corinthians:5:7 - Feast of. SEE Feasts, FEASTS, JEWISH
PATHROS @ kjv@Isaiah:11:11; kjv@Jeremiah:44:1; kjv@Ezekiel:29:14; kjv@Ezekiel:30:14
PATHS, RIGHT @ kjv@Psalms:16:11; kjv@Psalms:23:3; kjv@Psalms:25:10; kjv@Psalms:119:35; kjv@Proverbs:2:9; kjv@Proverbs:4:11,18; kjv@Isaiah:2:3; kjv@Isaiah:26:7 kjv@Hebrews:12:13 Way
(3), WAY, RIGHT
PATHWAY OF SIN @
(1) General References to- kjv@Proverbs:2:15; kjv@Proverbs:12:15; kjv@Proverbs:13:15; kjv@Proverbs:14:12; kjv@Proverbs:15:9; kjv@Isaiah:59:8; kjv@Matthew:7:13 Way
(1), DARKNESS
(2) Walking in- kjv@Deuteronomy:29:19; kjv@Jeremiah:7:24; kjv@Ephesians:2:2; kjv@Philippians:3:18; kjv@1Peter:4:3 kjv@2Peter:2:10; kjv@2Peter:3:3; kjv@Jude:1:18
PATIENCE
- IMPATIENCE @ (A) PATIENCE
(1) Enjoined- kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:8; kjv@Luke:21:19; kjv@Romans:12:12; kjv@1Thessalonians:5:14; kjv@2Timothy:2:24; kjv@Titus:2:2 kjv@Hebrews:10:36; kjv@James:1:4; kjv@James:5:7; kjv@2Peter:1:6 Endurance, STEADFASTNESS Steadfastness, STEADFASTNESS & STEADFASTNESS
(2) Examples of- kjv@2Thessalonians:1:4; kjv@Hebrews:6:15; kjv@James:5:11; kjv@Revelation:1:9; kjv@Revelation:2:2; kjv@Revelation:14:12 Meekness, MEEKNESS
(3) In Waiting for God- kjv@Genesis:49:18; kjv@Psalms:33:20; kjv@Psalms:37:7; kjv@Psalms:40:1; kjv@Psalms:130:6; kjv@Isaiah:25:9; kjv@Isaiah:26:8; kjv@Isaiah:33:2 kjv@Lamentations:3:25; kjv@Luke:2:25; kjv@Acts:1:4 Prayerfulness, DEVOTIONAL LIFE (B) IMPATIENCE, examples of Moses, at the murmuring of Israel- kjv@Numbers:20:10 Naaman, at the conditions imposed by the prophet- kjv@2Kings:5:11,12 Jonah, at the blasting of the gourd- kjv@Jonah:4:8,9 The disciples, at the outcry of the Syrophenician woman- kjv@Matthew:15:23 James and John, at the inhospitality of the Samaritans- kjv@Luke:9:54 Martha, with her sister Mary- kjv@Luke:10:40
PATMOS, ISLE OF @ kjv@Revelation:1:9
PATRIARCHS @ kjv@Acts:2:29; kjv@Acts:7:8; kjv@Hebrews:7:4
PAUL'S THORN @ kjv@2Corinthians:12:7; kjv@Galatians:4:13
PAUL @ the apostle
(1) General References to- kjv@Acts:7:58; kjv@Acts:8:1,3; kjv@Acts:9:1,22; kjv@Acts:11:25; kjv@Acts:12:25; kjv@Acts:13:2,50; kjv@Acts:14:19; kjv@Acts:15:12,40 kjv@Acts:16:9,28; kjv@Acts:17:22; kjv@Acts:18:1; kjv@Acts:19:1; kjv@Acts:20:1; kjv@Acts:21:13,40; kjv@Acts:22:30; kjv@Acts:23:33 kjv@Acts:24:10; kjv@Acts:25:10; kjv@Acts:26:1; kjv@Acts:27:1; kjv@Acts:28:3,30; kjv@Romans:15:16; kjv@2Corinthians:10:10 kjv@Galatians:1:13; kjv@Galatians:2:1; kjv@Galatians:4:13; kjv@Philippians:3:4; kjv@1Timothy:1:13 - "The Man of Vision" The vision of Christ- Acts:9:3-6; 26:13-15 The Missionary Vision- kjv@Acts:16:9 The vision of Testimony- kjv@Acts:18:9 The vision of Warning- kjv@Acts:22:18 The vision of Work in the capital of the world- kjv@Acts:23:11 The vision of Encouragement in the storm- kjv@Acts:27:23 The vision of Paradise- 2Corinthians:12:1-4 - Obedience to these visions the explanation of his wonderful career- kjv@Acts:26:19 - Characteristics of. Joy- kjv@Acts:16:25; kjv@2Corinthians:6:10; kjv@2Corinthians:7:4; kjv@Philippians:4:4 Courage- kjv@Acts:16:36,37; kjv@Acts:22:25; kjv@Acts:24:25 Steadfastness- kjv@Acts:20:24 Earnestness- kjv@Acts:20:31; kjv@Romans:9:3; kjv@Philippians:3:18 Industry- kjv@Acts:20:34; kjv@1Thessalonians:2:9 Entire consecration- kjv@Acts:21:13; Philippians:3:714 Tact 1Corinthians:9:19-22 Selfsacrifice 2Corinthians:11:24-33 Faithfulness- kjv@2Timothy:4:7,8 Endurance- kjv@2Timothy:2:10 Patience- kjv@2Corinthians:12:12 Love- kjv@1Corinthians:16:24; kjv@2Corinthians:2:4 - Apostleship of.
See APOSTLESHIP OF PAUL - Miracles of.
See MIRACLES - Preaching of.
See LEADERS
PAVILION, GOD'S @ kjv@2Samuel:22:12; kjv@Psalms:27:5; kjv@Psalms:31:20
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PAARAI
- P>@ - In the list of (2 Samuel 23:35) "Paarai the Arbite" is one of David’s men. In ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:37) he is Naarai the son of Ezbai." (B.C. 1015.)
PADAN
- P>@ - (field). Padan-aram. kjv@Genesis:48:7)
PADANARAM
- P>@ - By this name, which signifies the table-land of Aram , i.e. Syriac, the Hebrews designated the tract of country which they otherwise called the Aram-naharaim, "Aram of the two of rivers," the Greek Mesopotamia, kjv@Genesis:24:10) and "the field (Authorized Version,’country’) of Syria." kjv@Hosea:12:13) The term was perhaps more especially applied to that portion which bordered on the Euphrates, to distinguish if from the mountainous districts in the north and northeast of Mesopotamia. It is elsewhere called PADAN simply. kjv@Genesis:48:7) Abraham obtained a wife for Isaac from Padan-aram. kjv@Genesis:25:20) Jacob’s wives were also from Padan-aram, kjv@Genesis:28:2 kjv@Genesis:28:5-6-7 kjv@Genesis:31:1-8 kjv@Genesis:33:18 )
PADON
- P>@ - (deliverance) the ancestor of a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:41; kjv@Nehemiah:7:47) (B.C. before 529.)
PAGIEL
- P>@ - (God allots) the son of Ocran and chief of the tribe of Asher at the time of the exodus. kjv@Numbers:1:13 kjv@Numbers:2:27 kjv@Numbers:7:72 ,77; 10:26) (B.C. 1491.)
PAHATHMOAB
- P>@ - (governor of Moab), head of one of the chief houses of the tribe of Judah. Of the individual or the occasion of his receiving so singular a name nothing is known certainty but as we read in ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:22) of a family of Shilonites, of the tribe of Judah, who in very early times "had dominion in Moab," it may be conjectured that this was the origin of the name.
PAI
- P>@ - (blessing). PAU
PAINT
- P>@ - (as a cosmetic). The use of cosmetic dyes has prevailed in all ages in eastern countries. We have abundant evidence of the practice of painting the eyes both in ancient Egypt and in Assyria; and in modern times no usage is more general. It does not appear, however, to have been by any means universal among the Hebrews. The notices of it are few; and in each instance it seems to have been used as a meretricious art, unworthy of a woman of high character. The Bible gives no indication of the substance out of which the dye was formed. The old versions agree in pronouncing the dye to have been produced from antimony. Antimony is still used for the purpose in Arabia and in Persia, but in Egypt the kohl is a root produced by burning either a kind of frankincense or the shells of almonds. The dye-stuff was moistened with oil and kept in a small jar. Whether the custom of staining the hands and feet, particularly the nails, now so prevalent in the past, was known to the Hebrews is doubtful. Painting as an art was not cultivated by the Hebrews, but they decorated their buildings with paint.
PALACE
- P>@ - Palace in the Bible, in the singular and plural, is the rendering of several words of diverse meaning. ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:1; kjv@Ezra:4:14; kjv@Amos:4:3) etc. It often designates the royal residence, and usually suggests a fortress or battlemented house. The word occasionally included the whole city as in kjv@Esther:9:12) and again, as in (Kings:16:18) it is restricted to a part of the royal apartments. It is applied, as in ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:1) to the temple in Jerusalem. The site of the palace of Solomon was almost certainly in the city itself on the brow opposite to the temple, and overlooking it and the whole city of David. It is impossible, of course, to be at all certain what was either the form or the exact disposition of such a palace; but, as we have the dimensions of the three principal buildings given in the book of Kings and confirmed by Josephus, we may, by taking these as a scale, ascertain pretty nearly that the building covered somewhere about 150,000 or 160,000 square feet. Whether it was a square of 400 feet each way, or an oblong of about 550 feet by 300, must always be more or less a matter of conjecture. The principal building situated within the palace was, as in all eastern palaces, the great hall of state and audience, called "the house of the forest of Lebanon," apparently from the four rows of cedar pillars by which it was supported. It was 100 cubits (175 feet) long, 50 (88 feet) wide, and 30 (52 feet) high. Next in importance was the hall or "porch of judgment," a quadrangular building supported by columns, as we learn front Josephus, which apparently stood on the other side of the great court, opposite the house of the forest of Lebanon. The third edifice is merely called a "porch of pillars." Its dimensions were 50 by 30 cubits. Its use cannot be considered as doubtful, as it was an indispensable adjunct to an eastern palace. It was the ordinary place of business of the palace, and the reception-room when the king received ordinary visitors, and sat, except on great state occasions, to transact the business of the kingdom. Behind this, we are told, was the inner court, adorned with gardens and fountains, and surrounded by cloisters for shade; and there were other courts for the residence of the attendants and guards, and for the women of the harem. Apart from this palace, but attached, as Josephus tells us, to the hall of judgment, was the palace of Pharaoh’s daughter-too proud and important a personage to be grouped with the ladies of the harem, and requiring a residence of her own. The recent discoveries at Nineveh have enabled us to understand many of the architectural details of this palace, which before they were made were nearly wholly inexplicable. Solomon constructed an ascent from his own house to the temple, "the house of Jehovah," (Kings:10:5) which was a subterranean passage 250 feet long by 42 feet wide, of which the remains may still be traced.
PAIAL
- P>@ - (judge), the son of Uzai who assisted in restoring the walls of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah, kjv@Nehemiah:3:25) (B.C. 446.)
PALESTINA AND PALESTINE
- P>@ - (land of strangers). These two forms occur in the Authorized Version but four times in all, always in poetical passages; the first in kjv@Exodus:15:14) and Isai 14:29 The second kjv@Joel:3:4) In each case the Hebrew is Pelesheth , a word found, besides the above, only in kjv@Psalms:60:8 kjv@Psalms:83:7 kjv@Psalms:87:4 ) and Psal 108:9 In all which our translators have rendered it by "Philistia" or "Philistines." Palestine in the Authorized Version really means nothing but Philistia. The original Hebrew word Pelesheth to the Hebrews signified merely the long and broad strip of maritime plain inhabited by their encroaching neighbors; nor does it appear that at first it signified more to the Greeks. As lying next the sea, and as being also the high road from Egypt to Phoenicia and the richer regions no of it, the Philistine plain became sooner known to the western world than the country farther inland, and was called by them Syria Palestina
- Philistine Syria. From thence it was gradually extended to the country farther inland, till in the Roman and later Greek authors, both heathen sad Christian, it became the usual appellation for the whole country of the Jews, both west and east of Jordan. The word is now so commonly employed in our more familiar language to destinate the whole country of Israel that although biblically a misnomer, it has been chosen here as the most convenient heading under which to give a general description of THE HOLY LAND, embracing those points which have not been treated under the separate headings of cities or tribes. This description will most conveniently divide itself Into three sections:
I. The Names applied to the country of Israel in the Bible and elsewhere. II. The Land; its situation, aspect, climb, physical characteristics in connection with its history, its structure, botany and natural history. III. The History of the country is so fully given under its various headings throughout the work that it is unnecessary to recapitulate it here. I. THE NAMES.
Palestine, then, is designated in the Bible by more than one name. During the patriarchal period, the conquest and the age of the Judges and also where those early periods are referred to in the later literature (as) kjv@Psalms:105:11) it is spoken of as "Canaan," or more frequently "the land of Canaan," meaning thereby the country west of the Jordan, as opposed to "the land of Gilead." on the east. During the monarchy the name usually, though not frequently, employed is "land of Israel." ( kjv@1Samuel:13:19) Between the captivity and the time of our Lord the name "Judea" had extended itself from the southern portion to the whole of the country, and even that beyond the Jordan. kjv@Matthew:19:1; kjv@Mark:10:1) The Roman division of the country hardly coincided with the biblical one, and it does not appear that the Romans had any distinct name for that which we understand by Palestine. Soon after the Christian era we find the name Palestina in possession of the country. The name most frequently used throughout the middle ages, and down to our own time, is Terra Sancta
the Holy Land. II. THE LAND.
- The holy land is not in size or physical characteristics proportioned to its moral and historical position as the theatre of the most momentous events in the world’s history. It is but a strip of country about the size of Wales, less than 140 miles in length and barely 40 in average breadth, on the very frontier of the East, hemmed in between the Mediterranean Sea on the one hand and the enormous trench of the Jordan valley on the other, by which it is effectually cut off from the mainland of Asia behind it. On the north it is shut in by the high ranges of Lebanon and Anti
- Lebanon, and by the chasm of the Litany. On the south it is no less enclosed by the arid and inhospitable deserts of the upper pert of the peninsula of Sinai. Its position.
Its position on the map of the world
as the world was when the holy land first made its appearance in history
is a remarkable one. (a) It was on the very outpost
an the extremist western edge of the East. On the shore of the Mediterranean it stands, as if it had advanced as far as possible toward the west, separated therefrom by that which, when the time arrived proved to be no barrier, but the readiest medium of communication-the wide waters of the "great sea." Thus it was open to all the gradual influences of the rising communities of the West, while it was saved from the retrogression and decrepitude which have ultimately been the doom of all purely eastern states whose connections were limited to the East only. (b) There was, however, one channel, and but one, by which it could reach and be reached by the great Oriental empires. The rivals road by which the two great rivals of the ancient world could approach one another
by which alone Egypt could get to Assyria and Assyria to lay along the broad hat strip of coast which formed the maritime portion of the holy land, and thence by the plain of the Lebanon to the Euphrates. (c) After this the holy land became (like the Netherlands in Europe) the convenient arena on which in successive ages the hostile powers who contended for the empire of the East fought their battles. Physical features.
Palestine is essentially a mountainous country. Not that if contains independent mountain chains, as in Greece for example but that every part of the highland is in greater or less undulation. But it is not only a mountainous country. The mass of hills which occupies the centre of the country is bordered or framed on both sides, east and west, by a broad belt of lowland, sunk deep below its own level. The slopes or cliffs which form, as if it were, the retaining walls of this depression are furrowed and cleft by the torrent beds which discharge the waters of the hills and form the means of communication between the upper and lower level. On the west this lowland interposes between the mountains and the sea, and is the plain of Philistia and of Sharon. On the east it is the broad bottom of the Jordan valley, deep down in which rushed the one river of Palestine to its grave in, the Dead Sea. Such is the first general impression of the physiognomy of the land. It is a physiognomy compounded of the three main features already named
the plains the highland hills, and the torrent beds features which are marked in the words of its earliest describers, kjv@Numbers:13:29; kjv@Joshua:11:16 kjv@Joshua:12:8) and which must be comprehended by every one who wishes to understand the country and the intimate connection existing between its structure and its history. About halfway up the coast the maritime plain is suddenly interrupted by a long ridge thrown out from the central mass, rising considerably shove the general level and terminating in a bold promontory on the very edge of the Mediterranean. This ridge is Mount Carmel. On its upper side the plain, as if to compensate for its temporary displacement, invades the centre of the country, and forms an undulating hollow right across it from the Mediterranean to the Jordan valley. This central lowland, which divides with its broad depression the mountains of Ephraim from the mountains of Galilee is the plain of Esdraelon or Jezreel the great battle-field of Palestine. North of Carmel the lowland resumes its position by the seaside till it is again interrupted and finally put an end to by the northern mountains, which push their way out of the sea, ending in the white promontory of the Ras Nakhura . Above this is the ancient Phoenicia. The country thus roughly portrayed is to all intents and purposes the whole land of israel. The northern portion is Galilee; the centre, Samaria; the south, Judea. This is the land of Canaan which was bestowed on Abraham,
the covenanted home of his descendants. The highland district, surrounded and intersected by its broad lowland plains, preserves from north to south a remarkably even and horizontal profile. Its average height may betaken as 1600 to 1800 feet above the Mediterranean. It can hardly be denominated a plateau; yet so evenly is the general level preserved and so thickly do the hills stand behind and between one another, that, when seen from the coast or the western part of the maritime plain, it has quite the appearance of a wall. This general monotony of profile is however, relieved at intervals by certain centers of elevation. Between these elevated points runs the watershed of the country, sending off on either hand
to the Jordan valley on the east and the Mediterranean on the west
the long, tortuous arms of ifs many torrent beds. The valleys on the two sides of the watershed differ considerably in character. Those on the east are extremely steep and rugged the western valleys are more gradual in their slope. Fertility .
When the highlands of the country are more closely examined, a considerable difference will be found to exist in the natural condition and appearance of their different portions. The south, as being nearer the arid desert and farther removed from the drainage of the mountains, is drier and less productive than the north. The tract below Hebron, which forms the link between the hills of Judah and the desert, was known to the ancient Hebrews by a term originally derived from its dryness
Negeb . This was the south country. As the traveller advances north of this tract there is an improvement; but perhaps no country equally cultivated is more monotonous, bare or uninviting in its aspect than a great part of the highlands of Judah and Benjamin during the larger portion of the year. The spring covers even those bald gray rocks with verdure and color, and fills the ravines with torrents of rushing water; but in summer and autumn the look of the country from Hebron up to Bethel is very dreary and desolate. At Jerusalem this reaches its climax. To the west and northwest of the highlands, where the sea-breezes are felt, there is considerably more vegetation, Hitherto we have spoken of the central and northern portions of Judea. Its eastern portion
a tract some nine or ten miles in width by about thirty-five in length, which intervenes between the centre and the abrupt descent to the Dead Sea
is far more wild and desolate, and that not for a portion of the year only, but throughout it. This must have been always what it is now
an uninhabited desert, because uninhabitable. No descriptive sketch of this part of the country can be complete which does not allude to the caverns, characteristic of all limestone districts, but here existing in astonishing numbers. Every hill and ravine is pierced with them, some very large and of curious formation
perhaps partly natural, partly artificial
others mere grottos. Many of them are connected with most important and interesting events of the ancient history of the country. Especially is this true of the district now under consideration. Machpelah, Makkedah, Adullam En-gedi, names inseparably connected with the lives, adventures and deaths of Abraham, Joshua, David and other Old
- Testament worthies, are all within the small circle of the territory of Judea. The bareness and dryness which prevail more or less in Judea are owing partly to the absence of wood, partly to its proximity to the desert, sad partly to a scarcity of water arising from its distance from the Lebanon. But to this discouraging aspect there are some important exceptions. The valley of Urtas , south of Bethlehem contains springs which in abundance and excellence rival even those of Nablus the huge "Pools of Solomon" are enough to supply a district for many miles round them; and the cultivation now going on in that Neighborhood shows whet might be done with a soil which required only irrigation and a moderate amount of labor to evoke a boundless produce. It is obvious that in the ancient days of the nation, when Judah and Benjamin possessed the teeming population indicated in the Bible, the condition and aspect of the country must have been very different. Of this there are not wanting sure evidences. There is no country in which the ruined towns bear so large a proportion to those still existing. Hardly a hill-top of the many within sight that is not covered with vestiges of some fortress or city. But, besides this, forests appear to have stood in many parts of Judea until the repeated invasions and sieges caused their fall; and all this vegetation must have reacted on the moisture of the climate, and, by preserving the water in many a ravine and natural reservoir where now it is rapidly dried by the fierce sun of the early summer, must have influenced materially the look and the resources of the country. Advancing northward from Judea, the country (Samaria) becomes gradually more open and pleasant. Plains of good soil occur between the hills, at first small but afterward comparatively large. The hills assume here a more varied aspect than in the southern districts, springs are more abundant and more permanent until at last, when the district of Jebel Nablus is reached
the ancient Mount Ephraim-the traveller encounters an atmosphere and an amount of vegetation and water which are greatly superior to anything he has met with in Judea and even sufficient to recall much of the scenery of the West. Perhaps the springs are the only objects which In themselves, and apart from their associations, really strike an English traveller with astonishment and admiration. Such glorious fountains as those of Ain-jalud or the Ras el
- Mukatta
where a great body of the dearest water wells silently but swiftly out from deep blue recesses worn in the foot of a low cliff of limestone rock and at once forms a considerable stream
are rarely to be met with out of irregular, rocky, mountainous countries, and being such unusual sights can hardly be looked on by the traveler without surprise and emotion. The valleys which lead down from the upper level in this district to the valley of the Jordan are less precipitous than in Judea. The eastern district of the Jebel Nablus contains some of the most fertile end valuable spots in the holy land. Hardly less rich is the extensive region which lies northwest of the city of Shechem (Nablus), between it and Carmel, in which the mountains gradually break down into the plain of Sharon. Put with all its richness and all its advance on the southern part of the country there is a strange dearth of natural wood about this central district. It is this which makes the wooded sides of Carmel and the park-like scenery of the adjacent slopes and plains so remarkable. No sooner however, is the plain of Eadraelon passed than a considerable improvement Is perceptible. The low hills which spread down from the mountains of Galilee, and form the barrier between the plains of Akka and Esdraelon, are covered with timber, of moderate size it is true, but of thick, vigorous growth, and pleasant to the eye. Eastward of these hills rises the round mass of Tabor dark with its copses of oak, and set on by contrast with the bare slopes of Jebel ed
- Duhy (the so called "Little Hermon") and the white hills of Nazareth. A few words must be said in general description of the maritime lowland, which intervenes between the sea and the highlands. This region, only slightly elevated above the level of the Mediterranean, extends without interruption from el
- Arish , south of Gaza, to Mount Carmel. It naturally divides itself into two portions each of about half its length; the lower one the wider the upper one the narrower. The lower half is the plain of the Philistines
- Philistia, or, as the Hebrews called it, the Shefelah or Lowland. The upper half is the Sharon or Saron of the Old and New Testaments. The Philistine plain is on an average 15 or 16 miles in width from the coast to the beginning of the belt of hills which forms the gradual approach to the high land of the mountains of Judah. The larger towns, as Gaza and Ashdod, which stand near the shore, are surrounded with huge groves of olive, sycamore and, as in the days King David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:28) The whole plain appears to consist of brown loamy soil, light but rich and almost without a stone. It is now, as it was when the Philistines possessed it, one enormous cornfield; an ocean of wheat covers the wide expense between the hills and the sand dunes of the seashore, without interruption of any kind
no break or hedge, hardly even a single olive tree. Its fertility is marvellous; for the prodigious crops which if raises are produced, and probably have been produced almost year by year for the last forty centuries, without any of the appliances which we find necessary for success. The plain of Sharon is much narrower then Philistia. It is about 10 miles wide from the sea to the foot of the mountains, which are here of a more abrupt character than those of Philistia, and without the intermediate hilly region there occurring. The one ancient port of the Jews, the "beautiful", city of Joppa, occupied a position central between the Shefelah and Sharon. Roads led from these various cities to each other to Jerusalem, Neapolis and Sebaste in the interior, and to Ptolemais and Gaza on the north and south. The commerce of Damascus, and beyond Damascus, of Persia and India, passed this way to Egypt, Rome and the infant colonies of the West; and that traffic and the constant movement of troops backward and forward must have made this plain, at the time of Christ, one of the busiest and most populous regions of Syria. The Jordan valley .
The chacteristics already described are hardly peculiar to Palestine, but there is one feature, as yet only alluded to, in which she stands alone. This feature is the Jordan
the one river of the country. The river is elsewhere described; JORDAN but it and the valley through which it rushes down its extraordinary descent must be here briefly characterized. This valley begins with the river at its remotest springs of Hasbeiya , on the northwest side of Hermon, and accompanies it to the lower end of the Dead Sea, a length of about 1,50 miles. During the whole of this distance its course is straight and its direction nearly due north and south. The springs of Hasbeiya are 1700 feet above the level of the Mediterranean and the northern end of the Dead Sea Isaiah:1317 feet below it, so that between these two points the valley falls with more or less regularity through a height of more than 3000 feet. But though the river disappears at this point, the valley still continues its descent below the waters of the Dead Sea till it reaches a further depth of 1308 feet. So that the bottom of this extraordinary crevasse is actually more than 2600 feet below the surface of the ocean. In width the valley varies. In its upper and shallower portion, as between Banias and the lake of Merom (Huleh), it is about five miles across. Between the lake of Merom and the Sea or Galilee it contracts, and becomes more of an ordinary ravine or glen. It is in its third and lower portion that the valley assumes its more definite and regular character. During the greater part of this portion it is about seven miles wide from the one wall to the other. The eastern mountains preserve their straight line of direction, and their massive horizontal wall-like aspect, during almost the whole distance. The western mountains are more irregular in height, their slopes less vertical. North of Jericho they recede in a kind of wide amphitheatre, and the valley becomes twelve miles broad
a breadth which it thenceforward retains to the southern extremity of the Dead Sea. Buried as it is between such lofty ranges, and shielded from every breeze, the climate of the Jordan valley is extremely hot and relaxing. Its enervating influence is shown by the inhabitants of Jericho. All the irrigation necessary for the cultivation which formerly existed is obtained front the torrents of the western mountains. For all purposes to which a river ordinarily applied the Jordan is useless. The Dead Sea, which is the final receptacle of the Jordan, is described elsewhere. [SEA, THE SALT, THE SALT.) Climate .
"Probably there is no country in the world of the same extent which has a greater variety of climate than Palestine. On Mount Hermon, at its northern border there is perpetual snow. From this we descend successively by the peaks of Bashan and upper Galilee, where the oak and pine flourish, to the hills of Judah and Samaria, where the vine and fig tree are at home, to the plains of the seaboard where the palm and banana produce their fruit down to the sultry shores of the Sea, on which we find tropical heat and tropical vegetation." McClintock and Strong . As in the time of our Saviour ( kjv@Luke:12:64) the rains come chiefly from the south or southwest. They commence at the end of October or beginning of November and continue with greater or less constancy till the end of February or March. It is not a heavy, continuous rain so much as a succession of severe showers or storms, with intervening periods of fine, bright weather. Between April and November there is, with the rarest exceptions, an uninterrupted succession of fine weather and skies without a cloud. Thus the year divides itself into two and only two seasons
as indeed we see it constantly divided in the Bible-" winter and summer" "cold and heat," "seed-time and harvest." Botany .
The botany of Syria and Palestine differs but little from that of Asia Minor, which is one of the most rich and varied on the globe. Among trees the oak is by far the most prevalent. The trees of the genus Pistacia rank next to the oak in abundance, and of these there are three species in Syria. There is also the carob or locust tree (Ceratonia siliqua), the pine, sycamore, poplar and walnut. Of planted trees large shrubs the first in importance is the vine, which is most abundantly cultivated all over the country, and produces, as in the time of the Canaanites, enormous bunches of grapes. This is especially the case in the southern districts, those of Eshcol being still particularly famous. Next to the vine, or even in some respects its superior in importance, ranks the olive, which nowhere grows in greater luxuriance and abundance than in Palestine, where the olive orchards form a prominent feature throughout the landscape, and have done so from time immemorial. The fig forms another most important crop in Syria and Palestine. (Besides these are the almond, pomegranate, orange, pear, banana, quince and mulberry among fruit trees. Of vegetables there are many varieties, as the egg plant, pumpkin, asparagus, lettuce, melon and cucumber. Palestine is especially distinguished for its wild flowers, of which there are more than five hundred varieties. The geranium, pink, poppy, narcissus, honeysuckle, oleander, jessamine, tulip and iris are abundant. The various grains are also very largely cultivated.
ED.) Zoology.
It will be sufficient in this article to give a general survey of the fauna of Palestine, as the reader will find more particular information in the several articles which treat of the various animals under their respective names. Jackals and foxes are common; the hyena and wolf are also occasionally observed; the lion is no longer a resident in Palestine or Syria. A species of squirrel the which the term orkidaun "the leaper," has been noticed on the lower and middle parts of Lebanon. Two kinds of hare, rats and mice, which are said to abound, the jerboa, the porcupine, the short-tailed field-mouse, may be considered as the representatives of the Rodentia . Of the Pachydermata the wild boar, which is frequently met with on Taber and Little Hermon, appears to be the only living wild example. There does not appear to be at present any wild ox in Palestine. Of domestic animals we need only mention the Arabian or one-humped camel, the ass, the mule and the horse, all of which are in general use. The buffalo (Bubalus buffalo) is common. The ox of the country is small and unsightly in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, but in the richer pastures the cattle, though small, are not unsightly The common sheep of Palestine is the broadtail, with its varieties. Goats are extremely common everywhere. Palestine abounds in numerous kinds of birds. Vultures, eagles, falcons, kites, owls of different kinds represent the Raptorial order. In the south of Palestine especially, reptiles of various kinds abound. It has been remarked that in its physical character Palestine presents on a small scale an epitome of the natural features of all regions, mountainous and desert, northern and tropical, maritime and inland, pastoral, arable and volcanic. Antiquities .
In the preceding description allusion has been made to many of the characteristic features of the holy land; but it is impossible to close this account without mentioning a defect which is even more characteristic
its luck of monuments and personal relies of the nation which possessed it for so many centuries and gave it its claim to our veneration and affection. When compared with other nations of equal antiquity
Egypt, Greece Assyria
the contrast is truly remarkable. In Egypt and Greece, and also in Assyria, as far as our knowledge at present extends, we find a series of buildings reaching down from the most remote and mysterious antiquity, a chain of which hardly a link is wanting, and which records the progress of the people in civilization art and religion as certainly as the buildings of the medieval architects do that of the various nations of modern Europe. But in Palestine it is not too much to say that there does not exist a single edifice or part of an edifice of which we call be sure that it is of a date anterior to the Christian era. And as with the buildings, so with other memorials, With one exception, the museums of Europe do not possess a single piece of pottery or metal work, a single weapon or household utensil, an ornament or a piece of armor of Israelite make, which can give us the least conception of the manners or outward appliances of the nation before the date of the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus. The coins form the single exception. M. Renan has named two circumstances which must have had a great effect in suppressing art or architecture amongst the ancient Israelites, while their very existence proves that the people had no genius in that direction. These are
(1) the prohibition of sculptured representations of living creatures, and
(2) the command not to build a temple anywhere but at Jerusalem.
PALLU
- P>@ - (distinguished), the second son of Reuben, father of Eliab, kjv@Isaiah:6:14; kjv@Numbers:26:5 kjv@Numbers:26:8 kjv@1Chronicles:5:3) and founder of the family of Palluites.
PALLUITES
- P>@ - (descendants of Pullu), The. kjv@Numbers:26:5)
PALMERWORM
- P>@ - (Heb. gazam) occurs kjv@Joel:1:4 kjv@Joel:2:25; kjv@Amos:4:9) It is maintained by many that gazam denotes some species of locust. but it is more probably a caterpillar.
PALM TREE
- P>@ - (Heb. tamar). Under this generic term many species are botanically included; but we have here only to do with the date palm, the Phoenix dactylifera of Linnaeus. While this tree was abundant generally in the Levant, it was regarded by the ancients as peculiarly characteristic of Palestine and the neighboring regions, though now it is rare. ("The palm tree frequently attains a height of eighty feet, but more commonly forty to fifty. It begins to bear fruit after it has been planted six or eight years, and continues to be productive for a century. Its trunk is straight, tall and unbroken, terminating in a crown of emerald-green plumes, like a diadem of gigantic ostrich-feathers; these leaves are frequently twenty feet in length, droop slightly at the ends, and whisper musically in the breeze. The palm is, in truth, a beautiful and most useful tree. Its fruit is the daily food of millions; its sap furnishes an agreeable wine; the fibres of the base of its leaves are woven into ropes and rigging; its tall stem supplies a valuable timber; its leaves are manufactured into brushes, mats, bags, couches and baskets. This one tree supplies almost all the wants of the Arab or Egyptian."
Bible Plants.) Many places are mentioned in the Bible as having connection with palm trees; Elim, where grew three score and ten palm trees, kjv@Exodus:15:27) and Elath. (2:8) Jericho was the city of "palm trees." (31:3) Hazezon-tamar, "the felling of the palm tree," is clear in its derivation. There is also Tamar, "the palm." kjv@Ezekiel:47:19) Bethany means the "house of dates." The word Phoenicia, which occurs twice in the New Testament
kjv@Acts:11:19 kjv@Acts:15:3)
is in all probability derived from the Greek word for a palm. The, striking appearance of the tree, its uprightness and beauty, would naturally suggest the giving of Its name occasionally to women. kjv@Genesis:38:6; 2 Samuel 13:1; 14:27) There is in the Psalms, kjv@Psalms:92:12) the familiar comparison, "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree." which suggests a world of illustration whether respect be had to the orderly and regular aspect of the tree, its fruitfulness, the perpetual greenness of its foliage, or the height at which the foliage grows, as far as possible from earth and as near as possible to heaven. Perhaps no point is more worthy of mention, we wish to pursue the comparison, than the elasticity of the fibre of the palm and its determined growth upward even when loaded with weights. The passage in kjv@Revelation:7:9) where the glorified of all nations are described as "clothed with white robes and palms in their hands," might seem to us a purely classical image; but palm branches were used by the Jews in token of victory and peace. (To these points of comparison may be added, its principle of growth: it is an endogen, and grows from within; its usefulness; the Syrians enumerating 360 different uses to which it may be put; and the statement that it bears its best fruit in old age.
ED.) It is curious that this tree, once so abundant in Judea, is now comparatively rare, except in the Philistine plain and in the old Phoenicia about Beyrout .
PALSY
- P>@ - (contracted from paralysis). The loss of sensation or the power of motion, or both, in any part of the body. The infirmities included under this name in the New Testament were various:
The paralytic shock affecting the whole body, or apoplexy. That affecting only one side. Affecting the whole system below the neck. Catalepsy, caused by the contraction of the muscles in the whole or a part of the body. This was very dangerous and often fatal. The part affected remains immovable and diminishes in size and dries up. A hand thus affected was called "a withered hand." kjv@Matthew:12:10-13) Cramp. This was a most dreadful disease caused by the chills of the nights. The limbs remain immovably fixed in the same position as when seized as it, and the person seems like one suffering torture. It is frequently followed in a few days by death. Several paralytics were cured by Jesus. kjv@Matthew:4:24 kjv@Matthew:8:13) etc.
PALTI
- P>@ - (whom Jehovah delivers), the Benjamite spy, son of Raphu. kjv@Numbers:13:9) (B.C.1490.)
PALTIEL
- P>@ - (whom God delivers), the son of Azzan and prince of the tribe of Issachar. kjv@Numbers:34:26) He was one of the twelve appointed to divide the land of Canaan among the tribes west of Jordan. (B.C. 1450.)
PAMPHYLIA
- P>@ - (of every tribe), one of the coast-regions in the south of Asia Minor, having Cilicia on the east and Lycia on the west. In St. Paul’s time it was not only a regular province, but the emperor Claudius had united Lycia with it, and probably also a good part of Pisidia. It was in Pamphylia that St. Paul first entered Asia Minor, after preaching the gospel in Cyprus. He and Barnabas sailed up the river Cestrus to Perga. kjv@Acts:13:13) The two missionaries finally left Pamphylia by its chief seaport Attalia. Many years afterward St. Paul sailed near the coast. kjv@Acts:27:5)
PAN
- P>@ - Of the six words so rendered in the Authorized Version, two seem to imply a shallow pan or plate, such as is used by the Bedouine and Syrians for baking or dressing rapidly their cakes of meal, such as were used in legal oblations; the others, a deeper vessel or caldron for boiling meat, placed during the process on three stones.
PANNAG
- P>@ - (sweet), an article of commerce exported from Palestine to Tyre, kjv@Ezekiel:27:17) the nature of which is a pure matter of conjecture, as the term occurs nowhere else. A comparison of the passage in Ezekiel with kjv@Genesis:43:11) leads to the supposition that pannag represents some of the spices grown in Palestine.
PAPER
- P>@ - WRITING
PAPHOS
- P>@ - (boiling , or hot), a town at the west end of Cyprus, connected by a react with Salamis at the east end. It was founded B.C. 1184 (during the period of the judges in Israel). Paul and Barnabas travelled, on their first missionary expedition, "through the isle" from the latter place to the former, kjv@Acts:13:6) The great characteristic of Paphos was the worship of Aphrodite or Venus, who was fabled to have here risen from the sea. Her temple, however, was at "Old Paphos" now called Kuklia . The harbor and the chief town were at "New Paphos," ten miles to the northwest. The place is still called Baffa .
PARABLE
- P>@ - (The word parable is in Greek parable (parabole) which signifies placing beside or together, a comparison, a parable is therefore literally a placing beside, a comparison, a similitude, an illustration of one subject by another.
McClintock and Strong. As used in the New Testament it had a very wide application, being applied sometimes to the shortest proverbs, ( kjv@1Samuel:10:12 kjv@1Samuel:24:13; kjv@2Chronicles:7:20) sometimes to dark prophetic utterances, kjv@Numbers:23:7 kjv@Numbers:23:18 kjv@Numbers:24:3; kjv@Ezekiel:20:49) sometimes to enigmatic maxims, kjv@Psalms:78:2; kjv@Proverbs:1:6) or metaphors expanded into a narrative. kjv@Ezekiel:12:22) In the New Testament itself the word is used with a like latitude in kjv@Matthew:24:32; kjv@Luke:4:23; kjv@Hebrews:9:9) It was often used in a more restricted sense to denote a short narrative under which some important truth is veiled. Of this sort were the parables of Christ. The parable differs from the fable
(1) in excluding brute and inanimate creatures passing out of the laws of their nature and speaking or acting like men;
(2) in its higher ethical significance. It differs from the allegory in that the latter, with its direct personification of ideas or attributes, and the names which designate them, involves really no comparison. The virtues and vices of mankind appear as in a drama, in their own character and costume. The allegory is self-interpreting; the parable demands attention, insight, sometimes an actual explanation. It differs from a proverb in that it must include a similitude of some kind, while the proverb may assert, without a similitude, some wide generalization of experience.
ED.) For some months Jesus taught in the synagogues and on the seashore of Galilee as he had before taught in Jerusalem, and as yet without a parable. But then there came a change. The direct teaching was met with scorn unbelief hardness, and he seemed for a time to abandon it for that which took the form of parables. The worth of parables as instruments of teaching lies in their being at once a test of character and in their presenting each form of character with that which, as a penalty or blessing, is adapted to it. They withdraw the light from those who love darkness. They protect the truth which they enshrine from the mockery of the scoffer. They leave something even with the careless which may be interpreted and understood afterward. They reveal on the other hand, the seekers after truth. These ask the meaning of the parable, and will not rest until the teacher has explained it. In this way the parable did work, found out the fit hearers and led them on. In most of the parables it is possible to trace something like an order. There is a group which have for their subject the laws of the divine kingdom. Under this head we have the sower, kjv@Matthew:13:1; kjv@Mark:4:1; kjv@Luke:8:1)... the wheat and the tares kjv@Matthew:13:1) ... etc. When the next parables meet us they are of a different type and occupy a different position. They are drawn from the life of men rather than from the world of nature. They are such as these
the two debtors, kjv@Luke:7:1) ... the merciless servant, kjv@Matthew:18:1) ... the good Samaritan, kjv@Luke:10:1) ... etc. Toward the close of our Lord’s ministry the parables are again theocratic but the phase of the divine kingdom on which they chiefly dwell is that of its final consummation. In interpreting parables note
(1) The analogies must be real, not arbitrary;
(2) The parables are to be considered as parts of a whole, and the interpretation of one is not to override or encroach upon the lessons taught by others;
(3) The direct teaching of Christ presents the standard to which all our interpretations are to be referred, and by which they are to be measured.
PARADISE
- P>@ - This is a word of Persian origin, and is used in the Septuagint as the translation of Eden. It means "an orchard of pleasure and fruits," a "garden" or "pleasure ground," something like an English park. It is applied figuratively to the celestial dwelling of the righteous, in allusion to the garden of Eden. ( kjv@2Corinthians:12:4; kjv@Revelation:2:7) It has thus come into familiar use to denote both that garden and the heaven of the just.
PARAH
- P>@ - (heifer-town) one of the cities in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest. kjv@Joshua:18:23)
PARAN, ELPARAN
- P>@ - (peace of caverns), a desert or wilderness, bounded on the north by Palestine, on the east by the valley of Arabah, on the south by the desert of Sinai, and on the west by the wilderness of Etham, which separated it from the Gulf of Suez and Egypt. The first notice of Paran is in connection with the invasion of the confederate kings. kjv@Genesis:14:6) The detailed itinerary of the children of Israel in kjv@Numbers:33:1) ... does not mention Paran because it was the name of a wide region; but the many stations in Paran are recorded, chs. 17-36. and probably all the eighteen stations were mentioned between Hazeroth and Kadesh were in Paran. Through this very wide wilderness, from pasture to pasture as do modern Arab tribes, the Israelites wandered in irregular lines of march. This region through which the Israelites journeyed so long is now called by the name it has borne for ages
Bedu et
- Tih , "the wilderness of wandering." ("Bible Geography," Whitney.) "Mount" Paran occurs only in two poetic passages, (33:2); Habb 3:3 It probably denotes the northwestern member of the Sinaitic mountain group which lies adjacent to the Wady Teiran . (It is probably the ridge or series of ridges lying on the northeastern part of the desert of Paran, not far from Kadesh.
ED.)
PARBAR
- P>@ - (open apartment), a word occurring in Hebrew and Authorized Version only in ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:18) It would seem that Parbar was some place on the west side of the temple enclosure, probably the suburb mentioned by Josephus as lying in the deep valley which separated the west wall of the temple from the city opposite it.
PARCHMENT
- P>@ - WRITING
PARLOR
- P>@ - a word in English usage meaning the common room of the family, and hence probably in Authorized Version denoting the king’s audience-chamber, so used in reference to Eglon. kjv@Judges:3:20-25)
PARMASHTA
- P>@ - (superior), one of the ten sons of Haman slain by the Jews in Shushan. kjv@Esther:9:9) (B.C. 473.)
PARMENAS
- P>@ - (abiding), one of the seven deacons, "men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom." kjv@Acts:8:5) There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom at Philippi in the reign of Trajan.
PARNAEH
- P>@ - (delicate), father or ancestor of Elizaphan prince of the tribe of Zebulun. kjv@Numbers:34:25) (B.C. before 1452.)
PARSHANDATHA
- P>@ - (given by prayer), the eldest of Haman’s ten sons who were slain by the Jews in Shushan. kjv@Esther:9:7) (B.C. 473.)
PARTHIANS
- P>@ - This name occurs only in kjv@Acts:2:9) where it designates Jews settled in Parthia. Parthia proper was the region stretching along the southern flank of the mountains which separate the great Persian desert from the desert of Kharesm. It lay south of Hyrcania, east of Media and north of Sagartia. The ancient Parthians are called a "Scythic" race, and probably belonged to the great Turanian family. After being subject in succession to the Persians and the Seleucidae, they revolted in B.C. 256. and under Arsaces succeeded in establishing their independence. Parthia, in the mind of the writer of the Acts, would designate this empire, which extended from India to the Tigris and from the Chorasmian desert to the shores of the Southern Ocean; hence the prominent position of the name Parthians in the list of those prevent at Pentecost. Parthia was a power almost rivalling Rome
the only existing power which had tried its strength against Rome and not been worsted in the encounter. The Parthian dominion lasted for nearly five centuries, commencing in the third century before and terminating in the third century after our era. The Parthians spoke the Persian language.
PARTRIDGE
- P>@ - (Heb. kore) occurs only ( kjv@1Samuel:26:20) and Jere 17:11 The "hunting this bird upon the mountains," ( kjv@1Samuel:26:20) entirely agrees with the habits of two well-known species of partridge, viz. Caccabis saxatilis , the Greek partridge (which is the commonest partridge of the holy land), and Ammoperdix heyii . Our common partridge, Perdix cinerea , does not occur in Palestine. (The Greek partridge somewhat resembles our red-legged partridge in plumage, but is much larger. In every part of the hill country it abounds, and its ringing call-note in early morning echoes from cliff to cliff alike amid the barrenness of the hills of Judea and in the glens of the forest of Carmel. Tristram’s Nat. Hist. of Bible . The flesh of the partridge and the eggs are highly esteemed as food, and the search for the eggs at the proper time of the year is made a regular business.
- ED.)
PARUAH
- P>@ - (flourishing), the father of Jehoshaphat, Solomon’s commissariat officer in Issachar. (Kings:4:17) (B.C. about 1017.)
PARVAIM
- P>@ - (Oriental regions), the name of an unknown place or country whence the gold was procured for the decoration of Solomon’s temple. ( kjv@2Chronicles:3:6) We may notice the conjecture that it is derived from the Sanscrit purva , "eastern," and is a general term for the east.
PASACH
- P>@ - (cut off), son of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:33)
PASDAMMIM
- P>@ - (boundary of blood). [EPHES
- DAMMIM]
PASEAH
- P>@ - (lame). Son of Eshton, in an obscure fragment of the genealogies of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:12) The "sons of Paseah" were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:49)
PASHUR
- P>@ - (freedom). One of the families of priests of the chief house of Malchijah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:12 kjv@1Chronicles:24:9; kjv@Nehemiah:11:12; kjv@Jeremiah:21:1 kjv@Jeremiah:38:1) In the time of Nehemiah this family appears to have become a chief house, and its head the head of a course. kjv@Ezra:2:38; kjv@Nehemiah:7:41 kjv@Nehemiah:10:3) The individual from whom the family was named was probably Pushur the son of Malchiah, who in the reign of Zedekiah was one of the chief princes of the court. kjv@Jeremiah:38:1) (B.C. 607.) He was sent, with others, by Zedekiah to Jeremiah at the time when Nebuchudnezzar was preparing his attack upon Jerusalem. kjv@Jeremiah:21:1) ... Again somewhat later Pashur joined with several other chief men in petitioning the king that Jeremiah might be put to death as a traitor. kjv@Jeremiah:38:4) Another person of this name, also a priest, and "chief governor of the house of the Lord," is mentioned in kjv@Jeremiah:20:1) He is described as "the son of Immer." ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:14) probably the same as Amariah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:3 kjv@Nehemiah:12:2) etc. In the reign of Jehoiakim he showed himself as hostile to Jeremiah as his namesake the son of Malchiah did afterward, and put him in the stocks by the gate of Benjamin. For this indignity to God’s prophet Pashur was told by Jeremiah that his name was changed to Magor-missabib (terror on every side) and that he and all his house should be carried captives to Babylon and there die. kjv@Jeremiah:20:1-6) (B.C. 589.)
PASSAGE
- P>@ - Used in the plural, kjv@Jeremiah:22:20) probably to denote the mountain region of Abarim on the east side of Jordan. It also denotes a river ford or mountain gorge or pass.
PASSOVER
- P>@ - the first of the three great annual festivals of the Israelites celebrated in the month Nisan (March
- April, from the 14th to the 21st. (Strictly speaking the Passover only applied to the paschal supper and the feast of unleavened bread followed, which was celebrated to the 21st.) (For the corresponding dates in our month, see Jewish calendar at the end of this volume.) The following are the principal passages in the Pentateuch relating to the Passover: kjv@Exodus:12:1-51 kjv@Exodus:13:3-10 kjv@Exodus:23:14 -19; 34:18-26; kjv@Leviticus:23:4-14; kjv@Numbers:9:1-14 kjv@Numbers:28:16-25 kjv@Numbers:16:1 -6) Why instituted .
This feast was instituted by God to commemorate the deliverance of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage and the sparing of their firstborn when the destroying angel smote the first-born of the Egyptians. The deliverance from Egypt was regarded as the starting-point of the Hebrew nation. The Israelites were then raised from the condition of bondmen under a foreign tyrant to that of a free people owing allegiance to no one but Jehovah. The prophet in a later age spoke of the event as a creation and a redemption of the nation. God declares himself to be "the Creator of Israel." The Exodus was thus looked upon as the birth of the nation; the Passover was its annual birthday feast. It was the yearly memorial of the dedication of the people to him who had saved their first-born from the destroyer, in order that they might be made holy to himself. First celebration of the Passover .
On the tenth day of the month, the head of each family was to select from the flock either a lamb or a kid, a male of the first year, without blemish. If his family was too small to eat the whole of the lamb, he was permitted to invite his nearest neighbor to join the party. On the fourteenth day of the month he was to kill his lamb, while the sun was setting. He was then to take blood in a basin and with a sprig of hyssop to sprinkle it on the two side-posts and the lintel of the door of the house. The lamb was then thoroughly roasted, whole. It was expressly forbidden that it should be boiled, or that a bone of it should be broken. Unleavened bread and bitter herbs were to be eaten with the flesh. No male who was uncircumcised was to join the company. Each one was to have his loins girt, to hold a staff in his hand, and to have shoes on his feet. He was to eat in haste, and it would seem that he was to stand during the meal. The number of the party was to be calculated as nearly as possible, so that all the flesh of the lamb might be eaten; but if any portion of it happened to remain, it was to be burned in the morning. No morsel of it was to be carried out of the house. The lambs were selected, on the fourteenth they were slain and the blood sprinkled, and in the following evening, after the fifteenth day of the had commenced the first paschal meal was eaten. At midnight the firstborn of the Egyptians were smitten. The king and his people were now urgent that the Israelites should start immediately, and readily bestowed on them supplies for the journey. In such haste did the Israelites depart, on that very day, kjv@Numbers:33:3) that they packed up their kneading troughs containing the dough prepared for the morrow’s provisions, which was not yet leavened. Observance of the Passover in later times .
As the original institution of the Passover in Egypt preceded the establishment of the priesthood and the regulation of the service of the tabernacle. It necessarily fell short in several particulars of the observance of the festival according to the fully-developed ceremonial law. The head of the family slew the lamb in his own house, not in the holy place; the blood was sprinkled on the doorway, not on the altar. But when the law was perfected, certain particulars were altered in order to assimilate the Passover to the accustomed order of religious service. In the twelfth and thirteenth chapters of Exodus there are not only distinct references to the observance of the festival in future ages (e.g.) kjv@Exodus:12:2 kjv@Exodus:12:14,17,24-27,42; 13:2,5,8-10) but there are several injunctions which were evidently not intended for the first Passover, and which indeed could not possibly have been observed. Besides the private family festival, there were public and national sacrifices offered each of the seven days of unleavened bread. kjv@Numbers:28:19) On the second day also the first-fruits of the barley harvest were offered in the temple. kjv@Leviticus:23:10) In the latter notices of the festival in the books of the law there are particulars added which appear as modifications of the original institution. kjv@Leviticus:23:10-14; kjv@Numbers:28:16-25 kjv@Numbers:16:1-6) Hence it is not without reason that the Jewish writers have laid great stress on the distinction between "the Egyptian Passover" and "the perpetual Passover." Mode and order of the paschal meal .
All work except that belonging to a few trades connected with daily life was suspended for some hours before the evening of the 14th Nisan. It was not lawful to eat any ordinary food after midday. No male was admitted to the table unless he was circumcised, even if he were of the seed of Israel. kjv@Exodus:12:48) It was customary for the number of a party to be not less than ten. When the meal was prepared, the family was placed round the table, the paterfamilias taking a place of honor, probably somewhat raised above the rest. When the party was arranged the first cup of wine was filled, and a blessing was asked by the head of the family on the feast, as well as a special, one on the cup. The bitter herbs were then placed on the table, and a portion of them eaten, either with Or without the sauce. The unleavened bread was handed round next and afterward the lamb was placed on the table in front of the head of the family. The paschal lamb could be legally slain and the blood and fat offered only in the national sanctuary. (16:2) Before the lamb was eaten the second cup of wine was filled, and the son, in accordance with kjv@Exodus:12:26) asked his father the meaning of the feast. In reply, an account was given of the sufferings of the Israelites in Egypt and of their deliverance, with a particular explanation of (26:5) and the first part of the Hallel (a contraction from Hallelujah), Psal 113, 114, was sung. This being gone through, the lamb was carved and eaten. The third cup of wine was poured out and drunk, and soon afterward the fourth. The second part of the Hallel, Psal 115 to 118 was then sung. A fifth wine-cup appears to have been occasionally produced, But perhaps only in later times. What was termed the greater Hallel, Psal 120 to 138 was sung on such occasions. The Israelites who lived in the country appear to have been accommodated at the feast by the inhabitants of Jerusalem in their houses, so far its there was room for them. kjv@Matthew:26:18; kjv@Luke:22:10-12) Those who could not be received into the city encamped without the walls in tents as the pilgrims now do at Mecca. The Passover as a type .
The Passover was not only commemorative but also typical. "The deliverance which it commemorated was a type of the great salvation it foretold."
No other shadow of things to come contained in the law can vie with the festival of the Passover in expressiveness and completeness.
(1) The paschal lamb must of course be regarded as the leading feature in the ceremonial of the festival. The lamb slain typified Christ the "Lamb of God." slain for the sins of the world. Christ "our Passover is sacrificed for us." ( kjv@1Corinthians:5:7) According to the divine purpose, the true Lamb of God was slain at nearly the same time as "the Lord’s Passover" at the same season of the year; and at the same time of the day as the daily sacrifice at the temple, the crucifixion beginning at the hour of the morning sacrifice and ending at the hour of the evening sacrifice. That the lamb was to be roasted and not boiled has been supposed to commemorate the haste of the departure of the Israelites. It is not difficult to determine the reason of the command "not a bone of him shall be broken." The lamb was to be a symbol of unity
the unity of the family, the unity of the nation, the unity of God with his people whom he had taken into covenant with himself.
(2) The unleavened bread ranks next in importance to the paschal lamb. We are warranted in concluding that unleavened bread had a peculiar sacrificial character, according to the law. It seems more reasonable to accept St, Paul’s reference to the subject, ( kjv@1Corinthians:5:6-8) as furnishing the true meaning of the symbol. Fermentation is decomposition, a dissolution of unity. The pure dry biscuit would be an apt emblem of unchanged duration, and, in its freedom from foreign mixture, of purity also.
(3) The offering of the omer or first sheaf of the harvest, kjv@Leviticus:23:10-14) signified deliverance from winter the bondage of Egypt being well considered as a winter in the history of the nation.
(4) The consecration of the first-fruits, the firstborn of the soil, is an easy type of the consecration of the first born of the Israelites, and of our own best selves, to God. Further than this
(1) the Passover is a type of deliverance from the slavery of sin.
(2) It is the passing over of the doom we deserve for your sins, because the blood of Christ has been applied to us by faith.
(3) The sprinkling of the blood upon the door-posts was a symbol of open confession of our allegiance and love.
(4) The Passover was useless unless eaten; so we live upon the Lord Jesus Christ.
(5) It was eaten with bitter herbs, as we must eat our passover with the bitter herbs of repentance and confession, which yet, like the bitter herbs of the Passover, are a fitting and natural accompaniment.
(6) As the Israelites ate the Passover all prepared for the journey, so do we with a readiness and desire to enter the active service of Christ, and to go on the journey toward heaven.
ED.)
PATARA
- P>@ - (city of Patarus), a Lycian city situated on the southwestern shore of Lycia, not far from the left bank of the river Xanthus. The coast here is very mountainous and bold. Immediately opposite is the island of Rhodes. Patara was practically the seaport of the city of Xanthus, which was ten miles distant. These notices of its position and maritime importance introduce us to the single mention of the place in the Bible
kjv@Acts:21:1-2)
PATHROS
- P>@ - (region of the south), a part of Egypt, and a Mizraite tribe whose people were called Pathrusim. In the list of the Mizraites the Pathrusim occur after the Naphtuhim and before the Caluhim; the latter being followed by the notice of the Philistines and by the Caphtorim. kjv@Genesis:10:13-14; kjv@1Chronicles:1:12) Pathros is mentioned in the prophecies of Isaiah, kjv@Isaiah:11:11) Jeremiah kjv@Jeremiah:44:1 kjv@Jeremiah:44:15) and Ezekiel. kjv@Ezekiel:29:14 kjv@Ezekiel:30:13-18) It was probably part or all of upper Egypt, and we may trace its name in the Pathyrite name, in which Thebes was situated.
PATHRUSIM
- P>@ - people of Pathros. PATHROS
PATMOS
- P>@ - kjv@Revelation:1:9) a rugged and bare island in the AEgean Sea, 20 miles south of Samos and 24 west of Asia Minor. It was the scene of the banishment of St. John in the reign of Domitian, A.D. 95. Patmos is divided into two nearly equal parts, a northern and a southern, by a very narrow isthmus where, on the east side are the harbor and the town. On the hill to the south, crowning a commanding height, is the celebrated monastery which bears the name of "John the Divine." Halfway up the descent is the cave or grotto where tradition says that St. John received the Revelation.
PATRIARCH
- P>@ - (father of a tribe), the name given to the head of a family or tribe in Old Testament times. In common usage the title of patriarch is assigned especially to those whose lives are recorded in Scripture previous to the time of Moses, as Adam, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. ("In the early history of the Hebrews we find the ancestor or father of a family retaining authority over his children and his children’s children so long as he lived, whatever new connections they might form when the father died the branch families did not break off and form new communities, but usually united under another common head. The eldest son was generally invested with this dignity. His authority was paternal. He was honored as central point of connection and as the representative of the whole kindred. Thus each great family had its patriarch or head, and each tribe its prince, selected from the several heads of the families which it embraced."
McClintock and Strong.) ("After the destruction of Jerusalem, patriarch was the title of the chief religious rulers of the Jews in Asia and in early Christian times it became the designation of the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem."
American Cyclopedia .)
PATROBAS
- P>@ - (paternal),a Christian at Rome to whom St. Paul sends his salutation. kjv@Romans:16:14) Like many other names mentioned in Roma 16 this was borne by at least one member of the emperor’s household. Suet. Galba. 20; Martial, kjv@Ephesians:2:32-3. (A.D. 55.)
PAU
- P>@ - (bleating) (but in ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:50) PAI), the capital of Hadar king of Edom. kjv@Genesis:36:39) Its position is unknown.
PAUL
- P>@ - (small, little). Nearly all the original materials for the life St. Paul are contained in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Pauline epistles. Paul was born in Tarsus, a city of Cilicia. (It is not improbable that he was born between A.D. 0 and A.D. 5.) Up to the time of his going forth as an avowed preacher of Christ to the Gentiles, the apostle was known by the name of Saul. This was the Jewish name which he received from his Jewish parents. But though a Hebrew of the Hebrews, he was born in a Gentile city. Of his parents we know nothing, except that his father was of the tribe of Benjamin, kjv@Philemon:3:5) and a Pharisee, kjv@Acts:23:6) that Paul had acquired by some means the Roman franchise ("I was free born,") kjv@Acts:22:23) and that he was settled in Tarsus. At Tarsus he must have learned to use the Greek language with freedom and mastery in both speaking and writing. At Tarsus also he learned that trade of "tent-maker," kjv@Acts:18:3) at which he afterward occasionally wrought with his own hands. There was a goat’s-hair cloth called cilicium manufactured in Cilicia, and largely used for tents, Saul’s trade was probably that of making tents of this hair cloth. When St. Paul makes his defence before his countrymen at Jerusalem, kjv@Acts:22:1) ... he tells them that, though born in Tarsus he had been "brought up" in Jerusalem. He must therefore, have been yet a boy when was removed, in all probability for the sake of his education, to the holy city of his fathers. He learned, he says, at the feet of Gamaliel." He who was to resist so stoutly the usurpations of the law had for his teacher one of the most eminent of all the doctors of the law. Saul was yet "a young man," kjv@Acts:7:58) when the Church experienced that sudden expansion which was connected with the ordaining of the seven appointed to serve tables, and with the special power and inspiration of Stephen. Among those who disputed with Stephen were some "of them of Cilicia." We naturally think of Saul as having been one of these, when we find him afterward keeping the clothes of those suborned witnesses who, according to the law, (17:7) were the first to cast stones at Stephen. "Saul," says the sacred writer significantly "was consenting unto his death." Saul’s conversion . A.D. 37.
The persecutor was to be converted. Having undertaken to follow up the believers "unto strange cities." Saul naturally turned his thoughts to Damascus. What befell him as he journeyed thither is related in detail three times in the Acts, first by the historian in his own person, then in the two addresses made by St. Paul at Jerusalem and before Agrippa. St. Luke’s statement is to be read in kjv@Acts:9:3-19) where, however, the words "it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks," included in the English version, ought to be omitted (as is done in the Revised Version). The sudden light from heaven; the voice of Jesus speaking with authority to his persecutor; Saul struck to the ground, blinded, overcome; the three-days suspense; the coming of Ananias as a messenger of the Lord and Saul’s baptism,
these were the leading features at the great event, and in these we must look for the chief significance of the conversion. It was in Damascus that he was received into the church by Ananias, and here to the astonishment of all his hearers, he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, declaring him to be the Son of God. The narrative in the Acts tells us simply that he was occupied in this work, with increasing vigor, for "many days," up to the time when imminent danger drove him from Damascus. From the Epistle to the Galatians, kjv@Galatians:1:17-18) we learn that the many days were at least a good part of "three years," A.D. 37-40, and that Saul, not thinking it necessary to procure authority to teach from the apostles that were before him, went after his conversion to Arabia, and returned from thence to us. We know nothing whatever of this visit to Arabia; but upon his departure from Damascus we are again on a historical ground, and have the double evidence of St. Luke in the Acts of the apostle in his Second Epistle the Corinthians. According to the former, the Jews lay in wait for Saul, intending to kill him, and watched the gates of the city that he might not escape from them. Knowing this, the disciples took him by night and let him down in a basket from the wall. Having escaped from Damascus, Saul betook himself to Jerusalem (A.D. 40), and there "assayed to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, and believed not he was a disciple." Barnabas’ introduction removed the fears of the apostles, and Saul "was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem." But it is not strange that the former persecutor was soon singled out from the other believers as the object of a murderous hostility. He was,therefore, again urged to flee; and by way of Caesarea betook himself to his native city, Tarsus. Barnabas was sent on a special mission to Antioch. As the work grew under his hands, he felt the need of help, went himself to Tarsus to seek Saul, and succeeded in bringing him to Antioch. There they labored together unremittingly for a whole year." All this time Saul was subordinate to Barnabas. Antioch was in constant communication with Cilicia, with Cyprus, with all the neighboring countries. The Church was pregnant with a great movement, and time of her delivery was at hand. Something of direct expectation seems to be implied in what is said of the leaders of the Church at Antioch, that they were "ministering to the Lord and fasting," when the Holy Ghost spoke to them: "Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." Everything was done with orderly gravity in the sending forth of the two missionaries. Their brethren after fasting and prayer, laid their hands on them, and so they departed. The first missionary journey. A.D. 45-49.
As soon as Barnabas and Saul reached Cyprus they began to "announce the word of God," but at first they delivered their message in the synagogues of the Jews only. When they had gone through the island, from Salamis to Paphos, they were called upon to explain their doctrine to an eminent Gentile, Sergius Paulus, the proconsul, who was converted. Saul’s name was now changed to Paul, and he began to take precedence of Barnabas. From Paphos "Paul and his company" set sail for the mainland, and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. Here the heart of their companion John failed him, and he returned to Jerusalem. From Perga they travelled on to a place obscure in secular history, but most memorable in the history of the Kingdom of Christ
Antioch in Pisidia. Rejected by the Jews, they became bold and outspoken, and turned from them to the Gentiles. At Antioch now, as in every city afterward, the unbelieving Jews used their influence with their own adherents among the Gentiles to persuade the authorities or the populace to persecute the apostles and to drive them from the place. Paul and Barnabas now travelled on to Iconium where the occurrences at Antioch were repeated, and from thence to the Lycaonian country which contained the cities Lystra and Derbe. Here they had to deal with uncivilized heathen. At Lystra the healing of a cripple took place. Thereupon these pagans took the apostles for gods, calling Barnabas, who was of the more imposing presence, Jupiter, and Paul, who was the chief speaker, Mercurius. Although the people of Lystra had been so ready to worship Paul and Barnabas, the repulse of their idolatrous instincts appears to have provoked them, and they allowed themselves to be persuaded into hostility be Jews who came from Antioch and Iconium, so that they attacked Paul with stones, and thought they had killed him. He recovered, however as the disciples were standing around him, and went again into the city. The next day he left it with Barnabas, and went to Derbe, and thence they returned once more to Lystra, and so to Iconium and Antioch. In order to establish the churches after their departure they solemnly appointed "elders" in every city. Then they came down to the coast, and from Attalia, they sailed; home to Antioch in Syria, where they related the successes which had been granted to them, and especially the opening of the door of faith to the Gentiles." And so the first missionary journey ended. The council at Jerusalem.
Upon that missionary journey follows most naturally the next important scene which the historian sets before us
the council held at Jerusalem to determine the relations of Gentile believers to the law of Moses. kjv@Acts:15:1-29; kjv@Galatians:2) Second missionary journey . A.D. 50-54.
The most resolute courage, indeed, was required for the work to which St. Paul was now publicly pledged. He would not associate with himself in that work one who had already shown a want of constancy. This was the occasion of what must have been a most painful difference between him and his comrade in the faith and in past perils, Barnabas. kjv@Acts:15:35-40) Silas, or Silvanus, becomes now a chief companion of the apostle. The two went together through Syria and Cilicia, visiting the churches, and so came to Derbe and Lystra. Here they find Timotheus, who had become a disciple on the former visit of the apostle. Him St. Paul took and Circumcised. St. Luke now steps rapidly over a considerable space of the apostle’s life and labors. "They went throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia." kjv@Luke:16:6) At this time St. Paul was founding "the churches of Galatia." kjv@Galatians:1:2) He himself gives some hints of the circumstances of his preaching in that region, of the reception he met with, and of the ardent though unstable character of the people. kjv@Galatians:4:13-15) Having gone through Phrygia and Galatia, he intended to visit, the western coast; but "they were forbidden by the Holy Ghost to preach the "word" there. Then, being on the borders of Mysia, they thought of going back to the northeast into Bithynia; but again the Spirit of Jesus "suffered them not," so they passed by Mysia and came down to Troas. St. Paul saw in a vision a man,of Macedonia, who besought him, saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us." The vision was at once accepted as a heavenly intimation; the help wanted, by the Macedonians was believed to be the preaching of the gospel. It is at this point that the historian, speaking of St. Paul’s company, substitutes "we" for "they." He says nothing of himself we can only infer that St. Luke, to whatever country he belonged, became a companion of St. Paul at Troas. The party thus reinforced, immediately set sail from Troas, touched at Samothrace, then landed on the continent at Neapolis, and thence journeyed to Philippi. The first convert in Macedonia was Lydia, an Asiatic woman, at Philippi. kjv@Acts:18:13-14) At Philippi Paul and Silas were arrested, beaten and put in prison, having cast out the spirit of divination from a female slave who had brought her masters much gain by her power. This cruel wrong was to be the occasion of a signal appearance of the God of righteousness and deliverance. The narrative tells of the earthquake, the jailer’s terror, his conversion and baptism. kjv@Acts:16:26-34) In the morning the magistrates sent word to the prison that the men might be let go; but Paul denounced plainly their unlawful acts, informing them moreover that those whom they had beaten and imprisoned without trial; were Roman citizens. The magistrates, in great alarm, saw the necessity of humbling themselves. They came and begged them to leave the city. Paul and Silas consented to do so, and, after paying a visit to "the brethren" in the house of Lydia, they departed. Leaving St. Luke, and perhaps Timothy for a short time at Philippi, Paul and Silas travelled through Amphipolis and Apollonia and stopped again at Thessalonica. Here again, as in Pisidian Antioch, the envy of the Jews was excited, and the mob assaulted the house of Jason with whom Paul and Silas were staying as guests, and, not finding them, dragged Jason himself and some other brethren before the magistrates. After these signs of danger the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night. They next came to Berea. Here they found the Jews more noble than those at Thessalonica had been. Accordingly they gained many converts, both Jews and Greeks; but the Jews of Thessalonica, hearing of it, sent emissaries to stir up the people, and it was thought best that Paul should himself leave the city whilst Silas and Timothy remained-behind. Some of the brethren went with St. Paul as far as Athens, where they left him carrying back a request to Silas and Timothy that they would speedily join him. Here the apostle delivered that wonderful discourse reported in kjv@Acts:17:22-31) He gained but few converts at Athens, and soon took his departure and went to Corinth. He was testifying with unusual effort and anxiety when Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia and joined him. Their arrival was the occasion of the writing of the First Epistle to the Thessalonians. The two epistles to the Thessalonians
and these alone
belong to the present missionary journey. They were written from Corinth A.D. 52, 53. When Silas and Timotheus came to Corinth, St. Paul was testifying to the Jews with great earnestness, but with little success. Corinth was the chief city of the province of Achaia, and the residence of the proconsul. During St. Paul stay the proconsular office was held by Gallio, a brother of the philosopher Seneca. Before him the apostle was summoned by his Jewish enemies, who hoped to bring the Roman authority to bear upon him as an innovator in religion. But Gallio perceived at once, before Paul could "open his mouth" to defend himself, that the movement was due to Jewish prejudice, and refused to go into the question. Then a singular scene occurred. The Corinthian spectators, either favoring Paul or actuated only by anger against the Jews, seized on the principal person of those who had brought the charge, and beat him before the judgment-seat. Gallio left these religious quarrels to settle themselves. The apostle therefore, was not allowed to be "hurt," and remained some time longer at Corinth unmolested. Having been the instrument of accomplishing this work, Paul departed for Jerusalem, wishing to attend a festival there. Before leaving Greece, he cut off his hair at Cenchreae, in fulfillment of a vow. kjv@Acts:18:18) Paul paid a visit to the synagogue at Ephesus, but would not stay. Leaving Ephesus, he sailed to Caesarea, and from thence went up to Jerusalem, spring, A.D. 54, and "saluted the church." It is argued, from considerations founded on the suspension of navigation during the winter months, that the festival was probably the Pentecost. From Jerusalem the apostle went almost immediately down to Antioch, thus returning to the same place from which he had started with Silas. Third missionary journey, including the stay at Ephesus . A.D. 54-58. kjv@Acts:18:23; kjv@Acts:21:17)
The great epistles which belong to this period, those to the Galatians, Corinthians and Romans, show how the "Judaizing" question exercised at this time the apostle’s mind. St. Paul "spent some time" at Antioch, and during this stay as we are inclined to believe, his collision with St. Peter kjv@Galatians:2:11-14) took place. When he left Antioch, he "went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples," and giving orders concerning the collection for the saints. ( kjv@1Corinthians:18:1) It is probable that the Epistle to the Galatians was written soon after this visit
A.D. 56-57. This letter was in all probability sent from Ephesus. This was the goal of the apostle’s journeyings through Asia Minor. He came down to Ephesus from the upper districts of Phrygia. Here he entered upon his usual work. He went into the synagogue, and for three months he spoke openly, disputing and persuading concerning "the kingdom of God." At the end of this time the obstinacy and opposition of some of the Jews led him to give up frequenting the synagogue, and he established the believers as a separate society meeting "in the school of Tyrannus." This continued for two years. During this time many things occurred of which the historian of the Acts chooses two examples, the triumph over magical arts and the great disturbance raised by the silversmiths who made shrines Diana
among which we are to note further the writing of the First Epistle to the Corinth A.D. 57. Before leaving Ephesus Paul went into Macedonia, where he met Titus, who brought him news of the state of the Corinthian church. Thereupon he wrote the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, A.D. 57, and sent it by the hands of Titus and two other brethren to Corinth. After writing this epistle, St. Paul travelled throughout Macedonia, perhaps to the borders of Illyricum, ( kjv@Romans:15:19) and then went to Corinth. The narrative in the Acts tells us that "when he had gone over those parts (Macedonia), and had given them much exhortation he came into Greece, and there abode three months." kjv@Acts:20:2-3) There is only one incident which we can connect with this visit to Greece, but that is a very important one
the writing of his Epistle to the Romans, A.D. 58. That this was written at this time from Corinth appears from passages in the epistle itself and has never been doubted. The letter is a substitute for the personal visit which he had longed "for many years" to pay. Before his departure from Corinth, St. Paul was joined again by St. Luke, as we infer from the change in the narrative from the third to the first person. He was bent on making a journey to Jerusalem, for a special purpose and within a limited time. With this view he was intending to go by sea to Syria. But he was made aware of some plot of the Jews for his destruction, to be carried out through this voyage; and he determined to evade their malice by changing his route. Several brethren were associated with him in this expedition, the bearers no doubt, of the collections made in all the churches for the poor at Jerusalem. These were sent on by sea, and probably the money with them, to Troas, where they were to await Paul. He, accompanied by Luke, went northward through Macedonia. Whilst the vessel which conveyed the rest of the party sailed from Troas to Assos, Paul gained some time by making the journey by land. At Assos he went on board again. Coasting along by Mitylene, Chios, Samos and Trogyllium, they arrived at Miletus. At Miletus, however there was time to send to Ephesus, and the elders of the church were invited to come down to him there. This meeting is made the occasion for recording another characteristic and representative address of St. Paul. kjv@Acts:20:18-35) The course of the voyage from Miletas was by Coos and Rhodes to Patara, and from Patara in another vessel past Cyprus to Tyre. Here Paul and his company spent seven days. From Tyre they sailed to Ptolemais, where they spent one day, and from Ptolemais proceeded, apparently by land, to Caesarea. They now "tarried many days" at Caesarea. During this interval the prophet Agabus, kjv@Acts:11:28) came down from Jerusalem, and crowned the previous intimations of danger with a prediction expressively delivered. At this stage a final effort was made to dissuade Paul from going up to Jerusalem, by the Christians of Caesarea and by his travelling companions. After a while they went up to Jerusalem and were gladly received by the brethren. This is St. Paul’s fifth an last visit to Jerusalem. St. Paul’s imprisonment: Jerusalem . Spring, A.D. 58.
He who was thus conducted into Jerusalem by a company of anxious friends had become by this time a man of considerable fame among his countrymen. He was widely known as one who had taught with pre-eminent boldness that a way into God’s favor was opened to the Gentiles, and that this way did not lie through the door of the Jewish law. He had thus roused against himself the bitter enmity of that unfathomable Jewish pride which was almost us strong in some of those who had professed the faith of Jesus as in their unconverted brethren. He was now approaching a crisis in the long struggle, and the shadow of it has been made to rest upon his mind throughout his journey to Jerusalem. He came "ready to die for the name of the Lord Jesus," but he came expressly to prove himself a faithful Jew and this purpose is shown at every point of the history. Certain Jews from "Asia," who had come up for the pentecostal feast, and who had a personal knowledge of Paul, saw him in the temple. They set upon him at once, and stirred up the people against him. There was instantly a great commotion; Paul was dragged out of the temple, the doors of which were immediately shut, and the people having him in their hands, were going to kill him. Paul was rescued from the violence of the multitude by the Roman officer, who made him his own prisoner, causing him to be chained to two soldiers, and then proceeded to inquire who he was and what he had done. The inquiry only elicited confused outcries, and the "chief captain" seems to have imagined that the apostle might perhaps be a certain Egyptian pretender who recently stirred up a considerable rising of the people. The account In the kjv@Acts:21:34-40) tells us with graphic touches how St. Paul obtained leave and opportunity to address the people in a discourse which is related at length. Until the hated word of a mission to the Gentiles had been spoken, the Jews had listened to the speaker. "Away with such a fellow from the earth," the multitude now shouted; "it is not fit that he should live." The Roman commander seeing the tumult that arose might well conclude that St. Paul had committed some heinous offence; and carrying him off, he gave orders that he should be forced by scourging to confess his crime. Again the apostle took advantage of his Roman citizenship to protect himself from such an outrage. The chief captain set him free from bonds, but on the next day called together the chief priests and the Sanhedrin, and brought Paul as a prisoner before them. On the next day a conspiracy was formed which the historian relates with a singular fullness of detail. More than forty of the Jews bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. The plot was discovered, and St. Paul was hurried away from Jerusalem. The chief captain, Claudius Lysias determined to send him to Caesarea to Felix, the governor or procurator of Judea. He therefor put him in charge of a strong guard of soldiers, who took him by night as far as Antipatris. From thence a smaller detachment conveyed him to Caesarea, where they delivered up their prisoner into the hands of the governor. Imprisonment at Caesarea. A.D. 58-60.
St. Paul was henceforth to the end of the period embraced in the Acts, if not to the end of his life, in Roman custody. This custody was in fact a protection to him, without which he would have fallen a victim to the animosity of the Jews. He seems to have been treated throughout with humanity and consideration. The governor before whom he was now to be tried, according to Tacitus and Josephus, was a mean and dissolute tyrant. After hearing St, Paul’s accusers and the apostle’s defence, Felix made an excuse for putting off the matter, and gave orders that the prisoner should be treated with indulgence and that his friends should be allowed free access to him. After a while he heard him again. St. Paul remained in custody until Felix left the province. The unprincipled governor had good reason to seek to ingratiate himself with the Jews; and to please them, be handed over Paul, as an untried prisoner, to his successor, Festus. Upon his arrival in the province, Festus went up without delay from Caesarea to Jerusalem, and the leading Jews seized the opportunity of asking that Paul might be brought up there for trial intending to assassinate him by the way. But Festus would not comply with their request, He invited them to follow him on his speedy return to Caesarea, and a trial took place there, closely resembling that before Felix. "They had certain questions against him," Festus says to Agrippa, "of their own superstition (or religion), and of one Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. And being puzzled for my part as to such inquiries, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem to be tried there." This proposal, not a very likely one to be accepted, was the occasion of St. Paul’s appeal to Caesar. The appeal having been allowed, Festus reflected that he must send with the prisoner a report of "the crimes laid against him." He therefore took advantage of an opportunity which offered itself in a few days to seek some help in the matter. The Jewish prince Agrippa arrived with his sister Bernice on a visit to the new governor. To him Festus communicated his perplexity. Agrippa expressed a desire to hear Paul himself. Accordingly Paul conducted his defence before the king; and when it was concluded Festus and Agrippa, and their companions, consulted together, and came to the conclusion that the accused was guilty of nothing that deserved death or imprisonment. "Agrippa"s final answer to the inquiry of Festus was, "This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar." The voyage to Rome and shipwreck. Autumn, A.D. 60.
No formal trial of St. Paul had yet taken place. After a while arrangements were made to carry "Paul and certain other prisoners," in the custody of a centurion named Julius, into Italy; and amongst the company, whether by favor or from any other reason, we find the historian of the Acts, who in chapters 27 and 28 gives a graphic description of the voyage to Rome and the shipwreck on the Island of Melita or Malta. After a three-months stay in Malta the soldiers and their prisoners left in an Alexandria ship for Italy. They touched at Syracuse, where they stayed three days, and at Rhegium, from which place they were carried with a fair wind to Puteoli, where they left their ship and the sea. At Puteoli they found "brethren," for it was an important place and especially a chief port for the traffic between Alexandria and Rome; and by these brethren they were exhorted to stay a while with them. Permission seems to have been granted by the centurion; and whilst they were spending seven days at Puteoli news of the apostle’s arrival was sent to Rome. (Spring, A.D. 61.) First imprisonment of St. Paul at Rome . A.D. 61-63.
On their arrival at Rome the centurion delivered up his prisoners into the proper custody that of the praetorian prefect. Paul was at once treated with special consideration and was allowed to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him. He was now therefore free "to preach the gospel to them that were at Rome also;" and proceeded without delay to act upon his rule
"to the Jews first," But as of old, the reception of his message by the Jews was not favorable. He turned, therefore, again to the Gentiles, and for two years he dwelt in his own hired house. These are the last words of the Acts. But St. Paul’s career is not abruptly closed. Before he himself fades out of our sight in the twilight of ecclesiastical tradition, we have letters written by himself which contribute some particulars to his biography. Period of the later epistles.
To that imprisonment to which St. Luke has introduced us
the imprisonment which lasted for such a tedious time, though tempered by much indulgence
belongs the noble group of letters to Philemon, to the Colossians, to the Ephesians and to the Philippians. The three former of these were written at one time, and sent by the same messengers. Whether that to the Philippians was written before or after these we cannot determine; but the tone of it seems to imply that a crisis was approaching, and therefore it is commonly regarded us the latest of the four. In this epistle St. Paul twice expresses a confident hope that before long he may be able to visit the Philippians in person. kjv@Philemon:1:25 kjv@Philemon:2:24) Whether this hope was fulfilled or not has been the occasion of much controversy. According to the general opinion the apostle was liberated from imprisonment at the end of two years, having been acquitted by Nero A.D. 63, and left Rome soon after writing the letter to the Philippians. He spent some time in visits to Greece, Asia Minor and Spain, and during the latter part of this time wrote the letters (first epistles) to Timothy and Titus from Macedonia, A.D. 65. After these were written he was apprehended again and sent to Rome. Second imprisonment at Rome . A.D. 65-67.
The apostle appears now to have been treated not as an honorable state prisoner but as a felon, ( kjv@2Timothy:2:9) but he was allowed to write the second letter to Timothy, A.D. 67. For what remains we have the concurrent testimony of ecclesiastical antiquity that he was beheaded at Rome, by Nero in the great persecutions of the Christians by that emperor, A.D. 67 or 68.
PAVEMENT
- P>@ - GABBATHA
PAVILION
- P>@ - a temporary movable tent or habitation. Soc , properly an enclosed place, also rendered "tabernacle," "covert" and "den;" once only "pavilion." kjv@Psalms:27:5) (Among the Egyptians pavilions were built in a similar style to houses, though on a smaller scale in various parts of the country, and in the foreign districts through which the Egyptian armies passed, for the use of the king
Wilkinson .) Succah , Usually "tabernacle" and "booth." Shaphrur and shaphrir , a word used once only, in kjv@Jeremiah:49:10) to signify glory or splendor, and hence probably to be understood of the splendid covering of the royal throne.
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Paarai @ opening of the Lord, "the Arbite," one of David's heroes ( kjv@2Samuel:23:35); called also Naarai, kjv@1Chronicles:11:37.
Padan @ a plain, occurring only in kjv@Genesis:48:7, where it designates Padan-aram.
Padan-aram @ the plain of Aram, or the plain of the highlands, kjv@Genesis:25:20 kjv@Genesis:28:2 kjv@Genesis:28:5-7 kjv@Genesis:31:18 , etc.), commonly regarded as the district of Mesopotamia (q.v.) lying around Haran.
Pagiel @ God allots, a prince of the tribe of Asher kjv@Numbers:1:13), in the wilderness.
Pahath-moab @ governor of Moab, a person whose descendants returned from the Captivity and assisted in rebuilding Jerusalem kjv@Ezra:2:6 kjv@Ezra:8:4 kjv@Ezra:10:30 ).
Paint @ Jezebel "painted her face" ( kjv@2Kings:9:30); and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common kjv@Jeremiah:4:30; kjv@Ezekiel:23:40). An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter (42:14) Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.
Palace @ Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word palatium, from which it is derived, shows) a building surrounded by a fence or a paling. In the Authorized Version there are many different words so rendered, presenting different ideas, such as that of citadel or lofty fortress or royal residence kjv@Nehemiah:1:1; kjv@Daniel:8:2). It is the name given to the temple fortress kjv@Nehemiah:2:8) and to the temple itself ( kjv@1Chronicles:29:1). It denotes also a spacious building or a great house kjv@Daniel:1:4 kjv@Daniel:4:4 kjv@Daniel:4:29: kjv@Esther:1:5 kjv@Esther:7:7), and a fortified place or an enclosure kjv@Ezekiel:25:4). Solomon's palace is described in kjvKings:7:1-12 as a series of buildings rather than a single great structure. Thirteen years were spent in their erection. This palace stood on the eastern hill, adjoining the temple on the south. In the New Testament it designates the official residence of Pilate or that of the high priest kjv@Matthew:26:3-58, 69; kjv@Mark:14:54-66; kjv@John:18:15). In kjv@Philippians:1:13 this word is the rendering of the Greek praitorion, meaning the praetorian cohorts at Rome (the life-guard of the Caesars). Paul was continually chained to a soldier of that corps kjv@Acts:28:16), and hence his name and sufferings became known in all the praetorium. The "soldiers that kept" him would, on relieving one another on guard, naturally spread the tidings regarding him among their comrades. Some, however, regard the praetroium (q.v.) as the barrack within the palace (the palatium) of the Caesars in Rome where a detachment of these praetorian guards was stationed, or as the camp of the guards placed outside the eastern walls of Rome. "In the chambers which were occupied as guard-rooms," says Dr. Manning, "by the praetorian troops on duty in the palace, a number of rude caricatures are found roughly scratched upon the walls, just such as may be seen upon barrack walls in every part of the world. Amongst these is one of a human figure nailed upon a cross. To add to the 'offence of the cross,' the crucified one is represented with the head of an animal, probably that of an ass. Before it stands the figure of a Roman legionary with one hand upraised in the attitude of worship. Underneath is the rude, misspelt, ungrammatical inscription, Alexamenos worships his god. It can scarcely be doubted that we have here a contemporary caricature, executed by one of the praetorian guard, ridiculing the faith of a Christian comrade."
Palestine @ originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines kjv@Exodus:15:14; kjv@Isaiah:14:29-31; kjv@Joel:3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered "Philistia" in kjv@Psalms:60:8 kjv@Psalms:83:7 kjv@Psalms:87:4 ; 108:9) occurs in the Old Testament. Not till a late period in Jewish history was this name used to denote "the land of the Hebrews" in general kjv@Genesis:40:15). It is also called "the holy land" kjv@Zechariah:2:12), the "land of Jehovah" kjv@Hosea:9:3; kjv@Psalms:85:1), the "land of promise" kjv@Hebrews:11:9), because promised to Abraham kjv@Genesis:12:7 kjv@Genesis:24:7), the "land of Canaan" kjv@Genesis:12:5), the "land of Israel" ( kjv@1Samuel:13:19), and the "land of Judah" kjv@Isaiah:19:17). The territory promised as an inheritance to the seed of Abraham kjv@Genesis:15:18-21; kjv@Numbers:34:1-12) was bounded on the east by the river Euphrates, on the west by the Mediterranean, on the north by the "entrance of Hamath," and on the south by the "river of Egypt." This extent of territory, about 60,000 square miles, was at length conquered by David, and was ruled over also by his son Solomon ( kjv@2Samuel:8; 1Chronicles:18; kjvKings:4:1-21). This vast empire was the Promised Land; but Palestine was only a part of it, terminating in the north at the southern extremity of the Lebanon range, and in the south in the wilderness of Paran, thus extending in all to about 144 miles in length. Its average breadth was about 60 miles from the Mediterranean on the west to beyond the Jordan. It has fittingly been designated "the least of all lands." Western Palestine, on the south of Gaza, is only about 40 miles in breadth from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea, narrowing gradually toward the north, where it is only 20 miles from the sea-coast to the Jordan. Palestine, "set in the midst" kjv@Ezekiel:5:5) of all other lands, is the most remarkable country on the face of the earth. No single country of such an extent has so great a variety of climate, and hence also of plant and animal life. Moses describes it as "a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass" kjv@Deuteronomy:8:7-9). "In the time of Christ the country looked, in all probability, much as now. The whole land consists of rounded limestone hills, fretted into countless stony valleys, offering but rarely level tracts, of which Esdraelon alone, below Nazareth, is large enough to be seen on the map. The original woods had for ages disappeared, though the slopes were dotted, as now, with figs, olives, and other fruit-trees where there was any soil. Permanent streams were even then unknown, the passing rush of winter torrents being all that was seen among the hills. The autumn and spring rains, caught in deep cisterns hewn out like huge underground jars in the soft limestone, with artificial mud-banked ponds still found near all villages, furnished water. Hills now bare, or at best rough with stunted growth, were then terraced, so as to grow vines, olives, and grain. To-day almost desolate, the country then teemed with population. Wine-presses cut in the rocks, endless terraces, and the ruins of old vineyard towers are now found amidst solitudes overgrown for ages with thorns and thistles, or with wild shrubs and poor gnarled scrub" (Geikie's Life of Christ). From an early period the land was inhabited by the descendants of Canaan, who retained possession of the whole land "from Sidon to Gaza" till the time of the conquest by Joshua, when it was occupied by the twelve tribes. Two tribes and a half had their allotments given them by Moses on the east of the Jordan kjv@Deuteronomy:3:12-20; comp. kjv@Numbers:1:17-46; kjv@Joshua:4:12-13). The remaining tribes had their portion on the west of Jordan. From the conquest till the time of Saul, about four hundred years, the people were governed by judges. For a period of one hundred and twenty years the kingdom retained its unity while it was ruled by Saul and David and Solomon. On the death of Solomon, his son Rehoboam ascended the throne; but his conduct was such that ten of the tribes revolted, and formed an independent monarchy, called the kingdom of Israel, or the northern kingdom, the capital of which was first Shechem and afterwards Samaria. This kingdom was destroyed. The Israelites were carried captive by Shalmanezer, king of Assyria, B.C. 722, after an independent existence of two hundred and fifty-three years. The place of the captives carried away was supplied by tribes brought from the east, and thus was formed the Samaritan nation ( kjv@2Kings:17:24-29). Nebuchadnezzar came up against the kingdom of the two tribes, the kingdom of Judah, the capital of which was Jerusalem, one hundred and thirty-four years after the overthrow of the kingdom of Israel. He overthrew the city, plundered the temple, and carried the people into captivity to Babylon (B.C. 587), where they remained seventy years. At the close of the period of the Captivity, they returned to their own land, under the edict of Cyrus kjv@Ezra:1:1-4). They rebuilt the city and temple, and restored the old Jewish commonwealth. For a while after the Restoration the Jews were ruled by Zerubbabel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, and afterwards by the high priests, assisted by the Sanhedrin. After the death of Alexander the Great at Babylon (B.C. 323), his vast empire was divided between his four generals. Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, and Coele
- Syria fell to the lot of Ptolemy Lagus. Ptolemy took possession of Palestine in B.C. 320, and carried nearly one hundred thousand of the inhabitants of Jerusalem into Egypt. He made Alexandria the capital of his kingdom, and treated the Jews with consideration, confirming them in the enjoyment of many privileges. After suffering persecution at the hands of Ptolemy's successors, the Jews threw off the Egyptian yoke, and became subject to Antiochus the Great, the king of Syria. The cruelty and opression of the successors of Antiochus at length led to the revolt under the Maccabees (B.C. 163), when they threw off the Syrian yoke. In the year B.C. 68, Palestine was reduced by Pompey the Great to a Roman province. He laid the walls of the city in ruins, and massacred some twelve thousand of the inhabitants. He left the temple, however, unijured. About twenty-five years after this the Jews revolted and cast off the Roman yoke. They were however, subdued by Herod the Great (q.v.). The city and the temple were destroyed, and many of the inhabitants were put to death. About B.C. 20, Herod proceeded to rebuild the city and restore the ruined temple, which in about nine years and a half was so far completed that the sacred services could be resumed in it (comp. kjv@John:2:20). He was succeeded by his son Archelaus, who was deprived of his power, however, by Augustus, A.D. 6, when Palestine became a Roman province, ruled by Roman governors or procurators. Pontius Pilate was the fifth of these procurators. He was appointed to his office A.D. 25. Exclusive of Idumea, the kingdom of Herod the Great comprehended the whole of the country originally divided among the twelve tribes, which he divided into four provinces or districts. This division was recognized so long as Palestine was under the Roman dominion. These four provinces were,
(1) Judea, the southern portion of the country;
(2) Samaria, the middle province, the northern boundary of which ran along the hills to the south of the plain of Esdraelon;
(3) Galilee, the northern province; and
(4) Peraea (a Greek name meaning the "opposite country"), the country lying east of the Jordan and the Dead Sea. This province was subdivided into these districts,
(1) Peraea proper, lying between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok;
(2) Galaaditis (Gilead);
(3) Batanaea;
(4) Gaulonitis (Jaulan);
(5) Ituraea or Auranitis, the ancient Bashan;
(6) Trachonitis;
(7) Abilene;
(8) Decapolis, i.e., the region of the ten cities. The whole territory of Palestine, including the portions alloted to the trans
- Jordan tribes, extended to about eleven thousand square miles. Recent exploration has shown the territory on the west of Jordan alone to be six thousand square miles in extent, the size of the principality of Wales.
Pallu @ separated, the second son of Reuben ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:3); called Phallu, kjv@Genesis:46:9. He was the father of the Phalluites kjv@Exodus:6:14; kjv@Numbers:26:5 kjv@Numbers:26:8).
Palm tree @ (Heb. tamar), the date-palm characteristic of Palestine. It is described as "flourishing" kjv@Psalms:92:12), tall (Cant. 7:7), "upright" kjv@Jeremiah:10:5). Its branches are a symbol of victory kjv@Revelation:7:9). "Rising with slender stem 40 or 50, at times even 80, feet aloft, its only branches, the feathery, snow-like, pale-green fronds from 6 to 12 feet long, bending from its top, the palm attracts the eye wherever it is seen." The whole land of Palestine was called by the Greeks and Romans Phoenicia, i.e., "the land of palms." Tadmor in the desert was called by the Greeks and Romans Palmyra, i.e., "the city of palms." The finest specimens of this tree grew at Jericho kjv@Deuteronomy:34:3) and Engedi and along the banks of the Jordan. Branches of the palm tree were carried at the feast of Tabernacles kjv@Leviticus:23:40). At our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem the crowds took palm branches, and went forth to meet him, crying, "Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord" kjv@Matthew:21:8; kjv@John:12:13). (
See DATE.)
Palm trees, The city of @ the name given to Jericho (q.v.), kjv@Deuteronomy:34:3; kjv@Judges:1:16 kjv@Judges:3:13.
Palmer-worm @ (Heb. gazam). The English word may denote either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wanders like a palmer or pilgrim, or which travels like pilgrims in bands kjv@Joel:1:4 kjv@Joel:2:25), the wingless locusts, or the migratory locust in its larva state.
Palsy @ a shorter form of "paralysis." Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord kjv@Matthew:4:24 kjv@Matthew:8:5-13 kjv@Matthew:9:2 -7; kjv@Mark:2:3-11; kjv@Luke:7:2-10; kjv@John:5:5-7) and the apostles kjv@Acts:8:7 kjv@Acts:9:33-34).
Palti @ deliverance from the Lord, one of the spies representing the tribe of Benjamin kjv@Numbers:13:9).
Paltiel @ deliverance of God, the prince of Issachar who assisted "to divide the land by inheritance" kjv@Numbers:34:26).
Paltite @ the designation of one of David's heroes ( kjv@2Samuel:23:26); called also the Pelonite ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:27).
Pamphylia @ Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia kjv@Acts:13:13-14), a province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia Minor. It lay between Lycia on the west and Cilicia on the east. There were strangers from Pamphylia at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (2:10).
Pan @ a vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament kjv@Leviticus:2:5 kjv@Leviticus:6:21; kjv@Numbers:11:8; kjv@1Samuel:2:14, etc.). The "ash-pans" mentioned in kjv@Exodus:27:3 were made of copper, and were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in kjv@Ezekiel:4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The "fire-pans" of kjv@Exodus:27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (25:38; 37:23) and "censers" kjv@Leviticus:10:1 kjv@Leviticus:16:12; kjv@Numbers:4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense. The "frying-pan" mentioned in kjv@Leviticus:2:7 kjv@Leviticus:7:9 was a pot for boiling.
Pannag @ kjv@Ezekiel:27:17; marg. R.V., "perhaps a kind of confection") the Jews explain as the name of a kind of sweet pastry. Others take it as the name of some place, identifying it with Pingi, on the road between Damascus and Baalbec. "Pannaga" is the Sanscrit name of an aromatic plant (comp. kjv@Genesis:43:11).
Paper @ The expression in the Authorized Version kjv@Isaiah:19:7), "the paper reeds by the brooks," is in the Revised Version more correctly "the meadows by the Nile." The words undoubtedly refer to a grassy place on the banks of the Nile fit for pasturage. In kjv@2John:1:12 the word is used in its proper sense. The material so referred to was manufactured from the papyrus, and hence its name. The papyrus (Heb. gome) was a kind of bulrush (q.v.). It is mentioned by Job (8:11) and Isaiah (35:7). It was used for many purposes. This plant (Papyrus Nilotica) is now unknown in Egypt; no trace of it can be found. The unaccountable disappearance of this plant from Egypt was foretold by Isaiah (19:6-7) as a part of the divine judgment on that land. The most extensive papyrus growths now known are in the marshes at the northern end of the lake of Merom.
Paphos @ the capital of the island of Cyprus, and therefore the residence of the Roman governor. It was visited by Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary tour kjv@Acts:13:6). It is new Paphos which is here meant. It lay on the west coast of the island, about 8 miles north of old Paphos. Its modern name is Baffa.
Parable @ (Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote
(1) a proverb ( kjv@1Samuel:10:12 kjv@1Samuel:24:13; kjv@2Chronicals:7:20),
(2) a prophetic utterance kjv@Numbers:23:7; kjv@Ezekiel:20:49),
(3) an enigmatic saying kjv@Psalms:78:2; kjv@Proverbs:1:6). In the New Testament,
(1) a proverb kjv@Mark:7:17; kjv@Luke:4:23),
(2) a typical emblem kjv@Hebrews:9:9 kjv@Hebrews:11:19),
(3) a similitude or allegory kjv@Matthew:15:15 kjv@Matthew:24:32; kjv@Mark:3:23; kjv@Luke:5:36 kjv@Luke:14:7);
(4) ordinarily, in a more restricted sense, a comparison of earthly with heavenly things, "an earthly story with a heavenly meaning," as in the parables of our Lord. Instruction by parables has been in use from the earliest times. A large portion of our Lord's public teaching consisted of parables. He himself explains his reasons for this in his answer to the inquiry of the disciples, "Why speakest thou to them in parables?" kjv@Matthew:13:13-15; kjv@Mark:4:11-12; kjv@Luke:8:9-10). He followed in so doing the rule of the divine procedures, as recorded in kjv@Matthew:13:13. The parables uttered by our Lord are all recorded in the synoptical (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The fourth Gospel contains no parable properly so called, although the illustration of the good shepherd kjv@John:10:1-16) has all the essential features of a parable. (
See List of Parables in Appendix.)
Paradise @ a Persian word (pardes), properly meaning a "pleasure-ground" or "park" or "king's garden." (
See EDEN.) It came in course of time to be used as a name for the world of happiness and rest hereafter kjv@Luke:23:43; kjv@2Corinthians:12:4; kjv@Revelation:2:7). For "garden" in kjv@Genesis:2:8 the LXX. has "paradise."
Parah @ the heifer, a town in Benjamin kjv@Joshua:18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far'ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far'ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.
Paran @ abounding in foliage, or abounding in caverns, kjv@Genesis:21:21), a desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the peninsula of Sinai, lying between the 'Arabah on the east and the wilderness of Shur on the west. It is intersected in a north-western direction by the Wady el-'Arish. It bears the modern name of Badiet et
- Tih, i.e., "the desert of the wanderings." This district, through which the children of Israel wandered, lay three days' march from Sinai kjv@Numbers:10:12-33). From Kadesh, in this wilderness, spies (q.v.) were sent to spy the land (13:3,26). Here, long afterwards, David found refuge from Saul ( kjv@1Samuel:25:1 kjv@1Samuel:25:4).
Paran, Mount @ probably the hilly region or upland wilderness on the north of the desert of Paran forming the southern boundary of the Promised Land kjv@Deuteronomy:33:2; kjv@Habakkuk:3:3).
Parbar @ ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:18), a place apparently connected with the temple, probably a "suburb" (q.v.), as the word is rendered in kjv@2Kings:23:11; a space between the temple wall and the wall of the court; an open portico into which the chambers of the official persons opened ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:18).
Parched ground @ kjv@Isaiah:35:7), Heb. sharab, a "mirage", a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun on the glowing sands of the desert, causing them suddenly to assume the appearance of a beautiful lake. It is called by the modern Arabs by the same Hebrew name serab.
Parchment @ a skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done ( kjv@2Timothy:4:13).
Pardon @ the forgiveness of sins granted freely kjv@Isaiah:43:25), readily kjv@Nehemiah:9:17; kjv@Psalms:86:5), abundantly kjv@Isaiah:55:7; kjv@Romans:5:20). Pardon is an act of a sovereign, in pure sovereignty, granting simply a remission of the penalty due to sin, but securing neither honour nor reward to the pardoned. Justification (q.v.), on the other hand, is the act of a judge, and not of a sovereign, and includes pardon and, at the same time, a title to all the rewards and blessings promised in the covenant of life.
Parlour @ (from the Fr. parler, "to speak") denotes an "audience chamber," but that is not the import of the Hebrew word so rendered. It corresponds to what the Turks call a kiosk, as in kjv@Judges:3:20 (the "summer parlour"), or as in the margin of the Revised Version ("the upper chamber of cooling"), a small room built on the roof of the house, with open windows to catch the breeze, and having a door communicating with the outside by which persons seeking an audience may be admitted. While Eglon was resting in such a parlour, Ehud, under pretence of having a message from God to him, was admitted into his presence, and murderously plunged his dagger into his body (21, 22). The "inner parlours" in kjv@1Chronicles:28:11 were the small rooms or chambers which Solomon built all round two sides and one end of the temple (kjvKings:6:5), "side chambers;" or they may have been, as some think, the porch and the holy place. In kjv@1Samuel:9:22 the Revised Version reads "guest chamber," a chamber at the high place specially used for sacrificial feasts.
Parmashta @ strong-fisted, a son of Haman, slain in Shushan kjv@Esther:9:9).
Parmenas @ constant, one of the seven "deacons" kjv@Acts:6:5).
Parshandatha @ an interpreter of the law, the eldest of Haman's sons, slain in Shushan kjv@Esther:9:7).
Parthians @ were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost kjv@Acts:2:9). Parthia lay on the east of Media and south of Hyrcania, which separated it from the Caspian Sea. It corresponded with the western half of the modern Khorasan, and now forms a part of Persia.
Partridge @ (Heb. kore, i.e., "caller"). This bird, unlike our own partridge, is distinguished by "its ringing call-note, which in early morning echoes from cliff to cliff amidst the barrenness of the wilderness of Judea and the glens of the forest of Carmel" hence its Hebrew name. This name occurs only twice in Scripture. In kjv@1Samuel:26:20 "David alludes to the mode of chase practised now, as of old, when the partridge, continuously chased, was at length, when fatigued, knocked down by sticks thrown along the ground." It endeavours to save itself "by running, in preference to flight, unless when suddenly started. It is not an inhabitant of the plain or the corn-field, but of rocky hill-sides" (Tristram's Nat. Hist.). In kjv@Jeremiah:17:11 the prophet is illustrating the fact that riches unlawfully acquired are precarious and short-lived. The exact nature of the illustration cannot be precisely determined. Some interpret the words as meaning that the covetous man will be as surely disappointed as the partridge which gathers in eggs, not of her own laying, and is unable to hatch them; others (Tristram), with more probability, as denoting that the man who enriches himself by unjust means "will as surely be disappointed as the partridge which commences to sit, but is speedily robbed of her hopes of a brood" by her eggs being stolen away from her. The commonest partridge in Palestine is the Caccabis saxatilis, the Greek partridge. The partridge of the wilderness (Ammo-perdix heyi) is a smaller species. Both are essentially mountain and rock birds, thus differing from the English partridge, which loves cultivated fields.
Paruah @ flourishing, the father of Jehoshaphat, appointed to provide monthly supplies for Solomon from the tribe of Issachar (kjvKings:4:17).
Parvaim @ the name of a country from which Solomon obtained gold for the temple ( kjv@2Chronicals:3:6). Some have identified it with Ophir, but it is uncertain whether it is even the name of a place. It may simply, as some think, denote "Oriental regions."
Pas-dammim @ the border of blood = Ephes-dammim (q.v.), between Shochoh and Azekah ( kjv@1Samuel:17:1; kjv@1Chronicles:11:13).
Pasach @ clearing, one of the sons of Japhlet, of the tribe of Asher ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:33).
Pashur @ release.
(1.) The son of Immer (probably the same as Amariah, kjv@Nehemiah:10:3 kjv@Nehemiah:12:2), the head of one of the priestly courses, was "chief governor [Heb. paqid nagid, meaning "deputy governor"] of the temple" kjv@Jeremiah:20:1-2). At this time the nagid, or "governor," of the temple was Seraiah the high priest ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:14), and Pashur was his paqid, or "deputy." Enraged at the plainness with which Jeremiah uttered his solemn warnings of coming judgements, because of the abounding iniquity of the times, Pashur ordered the temple police to seize him, and after inflicting on him corporal punishment (forty stripes save one, kjv@Deuteronomy:25:3; comp. kjv@2Corinthians:11:24), to put him in the stocks in the high gate of Benjamin, where he remained all night. On being set free in the morning, Jeremiah went to Pashur kjv@Jeremiah:20:3-5), and announced to him that God had changed his name to Magor-missabib, i.e., "terror on every side." The punishment that fell upon him was probably remorse, when he saw the ruin he had brought upon his country by advising a close alliance with Egypt in opposition to the counsels of Jeremiah (20:4-6). He was carried captive to Babylon, and died there.
(2.) A priest sent by king Zedekiah to Jeremiah to inquire of the Lord ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:9; kjv@Jeremiah:21:1 kjv@Jeremiah:38:1-6). He advised that the prophet should be put to death.
(3.) The father of Gedaliah. He was probably the same as
(1).
Passage @ denotes in kjv@Joshua:22:11, as is generally understood, the place where the children of Israel passed over Jordan. The words "the passage of" are, however, more correctly rendered "by the side of," or "at the other side of," thus designating the position of the great altar erected by the eastern tribes on their return home. This word also designates the fords of the Jordan to the south of the Sea of Galilee kjv@Judges:12:5-6), and a pass or rocky defile ( kjv@1Samuel:13:23 kjv@1Samuel:14:4). "Passages" in kjv@Jeremiah:22:20 is in the Revised Version more correctly "Abarim" (q.v.), a proper name.
Passion @ Only once found, in kjv@Acts:1:3, meaning suffering, referring to the sufferings of our Lord.
Passover @ the name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord's passing over the houses of the Israelites kjv@Exodus:12:13) when the first born of all the Egyptians were destroyed. It is called also the "feast of unleavened bread" kjv@Exodus:23:15; kjv@Mark:14:1; kjv@Acts:12:3), because during its celebration no leavened bread was to be eaten or even kept in the household kjv@Exodus:12:15). The word afterwards came to denote the lamb that was slain at the feast kjv@Mark:14:12-14; kjv@1Corinthians:5:7). A detailed account of the institution of this feast is given in Exodus:12 and 13. It was afterwards incorporated in the ceremonial law kjv@Leviticus:23:4-8) as one of the great festivals of the nation. In after times many changes seem to have taken place as to the mode of its celebration as compared with its first celebration (comp. kjv@Deuteronomy:16:2 kjv@Deuteronomy:16:5, 6; kjv@2Chronicals:30:16; kjv@Leviticus:23:10-14; kjv@Numbers:9:10-11 kjv@Numbers:28:16-24). Again, the use of wine kjv@Luke:22:17 kjv@Luke:22:20), of sauce with the bitter herbs kjv@John:13:26), and the service of praise were introduced. There is recorded only one celebration of this feast between the Exodus and the entrance into Canaan, namely, that mentioned in kjv@Numbers:9:5. (
See JOSIAH.) It was primarily a commemorative ordinance, reminding the children of Israel of their deliverance out of Egypt; but it was, no doubt, also a type of the great deliverance wrought by the Messiah for all his people from the doom of death on account of sin, and from the bondage of sin itself, a worse than Egyptian bondage ( kjv@1Corinthians:5:7; kjv@John:1:29 kjv@John:19:32-36; kjv@1Peter:1:19; kjv@Galatians:4:4-5). The appearance of Jerusalem on the occasion of the Passover in the time of our Lord is thus fittingly described: "The city itself and the neighbourhood became more and more crowded as the feast approached, the narrow streets and dark arched bazaars showing the same throng of men of all nations as when Jesus had first visited Jerusalem as a boy. Even the temple offered a strange sight at this season, for in parts of the outer courts a wide space was covered with pens for sheep, goats, and cattle to be used for offerings. Sellers shouted the merits of their beasts, sheep bleated, oxen lowed. Sellers of doves also had a place set apart for them. Potters offered a choice from huge stacks of clay dishes and ovens for roasting and eating the Passover lamb. Booths for wine, oil, salt, and all else needed for sacrifices invited customers. Persons going to and from the city shortened their journey by crossing the temple grounds, often carrying burdens...Stalls to change foreign money into the shekel of the temple, which alone could be paid to the priests, were numerous, the whole confusion making the sanctuary like a noisy market" (Geikie's Life of Christ).
Patara @ a city on the south-west coast of Lycia at which Paul landed on his return from his third missionary journey kjv@Acts:21:1-2). Here he found a larger vessel, which was about to sail across the open sea to the coast of Phoenicia. In this vessel he set forth, and reached the city of Tyre in perhaps two or three days.
Pathros @ the name generally given to Upper Egypt (the Thebaid of the Greeks), as distinguished from Matsor, or Lower Egypt kjv@Isaiah:11:11; kjv@Jeremiah:44:1 kjv@Jeremiah:44:15 kjv@Ezekiel:30:14), the two forming Mizraim. After the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, colonies of Jews settled "in the country of Pathros" and other parts of Egypt.
Patmos @ a small rocky and barren island, one of the group called the "Sporades," in the AEgean Sea. It is mentioned in Scripture only in kjv@Revelation:1:9. It was on this island, to which John was banished by the emperor Domitian (A.D. 95), that he received from God the wondrous revelation recorded in his book. This has naturally invested it with the deepest interest for all time. It is now called Patmo. (
See JOHN.)
Patriarch @ a name employed in the New Testament with reference to Abraham kjv@Hebrews:7:4), the sons of Jacob kjv@Acts:7:8-9), and to David (2:29). This name is generally applied to the progenitors of families or "heads of the fathers" kjv@Joshua:14:1) mentioned in Scripture, and they are spoken of as antediluvian (from Adam to Noah) and post-diluvian (from Noah to Jacob) patriachs. But the expression "the patriarch," by way of eminence, is applied to the twelve sons of Jacob, or to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. "Patriachal longevity presents itself as one of the most striking of the facts concerning mankind which the early history of the Book of Genesis places before us...There is a large amount of consentient tradition to the effect that the life of man was originally far more prolonged than it is at present, extending to at least several hundred years. The Babylonians, Egyptians, and Chinese exaggerated these hundreds into thousands. The Greeks and Romans, with more moderation, limited human life within a thousand or eight hundred years. The Hindus still farther shortened the term. Their books taught that in the first age of the world man was free from diseases, and lived ordinarily four hundred years; in the second age the term of life was reduced from four hundred to three hundred; in the third it became two hundred; in the fourth and last it was brought down to one hundred" (Rawlinson's Historical Illustrations).
Patrobas @ a Christian at Rome to whom Paul sent salutations kjv@Romans:16:14).
Pau @ kjv@Genesis:36:39) or Pai ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:50), bleating, an Edomitish city ruled over by Hadar.
Paul @ =Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy "for use in the Gentile world," as "Saul" would be his Hebrew home-name. He was a native of Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia, a Roman province in the south-east of Asia Minor. That city stood on the banks of the river Cydnus, which was navigable thus far; hence it became a centre of extensive commercial traffic with many countries along the shores of the Mediterranean, as well as with the countries of central Asia Minor. It thus became a city distinguished for the wealth of its inhabitants. Tarsus was also the seat of a famous university, higher in reputation even than the universities of Athens and Alexandria, the only others that then existed. Here Saul was born, and here he spent his youth, doubtless enjoying the best education his native city could afford. His father was of the straitest sect of the Jews, a Pharisee, of the tribe of Benjamin, of pure and unmixed Jewish blood kjv@Acts:23:6; kjv@Philippians:3:5). We learn nothing regarding his mother; but there is reason to conclude that she was a pious woman, and that, like-minded with her husband, she exercised all a mother influence in moulding the character of her son, so that he could afterwards speak of himself as being, from his youth up, "touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless" kjv@Philippians:3:6). We read of his sister and his sister's son kjv@Acts:23:16), and of other relatives kjv@Romans:16:7 kjv@Romans:16:11, 12). Though a Jew, his father was a Roman citizen. How he obtained this privilege we are not informed. "It might be bought, or won by distinguished service to the state, or acquired in several other ways; at all events, his son was freeborn. It was a valuable privilege, and one that was to prove of great use to Paul, although not in the way in which his father might have been expected to desire him to make use of it." Perhaps the most natural career for the youth to follow was that of a merchant. "But it was decided that...he should go to college and become a rabbi, that is, a minister, a teacher, and a lawyer all in one." According to Jewish custom, however, he learned a trade before entering on the more direct preparation for the sacred profession. The trade he acquired was the making of tents from goats' hair cloth, a trade which was one of the commonest in Tarsus. His preliminary education having been completed, Saul was sent, when about thirteen years of age probably, to the great Jewish school of sacred learning at Jerusalem as a student of the law. Here he became a pupil of the celebrated rabbi Gamaliel, and here he spent many years in an elaborate study of the Scriptures and of the many questions concerning them with which the rabbis exercised themselves. During these years of diligent study he lived "in all good conscience," unstained by the vices of that great city. After the period of his student-life expired, he probably left Jerusalem for Tarsus, where he may have been engaged in connection with some synagogue for some years. But we find him back again at Jerusalem very soon after the death of our Lord. Here he now learned the particulars regarding the crucifixion, and the rise of the new sect of the "Nazarenes." For some two years after Pentecost, Christianity was quietly spreading its influence in Jerusalem. At length Stephen, one of the seven deacons, gave forth more public and aggressive testimony that Jesus was the Messiah, and this led to much excitement among the Jews and much disputation in their synagogues. Persecution arose against Stephen and the followers of Christ generally, in which Saul of Tarsus took a prominent part. He was at this time probably a member of the great Sanhedrin, and became the active leader in the furious persecution by which the rulers then sought to exterminate Christianity. But the object of this persecution also failed. "They that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word." The anger of the persecutor was thereby kindled into a fiercer flame. Hearing that fugitives had taken refuge in Damascus, he obtained from the chief priest letters authorizing him to proceed thither on his persecuting career. This was a long journey of about 130 miles, which would occupy perhaps six days, during which, with his few attendants, he steadily went onward, "breathing out threatenings and slaughter." But the crisis of his life was at hand. He had reached the last stage of his journey, and was within sight of Damascus. As he and his companions rode on, suddenly at mid-day a brilliant light shone round them, and Saul was laid prostrate in terror on the ground, a voice sounding in his ears, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" The risen Saviour was there, clothed in the vesture of his glorified humanity. In answer to the anxious inquiry of the stricken persecutor, "Who art thou, Lord?" he said, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest" kjv@Acts:9:5 kjv@Acts:22:8 kjv@Acts:26:15 ). This was the moment of his conversion, the most solemn in all his life. Blinded by the dazzling light kjv@Acts:9:8), his companions led him into the city, where, absorbed in deep thought for three days, he neither ate nor drank (9:11). Ananias, a disciple living in Damascus, was informed by a vision of the change that had happened to Saul, and was sent to him to open his eyes and admit him by baptism into the Christian church (9:11-16). The whole purpose of his life was now permanently changed. Immediately after his conversion he retired into the solitudes of Arabia kjv@Galatians:1:17), perhaps of "Sinai in Arabia," for the purpose, probably, of devout study and meditation on the marvellous revelation that had been made to him. "A veil of thick darkness hangs over this visit to Arabia. Of the scenes among which he moved, of the thoughts and occupations which engaged him while there, of all the circumstances of a crisis which must have shaped the whole tenor of his after-life, absolutely nothing is known. 'Immediately,' says St. Paul, 'I went away into Arabia.' The historian passes over the incident [comp. kjv@Acts:9:23 and kjvKings:11:38-39]. It is a mysterious pause, a moment of suspense, in the apostle's history, a breathless calm, which ushers in the tumultuous storm of his active missionary life." Coming back, after three years, to Damascus, he began to preach the gospel "boldly in the name of Jesus" kjv@Acts:9:27), but was soon obliged to flee (9:25; kjv@2Corinthians:11:33) from the Jews and betake himself to Jerusalem. Here he tarried for three weeks, but was again forced to flee kjv@Acts:9:28-29) from persecution. He now returned to his native Tarsus kjv@Galatians:1:21), where, for probably about three years, we lose sight of him. The time had not yet come for his entering on his great life-work of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles. At length the city of Antioch, the capital of Syria, became the scene of great Christian activity. There the gospel gained a firm footing, and the cause of Christ prospered. Barnabas (q.v.), who had been sent from Jerusalem to superintend the work at Antioch, found it too much for him, and remembering Saul, he set out to Tarsus to seek for him. He readily responded to the call thus addressed to him, and came down to Antioch, which for "a whole year" became the scene of his labours, which were crowned with great success. The disciples now, for the first time, were called "Christians" kjv@Acts:11:26). The church at Antioch now proposed to send out missionaries to the Gentiles, and Saul and Barnabas, with John Mark as their attendant, were chosen for this work. This was a great epoch in the history of the church. Now the disciples began to give effect to the Master's command: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." The three missionaries went forth on the first missionary tour. They sailed from Seleucia, the seaport of Antioch, across to Cyprus, some 80 miles to the south-west. Here at Paphos, Sergius Paulus, the Roman proconsul, was converted, and now Saul took the lead, and was ever afterwards called Paul. The missionaries now crossed to the mainland, and then proceeded 6 or 7 miles up the river Cestrus to Perga kjv@Acts:13:13), where John Mark deserted the work and returned to Jerusalem. The two then proceeded about 100 miles inland, passing through Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia. The towns mentioned in this tour are the Pisidian Antioch, where Paul delivered his first address of which we have any record (13:16-51; comp. 10:30-43), Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. They returned by the same route to see and encourage the converts they had made, and ordain elders in every city to watch over the churches which had been gathered. From Perga they sailed direct for Antioch, from which they had set out. After remaining "a long time", probably till A.D. 50 or 51, in Antioch, a great controversy broke out in the church there regarding the relation of the Gentiles to the Mosaic law. For the purpose of obtaining a settlement of this question, Paul and Barnabas were sent as deputies to consult the church at Jerusalem. The council or synod which was there held kjv@Acts:15) decided against the Judaizing party; and the deputies, accompanied by Judas and Silas, returned to Antioch, bringing with them the decree of the council. After a short rest at Antioch, Paul said to Barnabas: "Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do." Mark proposed again to accompany them; but Paul refused to allow him to go. Barnabas was resolved to take Mark, and thus he and Paul had a sharp contention. They separated, and never again met. Paul, however, afterwards speaks with honour of Barnabas, and sends for Mark to come to him at Rome kjv@Colossians:4:10; kjv@2Timothy:4:11). Paul took with him Silas, instead of Barnabas, and began his second missionary journey about A.D. 51. This time he went by land, revisiting the churches he had already founded in Asia. But he longed to enter into "regions beyond," and still went forward through Phrygia and Galatia (16:6). Contrary to his intention, he was constrained to linger in Galatia (q.v.), on account of some bodily affliction kjv@Galatians:4:13-14). Bithynia, a populous province on the shore of the Black Sea, lay now before him, and he wished to enter it; but the way was shut, the Spirit in some manner guiding him in another direction, till he came down to the shores of the AEgean and arrived at Troas, on the north-western coast of Asia Minor kjv@Acts:16:8). Of this long journey from Antioch to Troas we have no account except some references to it in his Epistle to the Galatians (4:13). As he waited at Troas for indications of the will of God as to his future movements, he saw, in the vision of the night, a man from the opposite shores of Macedonia standing before him, and heard him cry, "Come over, and help us" kjv@Acts:16:9). Paul recognized in this vision a message from the Lord, and the very next day set sail across the Hellespont, which separated him from Europe, and carried the tidings of the gospel into the Western world. In Macedonia, churches were planted in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea. Leaving this province, Paul passed into Achaia, "the paradise of genius and renown." He reached Athens, but quitted it after, probably, a brief sojourn (17:17-31). The Athenians had received him with cold disdain, and he never visited that city again. He passed over to Corinth, the seat of the Roman government of Achaia, and remained there a year and a half, labouring with much success. While at Corinth, he wrote his two epistles to the church of Thessalonica, his earliest apostolic letters, and then sailed for Syria, that he might be in time to keep the feast of Pentecost at Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Aquila and Priscilla, whom he left at Ephesus, at which he touched, after a voyage of thirteen or fifteen days. He landed at Caesarea, and went up to Jerusalem, and having "saluted the church" there, and kept the feast, he left for Antioch, where he abode "some time" kjv@Acts:18:20-23). He then began his third missionary tour. He journeyed by land in the "upper coasts" (the more eastern parts) of Asia Minor, and at length made his way to Ephesus, where he tarried for no less than three years, engaged in ceaseless Christian labour. "This city was at the time the Liverpool of the Mediterranean. It possessed a splendid harbour, in which was concentrated the traffic of the sea which was then the highway of the nations; and as Liverpool has behind her the great towns of Lancashire, so had Ephesus behind and around her such cities as those mentioned along with her in the epistles to the churches in the book of Revelation, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. It was a city of vast wealth, and it was given over to every kind of pleasure, the fame of its theatres and race-course being world-wide" (Stalker's Life of St. Paul). Here a "great door and effectual" was opened to the apostle. His fellow-labourers aided him in his work, carrying the gospel to Colosse and Laodicea and other places which they could reach. Very shortly before his departure from Ephesus, the apostle wrote his First Epistle to the Corinthians (q.v.). The silversmiths, whose traffic in the little images which they made was in danger (see DEMETRIUS), organized a riot against Paul, and he left the city, and proceeded to Troas ( kjv@2Corinthians:2:12), whence after some time he went to meet Titus in Macedonia. Here, in consequence of the report Titus brought from Corinth, he wrote his second epistle to that church. Having spent probably most of the summer and autumn in Macedonia, visiting the churches there, specially the churches of Philippi, Thessalonica, and Berea, probably penetrating into the interior, to the shores of the Adriatic kjv@Romans:15:19), he then came into Greece, where he abode three month, spending probably the greater part of this time in Corinth kjv@Acts:20:2). During his stay in this city he wrote his Epistle to the Galatians, and also the great Epistle to the Romans. At the end of the three months he left Achaia for Macedonia, thence crossed into Asia Minor, and touching at Miletus, there addressed the Ephesian presbyters, whom he had sent for to meet him kjv@Acts:20:17), and then sailed for Tyre, finally reaching Jerusalem, probably in the spring of A.D. 58. While at Jerusalem, at the feast of Pentecost, he was almost murdered by a Jewish mob in the temple. (
See TEMPLE, HEROD'S At the end of these two years Felix (q.v.) was succeeded in the governorship of Palestine by Porcius Festus, before whom the apostle was again heard. But judging it right at this crisis to claim the privilege of a Roman citizen, he appealed to the emperor kjv@Acts:25:11). Such an appeal could not be disregarded, and Paul was at once sent on to Rome under the charge of one Julius, a centurion of the "Augustan cohort." After a long and perilous voyage, he at length reached the imperial city in the early spring, probably, of A.D. 61. Here he was permitted to occupy his own hired house, under constant military custody. This privilege was accorded to him, no doubt, because he was a Roman citizen, and as such could not be put into prison without a trial. The soldiers who kept guard over Paul were of course changed at frequent intervals, and thus he had the opportunity of preaching the gospel to many of them during these "two whole years," and with the blessed result of spreading among the imperial guards, and even in Caesar's household, an interest in the truth kjv@Philippians:1:13). His rooms were resorted to by many anxious inquirers, both Jews and Gentiles kjv@Acts:28:23 kjv@Acts:28:30, 31), and thus his imprisonment "turned rather to the furtherance of the gospel," and his "hired house" became the centre of a gracious influence which spread over the whole city. According to a Jewish tradition, it was situated on the borders of the modern Ghetto, which has been the Jewish quarters in Rome from the time of Pompey to the present day. During this period the apostle wrote his epistles to the Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, and to Philemon, and probably also to the Hebrews. This first imprisonment came at length to a close, Paul having been acquitted, probably because no witnesses appeared against him. Once more he set out on his missionary labours, probably visiting western and eastern Europe and Asia Minor. During this period of freedom he wrote his First Epistle to Timothy and his Epistle to Titus. The year of his release was signalized by the burning of Rome, which Nero saw fit to attribute to the Christians. A fierce persecution now broke out against the Christians. Paul was siezed, and once more conveyed to Rome a prisoner. During this imprisonment he probably wrote the Second Epistle to Timothy, the last he ever wrote. "There can be little doubt that he appered again at Nero's bar, and this time the charge did not break down. In all history there is not a more startling illustration of the irony of human life than this scene of Paul at the bar of Nero. On the judgment-seat, clad in the imperial purple, sat a man who, in a bad world, had attained the eminence of being the very worst and meanest being in it, a man stained with every crime, a man whose whole being was so steeped in every nameable and unnameable vice, that body and soul of him were, as some one said at the time, nothing but a compound of mud and blood; and in the prisoner's dock stood the best man the world possessed, his hair whitened with labours for the good of men and the glory of God. The trial ended: Paul was condemned, and delivered over to the executioner. He was led out of the city, with a crowd of the lowest rabble at his heels. The fatal spot was reached; he knelt beside the block; the headsman's axe gleamed in the sun and fell; and the head of the apostle of the world rolled down in the dust" (probably A.D. 66), four years before the fall of Jerusalem.
Pavement @ It was the custom of the Roman governors to erect their tribunals in open places, as the market-place, the circus, or even the highway. Pilate caused his seat of judgment to be set down in a place called "the Pavement" kjv@John:19:13) i.e., a place paved with a mosaic of coloured stones. It was probably a place thus prepared in front of the "judgment hall." (
See GABBATHA
Pavilion @ a tent or tabernacle ( kjv@2Samuel:22:12; kjvKings:20:12-16), or enclosure kjv@Psalms:18:11 kjv@Psalms:27:5). In kjv@Jeremiah:43:10 it probably denotes the canopy suspended over the judgement-seat of the king.
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Palaces @ Jerusalem celebrated for kjv@Psalms:48:3 kjv@Psalms:48:13
The term applied to
Residences of kings kjv@Daniel:4:4 kjv@Daniel:6:18
Houses of great men kjv@Amos:3:9 kjv@Micah:5:5
The temple of God kjv@1Chronicles:29:1 kjv@1Chronicles:29:19
The house of the high priest kjv@Matthew:26:58
Described as
High kjv@Psalms:78:69
Polished kjv@Psalms:144:12
Pleasant kjv@Isaiah:13:22
Of kings
Called the king's house kjv@2Kings:25:9 kjv@2Chronicles:7:11
Called the house of the kingdom kjv@2Chronicles:2:1 kjv@2Chronicles:2:12
Called the king's palace kjv@Esther:1:5
Called the royal house kjv@Esther:1:9
Splendidly furnished kjv@Esther:1:6
Surrounded with gardens kjv@Esther:1:5
Surrounded with terraces kjv@2Chronicles:9:11
Under governors kjv@1Kings:4:6 kjv@Nehemiah:7:2
Often attended by eunuchs as servants kjv@2Kings:20:18 kjv@Daniel:1:3 kjv@Daniel:1:4
Were strictly guarded kjv@2Kings:11:5
Afforded support to all the King's retainers kjv@Ezra:4:14 kjv@Daniel:1:5
Royal decrees issued from kjv@Esther:3:15 kjv@Esther:8:14
Royal decrees laid up in kjv@Ezra:6:2
Contained treasures of the king kjv@1Kings:15:18 kjv@2Chronicles:12:9 kjv@2Chronicles:25:24
Gorgeous apparel suited to, alone kjv@Luke:7:25
Were entered by gates kjv@Nehemiah:2:8
Often the storehouses of rapine kjv@Amos:3:10
Often as punishment
Spoiled kjv@Amos:3:11
Forsaken kjv@Isaiah:32:14
Desolate kjv@Psalms:69:25 kjv@Ezekiel:19:7
Scenes of bloodshed kjv@Jeremiah:9:21
Burned with fire kjv@2Chronicles:36:19 kjv@Jeremiah:17:27
Overgrown with thorns, &:c kjv@Isaiah:34:13
The habitation of dragons, &:c kjv@Isaiah:13:22
The spider makes its way even into kjv@Proverbs:30:28
Illustrative of
The splendour of the church kjv@Songs:8:9
The godly children of saints kjv@Psalms:144:12
The place of Satan's dominion kjv@Luke:11:21
Palm Tree, the @ First mention of, in Scripture kjv@Exodus:15:27
Jericho celebrated for kjv@Deuteronomy:34:3 kjv@Judges:1:16
Described as
Tall kjv@Songs:7:7
Upright kjv@Jeremiah:10:5
Flourishing kjv@Psalms:92:12
Fruitful to a great age kjv@Psalms:92:14
The fruit of, called dates kjv@2Chronicles:31:5
Requires a moist and fertile soil kjv@Exodus:15:27
Tents often pitched under the shade of kjv@Judges:4:5
The branches of, were
The emblem of victory kjv@Revelation:7:9
Carried at feast of tabernacles kjv@Leviticus:23:40
Used for constructing booths kjv@Nehemiah:8:15
Spread before Christ kjv@John:12:13
Blasted as a punishment kjv@Joel:1:12
Represented in carved work on the walls and doors of the temple of Solomon kjv@1Kings:6:29 kjv@1Kings:6:32 kjv@1Kings:6:35 kjv@2Chronicles:3:5
Illustrative of
The church kjv@Songs:7:7 kjv@Songs:7:8
The righteous kjv@Psalms:92:12
The upright appearance of idols kjv@Jeremiah:10:5
Parables @ Remarkable Parables of the Old Testament kjv@Judges:9:8-15 kjv@2Samuel:12:1-4 kjv@2Samuel:14:5-7
Parables of christ
Wise and foolish builders kjv@Matthew:7:24-27
Children of the bride chamber kjv@Matthew:9:15
New cloth and old garment kjv@Matthew:9:16
New wine and old bottles kjv@Matthew:9:17
Unclean spirit kjv@Matthew:12:43
Sower kjv@Matthew:13:3-23 kjv@Luke:8:5-15
Tares kjv@Matthew:13:24-30 kjv@Matthew:13:36-43
Mustard-seed kjv@Matthew:13:31 kjv@Matthew:13:32 kjv@Luke:13:19
Leaven kjv@Matthew:13:33
Treasure hid in a field kjv@Matthew:13:44
Pearl of great price kjv@Matthew:13:45 kjv@Matthew:13:46
Net cast into the sea kjv@Matthew:13:47-50
Meats defiling not kjv@Matthew:15:10-15
Unmerciful servant kjv@Matthew:18:23-35
Labourers hired kjv@Matthew:20:1-16
Two sons kjv@Matthew:21:28-32
Wicked husbandmen kjv@Matthew:21:33-45
Marriage-feast kjv@Matthew:22:2-14
Fig-tree leafing kjv@Matthew:24:32-34
Man of the house watching kjv@Matthew:24:43
Faithful, and evil servants kjv@Matthew:24:45-51
Ten virgins kjv@Matthew:25:1-13
Talents kjv@Matthew:25:14-30
Kingdom, divided against itself kjv@Mark:3:24
House, divided against itself kjv@Mark:3:25
Strong man armed kjv@Mark:3:27 kjv@Luke:11:21
Seed growing secretly kjv@Mark:4:26-29
Lighted candle kjv@Mark:4:21 kjv@Luke:11:33-36
Man taking a far journey kjv@Mark:13:34-37
Blind leading the blind kjv@Luke:6:39
Beam and mote kjv@Luke:6:41 kjv@Luke:6:42
Tree and its fruit kjv@Luke:6:43-45
Creditor and debtors kjv@Luke:7:41-47
Good Samaritan kjv@Luke:10:30-37
Importunate friend kjv@Luke:11:5-9
Rich fool kjv@Luke:12:16-21
Cloud and wind kjv@Luke:12:54-57
Barren fig-tree kjv@Luke:13:6-9
Men bidden to a feast kjv@Luke:14:7-11
Builder of a tower kjv@Luke:14:28-30 kjv@Luke:14:33
King going to war kjv@Luke:14:31-33
Savour of salt kjv@Luke:14:34 kjv@Luke:14:35
Lost sheep kjv@Luke:15:3-7
Lost piece of silver kjv@Luke:15:8-10
Prodigal son kjv@Luke:15:11-32
Unjust steward kjv@Luke:16:1-8
Rich man and Lazarus kjv@Luke:16:19-31
Importunate widow kjv@Luke:18:1-8
Pharisee and Publican kjv@Luke:18:9-14
Pounds kjv@Luke:19:12-27
Good Shepherd kjv@John:10:1-6
Vine and branches kjv@John:15:1-5
Pardon @ Promised kjv@Isaiah:1:18 kjv@Jeremiah:31:34 kjv@Hebrews:8:12 kjv@Jeremiah:50:20
None without shedding of blood kjv@Leviticus:17:11 kjv@Hebrews:9:22
Legal sacrifices, ineffectual for kjv@Hebrews:10:4
Outward purifications, ineffectual for kjv@Job:9:30 kjv@Job:9:31 kjv@Jeremiah:2:22
The blood of Christ, alone, is efficacious for kjv@Zechariah:13:1 kjv@1John:1:7
Is granted
By God alone kjv@Daniel:9:9 kjv@Mark:2:7
By Christ kjv@Mark:2:5 kjv@Luke:7:48
Through Christ kjv@Luke:1:69 kjv@Luke:1:77 kjv@Acts:5:31 kjv@Acts:13:38
Through the blood of Christ kjv@Matthew:26:28 kjv@Romans:3:25 kjv@Colossians:1:14
For the name's sake of Christ kjv@1John:2:12
According to the riches of grace kjv@Ephesians:1:7
On the exaltation of Christ kjv@Acts:5:31
Freely kjv@Isaiah:43:25
Readily kjv@Nehemiah:9:17 kjv@Psalms:86:5
Abundantly kjv@Isaiah:55:7 kjv@Romans:5:20
To those who confess their sins kjv@2Samuel:12:13 kjv@Psalms:32:5 kjv@1John:1:9
To those who repent kjv@Acts:2:38
To those who believe kjv@Acts:10:43
Should be preached in the name of Christ kjv@Luke:24:47
Exhibits the
Compassion of God kjv@Micah:7:18 kjv@Micah:7:19
Grace of God kjv@Romans:5:15 kjv@Romans:5:16
Mercy of God kjv@Exodus:34:7 kjv@Psalms:51:1
Goodness of God kjv@2Chronicles:30:18 kjv@Psalms:86:5
Forbearance of God kjv@Romans:3:25
Loving-kindness of God kjv@Psalms:51:1
Justice of God kjv@1John:1:9
Faithfulness of God kjv@1John:1:9
Expressed by
Forgiving transgression kjv@Psalms:32:1
Removing transgression kjv@Psalms:103:12
Blotting out transgression kjv@Isaiah:44:22
Covering sin kjv@Psalms:32:1
Blotting out sin kjv@Acts:3:19
Casting sins into the sea kjv@Micah:7:19
Not imputing sin kjv@Romans:4:8
Not mentioning transgression kjv@Ezekiel:18:22
Remembering sins no more kjv@Hebrews:10:17
All saints enjoy kjv@Colossians:2:13 kjv@1John:2:12
Blessedness of kjv@Psalms:32:1 kjv@Romans:4:7
Should lead to
Returning to God kjv@Isaiah:44:22
Loving God kjv@Luke:7:47
Fearing God kjv@Psalms:130:4
Praising God kjv@Psalms:103:2 kjv@Psalms:103:3
Ministers are appointed to proclaim kjv@Isaiah:40:1 kjv@Isaiah:40:2 kjv@2Corinthians:5:19
Pray for
For yourselves kjv@Psalms:25:11 kjv@Psalms:25:18 kjv@Psalms:51:1 kjv@Matthew:6:12 kjv@Luke:11:4
For others kjv@James:5:15 kjv@1John:5:16
Encouragement to pray for kjv@2Chronicles:7:14
Withheld from
The unforgiving kjv@Mark:11:26 kjv@Luke:6:37
The unbelieving kjv@John:8:21 kjv@John:8:24
The impenitent kjv@Luke:13:2-5
Blasphemers against the Holy Spirit kjv@Matthew:12:32 kjv@Mark:3:28 kjv@Mark:3:29
Apostates kjv@Hebrews:10:26 kjv@Hebrews:10:27 kjv@1John:5:16
Illustrated kjv@Luke:7:42 kjv@Luke:15:20-24
Exemplified
Israelites kjv@Numbers:14:20
David kjv@2Samuel:12:13
Manasseh kjv@2Chronicles:33:13
Hezekiah kjv@Isaiah:38:17
The Paralytic kjv@Matthew:9:2
The Penitent kjv@Luke:7:47
Parents @ Receive their children from God kjv@Genesis:33:5 kjv@1Samuel:1:27 kjv@Psalms:127:3
Their duty to their children is
To love them kjv@Titus:2:4
To bring them to Christ kjv@Matthew:19:13 kjv@Matthew:19:14
To train them up for God kjv@Proverbs:22:6 kjv@Ephesians:6:4
To instruct them in God's word kjv@Deuteronomy:4:9 kjv@Deuteronomy:11:19 kjv@Isaiah:38:19
To tell them of God's judgments kjv@Joel:1:3
To tell them of the miraculous works of God kjv@Exodus:10:2 kjv@Psalms:78:4
To command them to obey God kjv@Deuteronomy:32:46 kjv@1Chronicles:28:9
To bless them kjv@Genesis:48:15 kjv@Hebrews:11:20
To pity them kjv@Psalms:103:13
To provide for them kjv@Job:42:15 kjv@2Corinthians:12:14 kjv@1Timothy:5:8
To rule them kjv@1Timothy:3:4 kjv@1Timothy:3:12
To correct them kjv@Proverbs:13:24 kjv@Proverbs:19:18 kjv@Proverbs:23:13 kjv@Proverbs:29:17 kjv@Hebrews:12:7
Not to provoke them kjv@Ephesians:6:4 kjv@Colossians:3:21
Not to make unholy connections for them kjv@Genesis:24:1-4 kjv@Genesis:28:1 kjv@Genesis:28:2
Wicked children, a cause of grief to kjv@Proverbs:10:1 kjv@Proverbs:17:25
Should pray for their children
For their spiritual welfare kjv@Genesis:17:18 kjv@1Chronicles:29:19
When in temptation kjv@Job:1:5
When in sickness kjv@2Samuel:12:16 kjv@Mark:5:23 kjv@John:4:46 kjv@John:4:49
When Faithful
Are blessed by their children kjv@Proverbs:31:28
Leave a blessing to their children kjv@Psalms:112:2 kjv@Proverbs:11:21 kjv@Isaiah:65:23
Sins of, visited on their children kjv@Exodus:20:5 kjv@Isaiah:14:20 kjv@Lamentations:5:7
Negligence of, sorely punished kjv@1Samuel:3:13
When wicked
Instruct their children in evil kjv@Jeremiah:9:14 kjv@1Peter:1:18
Set a bad example to their children kjv@Ezekiel:20:18 kjv@Amos:2:4
Good - Exemplified
Abraham kjv@Genesis:18:19
Jacob kjv@Genesis:44:20 kjv@Genesis:44:30
Joseph kjv@Genesis:48:13-20
Mother of Moses kjv@Exodus:2:2 kjv@Exodus:2:3
Manoah kjv@Judges:13:8
Hannah kjv@1Samuel:1:28
David kjv@2Samuel:18:5 kjv@2Samuel:18:33
Shunammite kjv@2Kings:4:19 kjv@2Kings:4:20
Job kjv@Job:1:5
Mother of Lemuel kjv@Proverbs:31:1
Nobleman kjv@John:4:49
Lois and Eunice kjv@2Timothy:1:5
Bad - Exemplified
Mother of Micah kjv@Judges:17:3
Eli kjv@1Samuel:3:13
Saul kjv@1Samuel:20:33
Athaliah kjv@2Chronicles:22:3
Manasseh kjv@2Chronicles:33:6
Herodias kjv@Mark:6:24
Paschal Lamb, Typical Nature Of @ A type of Christ kjv@Exodus:12:3 kjv@1Corinthians:5:7
A male of the first year kjv@Exodus:12:5 kjv@Isaiah:9:6
Without blemish kjv@Exodus:12:5 kjv@1Peter:1:19
Taken out of the flock kjv@Exodus:12:5 kjv@Hebrews:2:14 kjv@Hebrews:2:17
Chosen before-hand kjv@Exodus:12:3 kjv@1Peter:2:4
Shut up four days that it might be closely examined kjv@Exodus:12:6 kjv@John:8:46 kjv@John:18:38
Killed by the people kjv@Exodus:12:6 kjv@Acts:2:23
Killed at the place where the Lord put his name kjv@Deuteronomy:16:2 kjv@Deuteronomy:16:5-7 kjv@2Chronicles:35:1 kjv@Luke:13:33
Killed in the evening kjv@Exodus:12:6 kjv@Mark:15:34 kjv@Mark:15:37
Its blood to be shed kjv@Exodus:12:7 kjv@Luke:22:20
Blood of, sprinkled on lintel and door-posts kjv@Exodus:12:22 kjv@Hebrews:9:13 kjv@Hebrews:9:14 kjv@Hebrews:10:22 kjv@1Peter:1:2
Blood of, not sprinkled on threshold kjv@Exodus:12:7 kjv@Hebrews:10:29
Not a bone of, broken kjv@Exodus:12:46 kjv@John:19:36
Not eaten raw kjv@Exodus:12:9 kjv@1Corinthians:11:28 kjv@1Corinthians:11:29
Roasted with fire kjv@Exodus:12:8 kjv@Psalms:22:14 kjv@Psalms:22:15
Eaten with bitter herbs kjv@Exodus:12:8 kjv@Zechariah:12:10
Eaten with unleavened bread kjv@Exodus:12:39 kjv@1Corinthians:5:7 kjv@1Corinthians:5:8 kjv@2Corinthians:1:12
Eaten in haste kjv@Exodus:12:11 kjv@Hebrews:6:18
Eaten with the loins girt kjv@Exodus:12:11 kjv@Luke:12:35 kjv@Ephesians:6:14 kjv@1Peter:1:13
Eaten with staff in hand kjv@Exodus:12:11 kjv@Psalms:23:4
Eaten with shoes on kjv@Exodus:12:11 kjv@Ephesians:6:15
Not taken out of the house kjv@Exodus:12:46 kjv@Ephesians:3:17
What remained of it till morning to be burned kjv@Exodus:12:10 kjv@Matthew:7:6 kjv@Luke:11:3
Patience @ God, is the God of kjv@Romans:15:5
Christ, an example of kjv@Isaiah:53:7 kjv@Acts:8:32 kjv@Matthew:27:14
Enjoined kjv@Titus:2:2 kjv@2Peter:1:6
Should have its perfect work kjv@James:1:4
Trials of saints lead to kjv@Romans:5:3 kjv@James:1:3
Produces
Experience kjv@Romans:5:4
Hope kjv@Romans:15:4
Suffering with, for well-doing, is acceptable with God kjv@1Peter:2:20
To be exercised
Running the race set before us kjv@Hebrews:12:1
Bringing forth fruits kjv@Luke:8:15
Well-doing kjv@Romans:2:7 kjv@Galatians:6:9
Waiting for God kjv@Psalms:37:7 kjv@Psalms:40:1
Waiting for Christ kjv@1Corinthians:1:7 kjv@2Thessalonians:3:5
Waiting for the hope of the gospel kjv@Romans:8:25 kjv@Galatians:5:5
Waiting for God's salvation kjv@Lamentations:3:26
Bearing the yoke kjv@Lamentations:3:27
Tribulation kjv@Luke:21:19 kjv@Romans:12:12
Necessary to the inheritance of the promises kjv@Hebrews:6:12 kjv@Hebrews:10:36
Exercise, towards all kjv@1Thessalonians:5:14
They who are in authority, should exercise kjv@Matthew:18:26 kjv@Acts:26:3
Ministers should follow after kjv@1Timothy:6:11
Ministers approved by kjv@2Corinthians:6:4
Should be accompanied by
Godliness kjv@2Peter:1:6
Faith kjv@2Thessalonians:1:4 kjv@Hebrews:6:12 kjv@Revelation:13:10
Temperance kjv@2Peter:1:6
Long-suffering kjv@Colossians:1:11
Joyfulness kjv@Colossians:1:11
Saints strengthened to all kjv@Colossians:1:11
Commended kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:8 kjv@Revelation:2:2 kjv@Revelation:2:3
Illustrated kjv@James:5:7
Exemplified
Job kjv@Job:1:21 kjv@James:5:11
Simeon kjv@Luke:2:25
Paul kjv@2Timothy:3:10
Abraham kjv@Hebrews:6:15
Prophets kjv@James:5:10
John kjv@Revelation:1:9
Patriarchal Government @ Vested in the heads of families kjv@Genesis:18:19
Exercised in
Training, &:c their servants for war kjv@Genesis:14:14
Vindicating their wrongs kjv@Genesis:14:12 kjv@Genesis:14:15 kjv@Genesis:14:16
Forming treaties and alliances kjv@Genesis:14:13 kjv@Genesis:21:22-32 kjv@Genesis:26:28-33
Acting as priests kjv@Genesis:8:20 kjv@Genesis:12:7 kjv@Genesis:12:8 kjv@Genesis:35:1-7 kjv@Job:1:5
Acting as judges kjv@Genesis:38:24
Arbitrarily disinheriting and putting away servants and children kjv@Genesis:21:14 kjv@1Chronicles:5:1
Blessing and cursing their children kjv@Genesis:9:25 kjv@Genesis:9:26 kjv@Genesis:27:28 kjv@Genesis:27:29 kjv@Genesis:49:1-33
The authority of heads of families for, acknowledged kjv@Genesis:23:6
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PAARAI @
- One of David's valiant men kjv@2Samuel:23:35
- Called NAARAI in kjv@1Chronicles:11:37
PACK ANIMALS @
- Used for transporting army supplies kjv@1Chronicles:12:40
PADAN
- ARAM @
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See MESOPOTAMIA
PADON @
- One of the Nethinim kjv@Ezra:2:44; kjv@Nehemiah:7:47
PAGIEL @
- Son of Ocran and leader of the tribe of Asher at time of the exodus kjv@Numbers:1:13; kjv@Numbers:2:27; kjv@Numbers:7:72 kjv@Numbers:7:77 kjv@Numbers:10:26
PAHATH
- MOAB @
- The ancestor of an influential family of Judah which returned to Jerusalem from the captivity kjv@Ezra:2:6; kjv@Ezra:10:30; kjv@Nehemiah:3:11; kjv@Nehemiah:7:11
PAI @
- A city in Edom kjv@1Chronicles:1:50
- Called PAU in kjv@Genesis:36:39
PAIN @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Job:14:22; kjv@Job:30:17-18; kjv@Job:33:19; kjv@Lamentations:3:5; kjv@Revelation:16:10; kjv@Revelation:21:4
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See AFFLICTIONS
PAINTING @
- Around the eyes to enlarge their appearance kjv@2Kings:9:30; kjv@Jeremiah:4:30; kjv@Ezekiel:23:40
- Of portraits kjv@Ezekiel:23:14
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See PICTURE
PALACE @
- For kings kjv@1Kings:21:1; kjv@2Kings:15:25; kjv@Jeremiah:49:27; kjv@Amos:1:12; kjv@Nahum:2:6
- Of David kjv@2Samuel:7:2
- Of Solomon kjv@1Kings:7:1-12
- At Babylon kjv@Daniel:4:29; kjv@Daniel:5:5; kjv@Daniel:6:18
- At Shushan kjv@Nehemiah:1:1; kjv@Esther:1:2; kjv@Esther:7:7; kjv@Daniel:8:2
- Archives kept in kjv@Ezra:6:2
- Proclamations issued from kjv@Amos:3:9
- FIGURATIVE .Of a government kjv@Amos:1:12; kjv@Amos:2:2; kjv@Nahum:2:6
PALAL @ -(Son of Uzai)
- One of the workmen who rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem kjv@Nehemiah:3:25
PALE HORSE @
- Symbol of death kjv@Revelation:6:8
PALESTINE @
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See CANAAN
PALLU @
- Also called PHALLU
- Son of Reuben kjv@Genesis:46:9; kjv@Exodus:6:14; kjv@Numbers:26:5 kjv@Numbers:26:8 kjv@1Chronicles:5:3
PALM TREE @
- Deborah led Israel from under a kjv@Judges:4:5
- Wood of, used in the temple kjv@1Kings:6:29 kjv@1Kings:6:32, 35; kjv@2Chronicles:3:5
- In the temple seen in the vision of Ezekiel kjv@Ezekiel:40:16; kjv@Ezekiel:41:18
- Branches of, thrown in the path when Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem kjv@John:12:13
- FIGURATIVE .Of the prosperity of the righteous kjv@Psalms:92:12 .Used as a symbol of victory kjv@Revelation:7:9
PALMER
- WORM @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Joel:1:4; kjv@Joel:2:25; kjv@Amos:4:9
PALSY @
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See PARALYSIS
PALTI @
- A chief Benjamite and one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan kjv@Numbers:13:9
PALTIEL @
- A chief of Issachar and one of the committee of twelve appointed to divide Canaan among the tribes kjv@Numbers:34:26
PAMPHYLIA @ -(A province in Asia Minor)
- Men of, in Jerusalem kjv@Acts:2:10
- Paul goes to kjv@Acts:13:13-14; kjv@Acts:14:24
- Sea of kjv@Acts:27:5
PANIC @
- In armies kjv@Leviticus:26:17; kjv@Deuteronomy:32:30; kjv@Joshua:23:10; kjv@Psalms:35:5
- From God kjv@Genesis:35:5; kjv@Exodus:15:14-16; kjv@Judges:7:22; kjv@1Samuel:14:15-20; kjv@2Kings:7:6-7; kjv@2Chronicles:20:22-23
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See ARMIES
PANTOMIME @
- By Isaiah kjv@Isaiah:20:2-3
- By Ezekiel kjv@Ezekiel:4:1-8; kjv@Ezekiel:12:18
- By Agabus kjv@Acts:21:11
PAPER @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@2John:1:12
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See PARCHMENT
PAPHOS @ -(A city of Cyprus)
- Paul blinds a sorcerer in kjv@Acts:13:6-13
PAPYRUS @ -(R. V., margin) kjv@Exodus:2:3
PARABLES @
- Of the trees kjv@Judges:9:8-15
- Of the lamb kjv@2Samuel:12:1-6
- Of the woman of Tekoa kjv@2Samuel:14:5-12
- Of the garment which was torn in pieces kjv@1Kings:11:30-32
- Of the prisoner of war kjv@1Kings:20:39-41
- Of the thistle and cedar kjv@2Kings:14:9
- Of a vine of Egypt kjv@Psalms:80:8-16
- Of the vineyard kjv@Isaiah:5:1-7; kjv@Isaiah:27:2-3
- Of the husbandman kjv@Isaiah:28:23-29
- Of the skins filled with wine kjv@Jeremiah:13:12-14
- Of the vine kjv@Ezekiel:15; Jeremiah:17:5-10; kjv@Jeremiah:19:10-14
- Of the two eagles Ezekiel:17
- Of lions' cubs kjv@Ezekiel:19:1-9
- Of Aholah and Aholibah Ezekiel:23
- The boiling pot kjv@Ezekiel:24:3-5
- The gourd kjv@Jonah:4:10-11
- The sheet lowered down from the sky (in Peter's vision) kjv@Acts:10:10-16
- The two covenants kjv@Galatians:4:22-31
- The mercenary soldier kjv@2Timothy:2:3-4
- The farmer kjv@2Timothy:2:6
- Furnished house kjv@2Timothy:2:20-21
- The athlete kjv@2Timothy:2:5
- The mirror kjv@James:1:23-25
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See JESUS,_PARABLES_OF
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See SYMBOLS
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See TYPES
PARADISE @
- The place of glorified spirits kjv@Luke:23:43; kjv@2Corinthians:12:4; kjv@Revelation:2:7
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See EDEN
PARADOX @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Proverbs:13:7; kjv@Matthew:10:39; kjv@Matthew:16:25; kjv@Mark:8:35; kjv@Luke:17:33; kjv@John:12:25; kjv@1Corinthians:3:18; kjv@1Corinthians:12:4 kjv@1Corinthians:12:2Corinthians:6:4 kjv@Corinthians:6:8-10 10, 11; kjv@Ephesians:3:17-19; kjv@Philippians:3:7; kjv@Revelation:21:18 kjv@Revelation:21:21
PARAH @
- A city in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin kjv@Joshua:18:23
PARALYSIS @
- Cured .By Jesus kjv@Matthew:4:24; kjv@Matthew:8:6 kjv@Matthew:8:13 kjv@Matthew:9:2 kjv@Matthew:9:6 .By Philip kjv@Acts:8:7 .By Peter kjv@Acts:9:33-34
PARAN @
- Desert or wilderness of kjv@Genesis:21:21; kjv@Numbers:10:12; kjv@Numbers:12:16; kjv@Numbers:13:3 kjv@Numbers:13:26 kjv@Deuteronomy:1:1
- Mountains of kjv@Deuteronomy:33:2; kjv@Habbakkuk:3:3
- Israelites encamp in kjv@Numbers:12:16
- David takes refuge in kjv@1Samuel:25:1
- Hadad flees to kjv@1Kings:11:17-18
PARCHMENT @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@2Timothy:4:13
PARDON @
- OF SIN .
See SIN,_FORGIVENESS_OF
PARENTS @
- Covenant, benefits of, entailed on children kjv@Genesis:6:18; kjv@Exodus:20:6; kjv@Psalms:103:17
- Curses entailed kjv@Exodus:20:5; kjv@Leviticus:20:5; kjv@Isaiah:14:20; kjv@Jeremiah:9:14; kjv@Lamentations:5:7; kjv@Ezekiel:16:44; 45
- Involved in children's wickedness kjv@1Samuel:2:27-36; kjv@1Samuel:4:10-22
- Partiality of .Isaac for Esau kjv@Genesis:25:28 .Rebekah for Jacob kjv@Genesis:25:28; kjv@Genesis:27:6-17 .Jacob for Joseph kjv@Genesis:33:2; kjv@Genesis:37:3; kjv@Genesis:48:22 .Jacob for Benjamin kjv@Genesis:42:4
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See PARTIALITY
- Parental affection exemplified by .Hagar kjv@Genesis:21:15-16 .Rebekah's mother kjv@Genesis:24:55 .Isaac and Rebekah kjv@Genesis:25:28 .Isaac kjv@Genesis:27:26-27 .Laban kjv@Genesis:31:26-28 .Jacob kjv@Genesis:37:3-4; kjv@Genesis:42:4 kjv@Genesis:42:38 kjv@Genesis:43:13-14; kjv@Genesis:45:26-28; kjv@Genesis:48:10-11 .Moses' mother Exodus:2 .Naomi kjv@Ruth:1:8-9 .Hannah kjv@1Samuel:2:19 .David kjv@2Samuel:12:18-23; kjv@2Samuel:13:38-39; kjv@2Samuel:18:5 kjv@2Samuel:18:12, kjv@2Samuel:14:1-33; 13, 33; kjv@2Samuel:19:1-6 .Rizpah kjv@2Samuel:21:10 .The true mother of the infant brought to Solomon kjv@1Kings:3:22-28 .Mary kjv@Matthew:12:46; kjv@Luke:2:48; kjv@John:2:5; kjv@John:19:25 .Jairus kjv@Mark:5:23 .Father of the demoniac kjv@Mark:9:24 .The nobleman kjv@John:4:49
- Indulgent .Eli kjv@1Samuel:2:27-36; kjv@1Samuel:3:13-14 .David kjv@1Kings:1:6
- Paternal blessings of .Noah kjv@Genesis:9:24-27 .Abraham kjv@Genesis:17:18 .Isaac kjv@Genesis:27:10-40; kjv@Genesis:28:3-4 .Jacob kjv@Genesis:48:15-20; kjv@Genesis:49:1-28
- Prayers on behalf of children .Of Hannah kjv@1Samuel:1:27 .Of David kjv@2Samuel:7:25-29; kjv@1Chronicles:17:16-27; kjv@2Samuel:12:16; kjv@1Chronicles:22:12; kjv@1Chronicles:29:19 .Of Job kjv@Job:1:5
- Paternal reproaches kjv@Genesis:9:24-25; kjv@Genesis:49:3-7
- INFLUENCE OF .
See INFLUENCE
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO kjv@Genesis:18:19; kjv@Exodus:10:2; kjv@Exodus:12:26-27; kjv@Exodus:13:8 kjv@Exodus:13:14 kjv@Exodus:20:5 kjv@Exodus:20:10 kjv@Exodus:21:17; kjv@Leviticus:20:9; kjv@Leviticus:23:3; kjv@Deuteronomy:4:9-10; kjv@Deuteronomy:6:7 kjv@Deuteronomy:6:20-24 kjv@Deuteronomy:11:18-21; kjv@Deuteronomy:32:46; kjv@Psalms:78:5-6; kjv@Psalms:103:13; kjv@Proverbs:3:12; kjv@Proverbs:13:22-24; kjv@Proverbs:19:18; kjv@Proverbs:22:6 kjv@Proverbs:22:15 kjv@Proverbs:23:13-14; kjv@Proverbs:27:11; kjv@Proverbs:29:15-17; kjv@Proverbs:31:28; kjv@Isaiah:38:19; kjv@Isaiah:49:15; kjv@Isaiah:66:13; kjv@Jeremiah:31:1; kjv@Jeremiah:49:11; kjv@Lamentations:5:7; kjv@Joel:1:3; kjv@Malachi:4:6; kjv@Matthew:10:37; kjv@Luke:11:11-13; kjv@2Corinthians:12:14; kjv@Ephesians:6:4; kjv@Colossians:3:21; kjv@1Timothy:3:4 kjv@1Timothy:3:1Thessalonians:2:11; 5, 12; kjv@1Thessalonians:5:8; kjv@Titus:1:6; kjv@Titus:2:4; kjv@Hebrews:12:7 .
See CHILDREN .
See INSTRUCTION
PARLOR @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@1Samuel:9:22
PARMASHTA @
- Son of Haman kjv@Esther:9:9
PARMENAS @
- One of the disciples kjv@Acts:6:5
PARNACH @
- Father of Elizaphan kjv@Numbers:34:25
PAROSH @
- Also called PHAROSH
- The ancestor of one of the families which returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon kjv@Ezra:2:3; kjv@Ezra:8:3; kjv@Ezra:10:25; kjv@Nehemiah:7:8; kjv@Nehemiah:10:14
PARRICIDE @ -(Murdering one's own parent s))) kjv@2Kings:19:37; kjv@2Chronicles:32:21; kjv@Isaiah:37:38
PARSHANDATHA @
- Son of Haman kjv@Esther:9:7
PARSIMONY (STINGINESS) @
- Of the Jews .Toward the temple kjv@Haggai:1:2-4 kjv@Haggai:1:6 kjv@Haggai:1:9 .Toward God kjv@Malachi:3:8-9
- Of the disciples, when the ointment was poured upon Jesus kjv@Matthew:26:8-9; kjv@John:12:4-5
- Punishment of kjv@Haggai:1:9-11
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See LIBERALITY
PARTHIANS @
- The inhabitants of Parthia, a country northwest of Persia kjv@Acts:2:9
PARTIALITY @
- Forbidden among brethren kjv@1Timothy:5:21
- Of parents for particular children .
See PARENTS
- Its effect on other children kjv@Genesis:37:4
PARTICEPS CRIMINIS @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@2John:1:11
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See COLLUSION
PARTNERSHIP @
- With God kjv@1Corinthians:3:7-9; kjv@2Corinthians:6:1; kjv@Philippians:2:13
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See PROVIDENCE
PARTRIDGE @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@1Samuel:26:20; kjv@Jeremiah:17:11
PARUAH @
- Father of Jehoshaphat kjv@1Kings:4:17
PARVAIM @
- An unknown region where gold was found kjv@2Chronicles:3:6
PASACH @
- Son of Japhlet kjv@1Chronicles:7:33
PASCHAL LAMB @
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See PASSOVER
PASSENGER @
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See COMMERCE
PAS
- DAMMIM @
- A battle between David and the Philistines, fought at kjv@1Chronicles:11:13
- Called EPHES
- DAMMIM in kjv@1Samuel:17:1
PASEAH @
-1. Also called PHASEAH .A son of Eshton kjv@1Chronicles:4:12
-2. Ancestor of a family which returned to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon kjv@Ezra:2:49; kjv@Nehemiah:7:51
-3. Father of Jehoiada, probably identical with number two kjv@Nehemiah:3:6
PASHUR @
-1. A priest, son of Malchiah kjv@1Chronicles:9:12 .An influential man and ancestor of an influential family kjv@Jeremiah:21:1; kjv@Jeremiah:38:1; kjv@Ezra:2:38; kjv@Ezra:10:22; kjv@Nehemiah:7:41; kjv@Nehemiah:10:3; kjv@Nehemiah:11:12
-2. Son of Immer and governor of the temple .Beats and imprisons Jeremiah kjv@Jeremiah:20:1-6
-3. Father of Gedaliah, who perscuted Jeremiah kjv@Jeremiah:38:1
PASSION @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Acts:1:3
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See JESUS,_SUFFERINGS_OF
PASSOVER @
- Institution of kjv@Exodus:12:3-49; kjv@Exodus:23:15-18; kjv@Exodus:34:18; kjv@Numbers:9:2-5 kjv@Numbers:9:Leviticus:23:4-8; 13, 14; kjv@Leviticus:28:16-25; kjv@Deuteronomy:16:1-8 kjv@Deuteronomy:16:16 kjv@Psalms:81:3-5
- Design of kjv@Exodus:12:21-28
- Special Passover, for those who were unclean, or on a journey, to be held in the second month kjv@Numbers:9:6-12; kjv@2Chronicles:30:2-4
- The lamb killed by Levites, for those who were ceremonially unclean kjv@2Chronicles:30:17; kjv@2Chronicles:35:3-11; kjv@Ezra:6:20
- Strangers authorized to celebrate kjv@Exodus:12:48-49; kjv@Numbers:9:14
- Observed at the place designated by God kjv@Deuteronomy:16:5-7
- Observed with unleavened bread (no yeast) kjv@Exodus:12:8 kjv@Exodus:12:15-20 kjv@Exodus:13:3 kjv@Exodus:13:6 kjv@Exodus:23:15; kjv@Leviticus:23:6; kjv@Numbers:9:11; kjv@Numbers:28:17; kjv@Deuteronomy:16:3-4; kjv@Mark:14:12; kjv@Luke:22:7; kjv@Acts:12:3; kjv@1Corinthians:5:8
- Penalty for neglecting to observe kjv@Numbers:9:13
- Re-instituted by Ezekiel kjv@Ezekiel:45:21-24
- Observation of, renewed .By the Israelites upon entering Canaan kjv@Joshua:5:10-11 .By Hezekiah kjv@2Chronicles:30:1 .By Josiah kjv@2Kings:23:22-23; kjv@2Chronicles:35:1 kjv@2Chronicles:35:18 .After the return from Babylonian captivity kjv@Ezra:6:19-20
- Observed by Jesus kjv@Matthew:26:17-20; kjv@Luke:22:15; kjv@John:2:13 kjv@John:2:23 13
- Jesus in the temple courtyard at the time of kjv@Luke:2:41-50
- Jesus crucified at the time of kjv@Matthew:26:2; kjv@Mark:14:1-2; kjv@John:18:28
- The lamb of, a type of Christ kjv@1Corinthians:5:7
- The Lord's Supper ordained at kjv@Matthew:26:26-28; kjv@Mark:14:12-25; kjv@Luke:22:7-20
- Prisoner released at, by the Romans kjv@Matthew:27:15; kjv@Mark:15:6; kjv@Luke:23:16-17; kjv@John:18:39
- Peter imprisoned at the time of kjv@Acts:12:3
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See FEASTS
PASSPORTS @
- Given to Nehemiah kjv@Nehemiah:2:7-9
PASTOR @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Jeremiah:22:22
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See SHEPHERD
PATARA @ -(A Lycian city in Asia Minor)
- Visited by Paul kjv@Acts:21:1-2
PATHROS @ -(A part of Upper Egypt)
- Jewish captives in kjv@Isaiah:11:11; kjv@Jeremiah:44:1 kjv@Jeremiah:44:15 kjv@Ezekiel:29:14
- Prophecy against kjv@Ezekiel:30:14
PATHRUSIM @
- A descendant of Mizraim and an ancestor of the Philistines kjv@Genesis:10:14; kjv@1Chronicles:1:12
PATIENCE @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Psalms:37:7-9; kjv@Proverbs:15:18; kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:8-9; kjv@Lamentations:3:26-27; kjv@Luke:8:15; kjv@Luke:21:19; kjv@Romans:2:7; kjv@Romans:5:3-4; kjv@Romans:8:25; kjv@Romans:12:12; kjv@Romans:15:4-5; kjv@1Corinthians:13:4-5; kjv@2Corinthians:6:4-6; kjv@2Corinthians:12:12; kjv@Galatians:6:9; kjv@Ephesians:4:1-2; kjv@Colossians:1:10-11; kjv@Colossians:3:12-13; kjv@1Thessalonians:1:3; kjv@1Thessalonians:5:14; kjv@2Thessalonians:3:5; kjv@1Timothy:3:2-3; kjv@1Timothy:6:11; kjv@Titus:2:1-2Timothy:2:24-25; 2, 9; kjv@Hebrews:6:12 kjv@Hebrews:6:15 kjv@Hebrews:10:36; kjv@James:1:3 kjv@James:1:James:12:1; 4, 19; kjv@James:5:7-8; kjv@1Peter:2:19-23; kjv@2Peter:1:5-6; kjv@Revelation:1:9; kjv@Revelation:13:10; kjv@Revelation:14:12
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See the following related topics
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See LONGSUFFERING
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See MEEKNESS
- INSTANCES OF .Isaac toward the people of Gerar kjv@Genesis:26:15-22 .Moses kjv@Exodus:16:7-8 .Job kjv@Job:1:21; kjv@James:5:11 .David kjv@Psalms:40:1 .Simeon kjv@Luke:2:25 .Paul kjv@2Timothy:3:10 .The prophets kjv@James:5:10 .The Thessalonian Christians kjv@2Thessalonians:1:4 .The congregation at Ephesus kjv@Revelation:2:2-3 .The congregation at Thyatira kjv@Revelation:2:19 .John kjv@Revelation:1:9
PATMOS @ -(An island in the Aegean Sea)
- John, an exile on kjv@Revelation:1:9
PATRIARCH @
- Head of a family kjv@Acts:7:9
PATRIARCHAL GOVERNMENT @
-
See GOVERNMENT
PATRICIDE @ -(Killing one's own father)
- Of Sennacherib kjv@2Kings:19:37; kjv@Isaiah:37:38
PATRIOTISM @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Deuteronomy:26:1-11; kjv@Judges:5:1-31; kjv@Psalms:51:18; kjv@Psalms:85:1-13; kjv@Psalms:122:6-7; kjv@Psalms:128:5-6; kjv@Psalms:137:1-6; kjv@Jeremiah:8:11 kjv@Jeremiah:8:Isaiah:62:1; 21, 22; kjv@Isaiah:9:1-2; kjv@Lamentations:5:1-22
-
See COUNTRY,_LOVE_OF
- INSTANCES OF .Moses kjv@Hebrews:11:24-26 .Deborah kjv@Judges:4; 5 .The tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali kjv@Judges:5:18-20 .Eli kjv@1Samuel:4:17-18 .Phinehas' wife kjv@1Samuel:4:19-22 .Joab kjv@2Samuel:10:12 .Uriah kjv@2Samuel:11:11 .Hadad kjv@1Kings:11:21-22 .The lepers of Samaria kjv@2Kings:7:9 .Nehemiah kjv@Nehemiah:1:2-4-11; kjv@Nehemiah:2:3
- LACKING IN .The tribes of Reuben, Asher, and Dan kjv@Judges:5:15-17 .The inhabitants of Meroz kjv@Judges:5:23 .The inhabitants of Succoth and Penuel kjv@Judges:8:4-17
PATROBAS @
- A believer at Rome kjv@Romans:16:14
PATTERN @
- Of the tabernacle kjv@Hebrews:8:5; kjv@Hebrews:9:23
-
See TABERNACLE
PAU @
- Also called PAI
- A city of Edom kjv@Genesis:36:39; kjv@1Chronicles:1:50
PAUL @
- Also called SAUL kjv@Acts:8:1; kjv@Acts:9:1; kjv@Acts:13:9
- From the tribe of Benjamin, kjv@Romans:11:1; kjv@Philippians:3:5
- Personal appearance of kjv@2Corinthians:10:1 kjv@2Corinthians:10:10 kjv@2Corinthians:11:6
- Born in the city of Tarsus kjv@Acts:9:11; kjv@Acts:21:39; kjv@Acts:22:3
- Educated at Jerusalem in the school of Gamaliel kjv@Acts:22:3; kjv@Acts:26:4
- A zealous Pharisee kjv@Acts:22:3; kjv@Acts:23:6; kjv@Acts:26:5; kjv@2Corinthians:11:22; kjv@Galatians:1:14; kjv@Philippians:3:5
- A Roman citizen kjv@Acts:16:37; kjv@Acts:22:25-28
- Persecutes the Christians; present at, and gives consent to, the stoning of Stephen kjv@Acts:7:58; kjv@Acts:8:1-3; kjv@Acts:9:1; kjv@Acts:22:4
- Sent to Damascus with letters for the arrest and return to Jerusalem of Christians kjv@Acts:9:1-2
- His vision and conversion kjv@Acts:9:3-22; kjv@Acts:22:4-19; kjv@Acts:26:9-15; kjv@1Corinthians:9:1; kjv@1Corinthians:15:8; kjv@Galatians:1:13; kjv@1Timothy:1:12-13
- Is immersed kjv@Acts:9:18; kjv@Acts:22:16
- Called to be an apostle kjv@Acts:22:14-21; kjv@Acts:26:16-18; kjv@Romans:1:1; kjv@1Corinthians:1:1; kjv@1Corinthians:9:1-2; kjv@1Corinthians:15:9; kjv@Galatians:1:1 kjv@Galatians:1:15, 16; kjv@Ephesians:1:1; kjv@Colossians:1:1; kjv@1Timothy:1:1; kjv@1Timothy:2:7; kjv@2Timothy:1:1 kjv@2Timothy:1:11 kjv@Titus:1:1-3
- Preaches in Damascus for the first time kjv@Acts:9:20-22
- Is persecuted by the Jews kjv@Acts:9:23-24
- Escapes by being let down from the wall in a basket; goes to Jerusalem kjv@Acts:9:25-26; kjv@Galatians:1:18-19
- Received by the disciples in Jerusalem kjv@Acts:9:26-29
- Goes to Caesarea kjv@Acts:9:30; kjv@Acts:18:22
- Sent to the Gentiles kjv@Acts:13:2-3 kjv@Acts:13:47 kjv@Acts:13:48; kjv@Acts:22:17-21; kjv@Romans:11:13; kjv@Romans:15:16; kjv@Galatians:1:15-24
- Has Barnabas as his companion kjv@Acts:11:25-26
- Teaches at Antioch (in Syria) for one year kjv@Acts:11:26
- Conveys the contributions of the Christians in Antioch to the Christians in Jerusalem kjv@Acts:11:27-30
- Returns with the apostle John to Antioch (of Syria) kjv@Acts:12:25
- Visits Seleucia kjv@Acts:13:4
- Visits much of the island of Cyprus kjv@Acts:13:4
- Preaches at Salamis kjv@Acts:13:5
- Preaches at Paphos kjv@Acts:13:6
- Sergius Paulus, governor of the country, is a convert of kjv@Acts:13:7-12
- Contends with Elymas (Bar
- Jesus) the sorcerer kjv@Acts:13:6-12
- Visits Perga in Pamphylia kjv@Acts:13:13
- John (Mark), a companion of, departs for Jerusalem kjv@Acts:13:13
- Visits Antioch (in Pisidia), and preaches in the synagogue kjv@Acts:13:14-41
- His message received gladly by the Gentiles kjv@Acts:13:42-49
- Persecuted and expelled kjv@Acts:13:50-51
- Visits Iconium, and preaches to the Jews and non
- Jews; is persecuted; escapes to Lystra; goes to Derbe kjv@Acts:14:1-6
- Heals an immobile man kjv@Acts:14:8-10
- The people attempt to worship him kjv@Acts:14:11-18
- Is persecuted by certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and is stoned kjv@Acts:14:19; kjv@2Corinthians:11:25; kjv@2Timothy:3:11
- Escapes to Derbe, where he preaches the gospel, and returns to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, strengthens the souls of the disciples, exhorts them to continue in the faith, and helps to appoint elders kjv@Acts:14:19-23
- Re-visits Pisidia, Pamphylia, Perga, Attalia, and Antioch, in Syria, where he lived kjv@Acts:14:24-28
- Refers the question of circumcision to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem kjv@Acts:15:2-4
- He declares to the apostles at Jerusalem the miracles and wonders God had performed among the Gentiles by them kjv@Acts:15:12
- Returns to Antioch, accompanied by Barnabas, Judas, and Silas, with letters to the Gentiles kjv@Acts:15:22 kjv@Acts:15:25
- Makes his second tour of the congregations kjv@Acts:15:36
- Chooses Silas as his companion, and passes through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the congregations kjv@Acts:15:36-41
- Visits Lystra; circumcises Timothy kjv@Acts:16:1-5
- Goes through Phrygia and Galatia; is forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach in Asia; visits Mysia; attempts to go to Bithynia, but is restrained by the Spirit kjv@Acts:16:6-7
- Visits Samothracia and Neapolis; comes to Philippi, the chief city of Macedonia; visits a place of prayer at the side of the river; preaches the word; the merchant, Lydia, from Thyatira, is converted and immersed kjv@Acts:16:11-15
- Reproves the soothsayer; causes the evil spirit to come out of the girl who practises divination kjv@Acts:16:16-18
- Persecuted, beaten, and cast into prison with Silas; sings songs of praise in the prison; an earthquake shakes the prison; he preaches to the alarmed jailer, who believes, and is immersed along with his household kjv@Acts:16:19-34
- Is released by the civil authorities on the grounds of his being a Roman citizen kjv@Acts:16:35-39; kjv@2Corinthians:6:5; kjv@2Corinthians:11:25; kjv@1Thessalonians:2:2
- Is welcomed at the household of Lydia kjv@Acts:16:40
- Visits Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessalonica; preaches in the synagogue kjv@Acts:17:1-4
- Is persecuted kjv@Acts:17:5-9; kjv@2Thessalonians:1:1-4
- Escapes to Berea by night; preaches in the synagogue; many honorable women and several men believe kjv@Acts:17:10-12
- Persecuted by the Jews who come from Thessalonica; is escorted by some of the brethren to Athens kjv@Acts:17:13-15
- Debates on Mars' Hill (at the meeting of the Areopagus Council) with Greeks kjv@Acts:17:16-34
- Visits Corinth; lives with Aquila and his wife, Priscilla (Prisca), who were tentmakers; joins in their trade kjv@Acts:18:1-3
- Reasons in the synagogue every Sabbath; is rejected by the Jews; turns to the Gentiles; makes his home with Justus; continues there for eighteen months, teaching the word of God kjv@Acts:18:4-11
- Persecuted by Jews, drawn before the deputy, charged with wicked lewdness; accusation dismissed; takes his leave after many days, and sails to Syria, accompanied by Aquila and Priscilla kjv@Acts:18:12-18
- Visits Ephesus, where he leaves Aquila and Priscilla; enters into a synagogue, where he reasons with the Jews; starts on his return trip to Jerusalem; visits Caesarea; crosses over the country of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening the disciples kjv@Acts:18:18-23
- Returns to Ephesus; immerses in the name of the Lord Jesus, and lays his hands upon the disciples, who are baptized with the Holy Spirit; preaches in the synagogue; remains in Ephesus for two years; heals the sick people kjv@Acts:19:12
- Rebukes the exorcists; casts an evil spirit out of a man, and many believe, bringing their evil books of sorcery to be burned kjv@Acts:19:13-20; kjv@1Corinthians:16:8-9
- Sends Timothy and Erastus into Macedonia, but he himself remains in Asia for a period of time kjv@Acts:19:21-22
- The spread of the gospel through his preaching interferes with the makers of idols; he is persecuted, and a great uproar of the city is created; the town clerk appeases the people; dismisses the accusation against Paul, and disperses the people kjv@Acts:19:23-41; kjv@2Corinthians:1:8; kjv@2Timothy:4:14
- Proceeds to Macedonia after strengthening the congregations in that region; comes into Greece and lives for three months; returns through Macedonia, accompanied by Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus kjv@Acts:20:1-6
- Visits Troas; preaches until daybreak; restores to life the young man (Eutychus) who fell from the window kjv@Acts:20:6-12
- Visits Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Trogyllium, and Miletus, hastening to Jerusalem, to be there by Pentecost day kjv@Acts:20:13-16
- Sends for the elders of the congregation of Ephesus; relates to them how he had preached in Asia and his temptations and afflictions, urging repentance toward God kjv@Acts:20:17-21
- Declares he was going bound in spirit to Jerusalem; exhorts them to take heed to themselves and the flock over whom the Holy Spirit had made them overseers; kneels down, prays, and leaves kjv@Acts:20:22-38
- Visits Coos, Rhodes, and Patara; boards a ship bound for Tyre kjv@Acts:21:1-3
- Waits at Tyre for seven days; is brought on his way by the disciples to the outskirts of the city; kneels down and prays; boards the ship; comes to Ptolemais; greets the brethren, and stays for one day kjv@Acts:21:4-7
- Departs for Caesarea; enters the house of Philip the evangelist; is admonished by the prophet Agabus not to go to Jerusalem; nevertheless, he proceeds to Jerusalem kjv@Acts:21:8-15
- Is received by the brethren gladly; talks about the things that had been done among the Gentiles through his ministry kjv@Acts:21:17-25
- Enters the temple courtyard; the people are stirred up against him by some Jews from Asia; an uproar is created; he is thrust out of the temple area; the commander of the Roman garrison intervenes and arrests him kjv@Acts:21:26-33
- His defense kjv@Acts:21:33-40; kjv@Acts:22:1-21
- Is confined in the fortress kjv@Acts:22:24-30
- Is brought before the Sanhedrin; his defense kjv@Acts:22:30; kjv@Acts:23:1-5
- Is returned to the fortress kjv@Acts:23:10
- Is encouraged by a vision from God, promising him that he will give testimony in Rome kjv@Acts:23:11
- Jewish leaders conspire against his life kjv@Acts:23:12-15
- This plan is thwarted by his nephew kjv@Acts:23:16-22
- Is escorted to Caesarea by a military guard kjv@Acts:23:23-33
- Is confined in Herod's Judgment Hall in Caesarea kjv@Acts:23:35
- His trial before Governor Felix Acts:24
- Remains in custody for two years kjv@Acts:24:27
- His trial before Governor Festus kjv@Acts:25:1-12
- Appeals to be heard by Caesar kjv@Acts:25:10-12
- His examination before Herod Agrippa II kjv@Acts:25:13-27; 26
- Is taken to Rome in the custody of Julius, a centurion, and a detachment of soldiers; boards a ship, accompanied by other prisoners, and sails by way of the coasts of Asia; stops at Sidon, and at Myra kjv@Acts:27:1-5
- Transferred to a ship of Alexandria; sails by way of Cnidus, Crete, Salamis, and the Fair Havens kjv@Acts:27:6-8
- Predicts misfortune to the ship; his counsel not heeded, and the voyage resumes kjv@Acts:27:9-13
- The ship encounters a storm; Paul encourages and comforts the officers and crew; the soldiers advise putting the prisoners to death; the centurion interferes, and all on board (consisting of two-hundred and seventy-six persons) survive kjv@Acts:27:14-44
- The ship is wrecked, and all on board take refuge on the island of Melita (Malta) kjv@Acts:27:14-44
- Kind treatment by the inhabitants of the island kjv@Acts:28:1-2
- Is bitten by a viper and miraculously unharmed kjv@Acts:28:3-6
- Heals the ruler's father and others kjv@Acts:28:7-10
- Is delayed in Melita (Malta) for three months; proceeds on the voyage; delays at Syracuse; sails by Rhegium and Puteoli kjv@Acts:28:11-13
- Meets some brethren who accompany him to Rome from Appii Forum; arrives at Rome; is delivered to the captain of the guard; is permitted to live by himself in custody of a soldier kjv@Acts:28:14-16
- Summons the local Jewish leadership; states his position; is kindly received; expounds the gospel; testifies to the kingdom of heaven kjv@Acts:28:17-29
- Lives in his own rented house for two years, preaching and teaching kjv@Acts:28:30-31
- Supports himself kjv@Acts:18:3; kjv@Acts:20:33-35
- Sickness of, in Asia kjv@2Corinthians:1:8-11
- His resolute determination to go to Jerusalem despite repeated warnings kjv@Acts:20:22-23; kjv@Acts:21:4 kjv@Acts:21:10-14
- Caught up to the third heaven kjv@2Corinthians:12:1-4
- His independence of character kjv@1Thessalonians:2:9; kjv@2Thessalonians:3:8
- Persecutions of kjv@1Thessalonians:2:2; kjv@Hebrews:10:34
- Persecutions endured by, see below
- Zeal of .
See ZEAL, OF_PAUL
- PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY kjv@Acts:9:16 kjv@Acts:9:23-25, 29; kjv@Acts:16:19-25; kjv@Acts:20:22-24; kjv@Acts:21:13 kjv@Acts:21:27-33 kjv@Acts:22:22-24; kjv@Acts:23:10-12-15; kjv@Romans:8:35-37; kjv@1Corinthians:4:9-11-13; kjv@2Corinthians:1:8-10; kjv@2Corinthians:6:4 kjv@2Corinthians:6:2Corinthians:4:8-12; kjv@2Corinthians:11:23-27 kjv@2Corinthians:11:5, 8-10; 32, 33; kjv@2Corinthians:12:10; kjv@Galatians:5:11; kjv@Galatians:6:17; kjv@Philippians:1:30; kjv@Philippians:2:17-18; kjv@1Thessalonians:2:2 kjv@1Thessalonians:2:Colossians:1:24; 14, 15; kjv@Colossians:3:4; kjv@2Timothy:1:12; kjv@2Timothy:2:9-10; kjv@2Timothy:3:11-12; kjv@2Timothy:4:16-17
PAVILION @
-
See TABERNACLE
PAWN @
- General scriptures concerning kjv@Exodus:22:26; kjv@Deuteronomy:24:10-13 kjv@Deuteronomy:24:17 kjv@Job:24:3; kjv@Proverbs:22:27; kjv@Ezekiel:18:5-7 kjv@Ezekiel:18:12; kjv@Ezekiel:33:15; kjv@Amos:2:8
-
See SURETY
filter-bible-link.pl:
hitchcock:
kjv@STRING:Abarim <HITCHCOCK>@ passages; passengers - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Accad <HITCHCOCK>@ a vessel; pitcher; spark - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Achim <HITCHCOCK>@ preparing; revenging; confirming - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Agrippa <HITCHCOCK>@ one who causes great pain at his birth - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Amasa <HITCHCOCK>@ sparing the people - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Anathema <HITCHCOCK>@ separated; set apart - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Antipas <HITCHCOCK>@ for all, or against all - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Antipatris <HITCHCOCK>@ for, or against the father - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Apelles <HITCHCOCK>@ exclusion; separation - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Appaim <HITCHCOCK>@ face; nostrils - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Areopagus <HITCHCOCK>@ the hill of Mars - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Arpad <HITCHCOCK>@ the light of redemption - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Asyncritus <HITCHCOCK>@ incomparable - HITCHCOCK-A
kjv@STRING:Baal-tamar <HITCHCOCK>@ master of the palm-tree - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Benoni <HITCHCOCK>@ son of my sorrow, or pain - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Benzoheth <HITCHCOCK>@ son of separation - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Beth-palet <HITCHCOCK>@ house of expulsion - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Beth-pazzez <HITCHCOCK>@ house of dividing asunder - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Beth-phelet <HITCHCOCK>@ same as Beth-palet - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Bidkar <HITCHCOCK>@ in compunction, or sharp pain - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Bukkiah <HITCHCOCK>@ the dissipation of the Lord - HITCHCOCK-B
kjv@STRING:Cappadocia <HITCHCOCK>@ the same as Caphtor - HITCHCOCK-C
kjv@STRING:Chenaniah <HITCHCOCK>@ preparation, or disposition, or strength, of the Lord - HITCHCOCK-C
kjv@STRING:Darah <HITCHCOCK>@ generation; house of the shepherd or of the companion - HITCHCOCK-D
kjv@STRING:Diblath <HITCHCOCK>@ paste of dry figs - HITCHCOCK-D
kjv@STRING:Eber <HITCHCOCK>@ one that passes; anger - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Ebronah <HITCHCOCK>@ passage over; being angry - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Elpalet <HITCHCOCK>@ same as Eliphalet - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:En-mishpat <HITCHCOCK>@ fountain of judgment - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Enos <HITCHCOCK>@ mortal man; sick; despaired of; forgetful - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Epaphras <HITCHCOCK>@ covered with foam - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Epaphroditus <HITCHCOCK>@ agreeable; handsome - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Esli <HITCHCOCK>@ near me; he who separates - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Exodus <HITCHCOCK>@ going out, departure - HITCHCOCK-E
kjv@STRING:Gazez <HITCHCOCK>@ a passing over - HITCHCOCK-G
kjv@STRING:Gispa <HITCHCOCK>@ coming hither - HITCHCOCK-G
kjv@STRING:Golan <HITCHCOCK>@ passage; revolution - HITCHCOCK-G
kjv@STRING:Goliath <HITCHCOCK>@ passage; revolution; heap - HITCHCOCK-G
kjv@STRING:Gozan <HITCHCOCK>@ fleece; pasture; who nourisheth the body - HITCHCOCK-G
kjv@STRING:Habor <HITCHCOCK>@ a partaker; a companion - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Halak <HITCHCOCK>@ part - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Havilah <HITCHCOCK>@ that suffers pain; that brings forth - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Hazar-hatticon <HITCHCOCK>@ middle village; preparation - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Hazar-susah <HITCHCOCK>@ or susim, the hay-paunch of a horse - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Hazeroth <HITCHCOCK>@ villages; palaces - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Heber <HITCHCOCK>@ one that passes; anger - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Hegai <HITCHCOCK>@ or Hege, meditation; word; groaning; separation - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Helek <HITCHCOCK>@ part; portion - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Heleph <HITCHCOCK>@ changing; passing over - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Hul <HITCHCOCK>@ pain; infirmity - HITCHCOCK-H
kjv@STRING:Ibri <HITCHCOCK>@ passing over; being angry; being with young - HITCHCOCK-I
kjv@STRING:Ije-abarim <HITCHCOCK>@ heaps of Hebrews, or of passers over - HITCHCOCK-I
kjv@STRING:Ish-pan <HITCHCOCK>@ hid; broken in two - HITCHCOCK-I
kjv@STRING:Ispah <HITCHCOCK>@ a jasper stone - HITCHCOCK-I
kjv@STRING:Ithamar <HITCHCOCK>@ island of the palm-tree - HITCHCOCK-I
kjv@STRING:Jabbok <HITCHCOCK>@ evacuation; dissipation; wrestling - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Jaziz <HITCHCOCK>@ brightness; departing - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Jeconiah <HITCHCOCK>@ preparation, or stability, of the Lord - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Jehoadah <HITCHCOCK>@ passing over; testimony of the Lord - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Jehoiachin <HITCHCOCK>@ preparation, or strength, of the Lord - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Jimnah <HITCHCOCK>@ right hand; numbering; preparing - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Joab <HITCHCOCK>@ paternity; voluntary - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Joash <HITCHCOCK>@ who despairs or burns - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Joed <HITCHCOCK>@ witnessing; robbing; passing over - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Jogli <HITCHCOCK>@ passing over; turning back; rejoicing - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Joppa <HITCHCOCK>@ beauty; comeliness - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Jose <HITCHCOCK>@ raised; who pardons - HITCHCOCK-J
kjv@STRING:Kithlish <HITCHCOCK>@ it is a wall; the company of a lioness - HITCHCOCK-K
kjv@STRING:Laadah <HITCHCOCK>@ to assemble together; to testify; passing over - HITCHCOCK-L
kjv@STRING:Luz <HITCHCOCK>@ separation; departure; an almond - HITCHCOCK-L
kjv@STRING:Madmannah <HITCHCOCK>@ measure of a gift; preparation of a garment - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Mahali <HITCHCOCK>@ infirmity; a harp; pardon - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Mashal <HITCHCOCK>@ a parable; governing - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Memucan <HITCHCOCK>@ impoverished; to prepare; certain; true - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Menahem <HITCHCOCK>@ comforter; who conducts them; preparation of heat - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Menan <HITCHCOCK>@ numbered; rewarded; prepared - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Meshullam <HITCHCOCK>@ peaceable; perfect; their parables - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Migdalgad <HITCHCOCK>@ tower compassed about - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Minni <HITCHCOCK>@ reckoned; prepared - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Mishal <HITCHCOCK>@ parables; governing - HITCHCOCK-M
kjv@STRING:Nazareth <HITCHCOCK>@ separated; crowned; sanctified - HITCHCOCK-N
kjv@STRING:Nazarite <HITCHCOCK>@ one chosen or set apart - HITCHCOCK-N
kjv@STRING:Nekoda <HITCHCOCK>@ painted; inconstant - HITCHCOCK-N
kjv@STRING:Olympas <HITCHCOCK>@ heavenly - HITCHCOCK-O
kjv@STRING:On <HITCHCOCK>@ pain; force; iniquity - HITCHCOCK-O
kjv@STRING:Orpah <HITCHCOCK>@ the neck or skull - HITCHCOCK-O
kjv@STRING:Paarai <HITCHCOCK>@ opening - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Padan-aram <HITCHCOCK>@ cultivated field or table-land - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Padon <HITCHCOCK>@ his redemption; ox-yoke - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pagiel <HITCHCOCK>@ prevention, or prayer, of God - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pahath-Moab <HITCHCOCK>@ ruler of Moab - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Palal <HITCHCOCK>@ thinking - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Palestina <HITCHCOCK>@ which is covered; watered; or brings and causes ruin - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pallu <HITCHCOCK>@ marvelous; hidden - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Palti <HITCHCOCK>@ deliverance; flight - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Paltiel <HITCHCOCK>@ deliverance; or banishment, of God - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pamphylia <HITCHCOCK>@ a nation made up of every tribe - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Paphos <HITCHCOCK>@ which boils, or is very hot - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Parah <HITCHCOCK>@ a cow; increasing - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Paran <HITCHCOCK>@ beauty; glory; ornament - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Parbar <HITCHCOCK>@ a suburb - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Parmashta <HITCHCOCK>@ a yearling bull - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Parmenas <HITCHCOCK>@ that abides, or is permanent - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Parnach <HITCHCOCK>@ a bull striking, or struck - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Parosh <HITCHCOCK>@ a flea; the fruit of a moth - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Parshandatha <HITCHCOCK>@ given by prayer - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Paruah <HITCHCOCK>@ flourishing; that flies away - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pasach <HITCHCOCK>@ thy broken piece - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pasdammin <HITCHCOCK>@ portion or diminishing of blood - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Paseah <HITCHCOCK>@ passing over; halting - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pashur <HITCHCOCK>@ that extends or multiplies the hole; whiteness - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Patara <HITCHCOCK>@ trodden under foot - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Patmos <HITCHCOCK>@ mortal - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Patrobas <HITCHCOCK>@ paternal; that pursues the steps of his father - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pau <HITCHCOCK>@ same as Pai - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Paul <HITCHCOCK>@ small; little - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Paulus <HITCHCOCK>@ same as Paul - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Perida <HITCHCOCK>@ separation; division - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Phalti Palti <HITCHCOCK>@ deliverance, flight - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pharisees <HITCHCOCK>@ set apart - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pharpar <HITCHCOCK>@ that produces fruit - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pi-hahiroth <HITCHCOCK>@ the mouth; the pass of Hiroth - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Pirathon <HITCHCOCK>@ his dissipation or deprivation; his rupture - HITCHCOCK-P
kjv@STRING:Raham <HITCHCOCK>@ compassion; a friend - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Reelaiah <HITCHCOCK>@ shepherd or companion to the Lord - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Rehob <HITCHCOCK>@ breadth; space; extent - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Rehoboth <HITCHCOCK>@ spaces; places - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Rehum <HITCHCOCK>@ merciful; compassionate - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Rei <HITCHCOCK>@ my shepherd; my companion; my friend - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Remphan <HITCHCOCK>@ prepared; arrayed - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Rehpaim <HITCHCOCK>@ giants; physicians; relaxed - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Rezeph <HITCHCOCK>@ pavement; burning coal - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Riphath <HITCHCOCK>@ remedy; medicine; release; pardon - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Rizpah <HITCHCOCK>@ bed; extension; a coal - HITCHCOCK-R
kjv@STRING:Salim <HITCHCOCK>@ foxes; fists; path - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Sceva <HITCHCOCK>@ disposed; prepared - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Selah <HITCHCOCK>@ the end; a pause - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Shebam <HITCHCOCK>@ compassing about; old men - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Shechem <HITCHCOCK>@ part; portion; back early in the morning - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Shobab <HITCHCOCK>@ returned; turned back; a spark - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Shobal <HITCHCOCK>@ path; ear of corn - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Shual <HITCHCOCK>@ fox; path; first - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Sippai <HITCHCOCK>@ threshold; silver cup - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Spain <HITCHCOCK>@ rare; precious - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Sur <HITCHCOCK>@ that withdraws or departs; rebellion - HITCHCOCK-S
kjv@STRING:Tadmor <HITCHCOCK>@ the palm-tree; bitterness - HITCHCOCK-T
kjv@STRING:Tamar <HITCHCOCK>@ palm; palm-tree - HITCHCOCK-T
kjv@STRING:Tetrarch <HITCHCOCK>@ governor of a fourth part - HITCHCOCK-T
kjv@STRING:Tiphsah <HITCHCOCK>@ passage; leap; step; the passover - HITCHCOCK-T
kjv@STRING:Zaphnath-paaneah <HITCHCOCK>@ one who discovers hidden things - HITCHCOCK-Z
kjv@STRING:Zemira <HITCHCOCK>@ song; vine; palm - HITCHCOCK-Z
kjv@STRING:Zeruiah <HITCHCOCK>@ pain or tribulation of the Lord - HITCHCOCK-Z
kjv@STRING:Zilpah <HITCHCOCK>@ distillation from the mouth - HITCHCOCK-Z
kjv@STRING:Zippor <HITCHCOCK>@ bird; sparrow; crown; desert - HITCHCOCK-Z
kjv@STRING:Zoheth <HITCHCOCK>@ separation; amazing - HITCHCOCK-Z
tcr:
PAIN @ general references to- kjv@Job:14:22; kjv@Job:30:17; kjv@Job:33:19; kjv@Isaiah:21:3; kjv@Romans:8:22; kjv@Revelation:16:10; kjv@Revelation:21:4
PAINTING THE FACE @ kjv@2Kings:9:30; kjv@Jeremiah:4:30; kjv@Ezekiel:23:40
PALACES @ kjv@1Kings:7:1; kjv@1Kings:22:39; kjv@Ezra:6:2; kjv@Nehemiah:1:1; kjv@Psalms:144:12; kjv@Jeremiah:22:14
PALLIATION
- DENUNCIATION OF SIN @ (A) PALLIATION OF SIN, condemned- kjv@Proverbs:17:15; kjv@Proverbs:24:24; kjv@Proverbs:28:4; kjv@Isaiah:5:20; kjv@Ezekiel:13:22; kjv@Malachi:2:17; kjv@Romans:1:32 Connivance, CONNIVANCE Excuses, SELF
- JUSTIFICATION & SELF
- JUSTIFICATION -, Excusing Personal Sin.
See SELF
- JUSTIFICATION (B) DENUNCIATION of sin- kjv@Isaiah:30:1; kjv@Ezekiel:16:37; kjv@Matthew:3:7; kjv@Matthew:23:33; kjv@Luke:10:13; kjv@Luke:19:46 kjv@Acts:7:52; kjv@Acts:13:10; kjv@Acts:23:3 Woes, WOES Divine Curse, CURSE, DIVINE Threatening, THREATENINGS Divine Reproof, REPROOF (C) SIN REBUKED, examples of- kjv@Genesis:3:17 A Man of God Rebukes Eli- kjv@1Samuel:2:29 Samuel Rebukes Saul- kjv@1Samuel:13:13 Nathan Rebukes David- kjv@2Samuel:12:7,9; kjv@1Kings:18:18 Elijah Rebukes Ahab- kjv@1Kings:21:20 Zechariah Rebukes Judah- kjv@2Chronicles:24:20 Ezra Rebukes the People- kjv@Ezra:10:10,11; kjv@Daniel:5:22; kjv@Matthew:25:26 The Dying Thief Rebukes his Companion- kjv@Luke:23:39,40 Rulers Rebuked, NATION, THE Man of God LEADERS Reproof, REPROOF & REPROOF Woes, WOES
PALM BRANCHES @ kjv@Leviticus:23:40; kjv@Nehemiah:8:15; kjv@John:12:13
PAMPHYLIA @ a province of Asia Minor- kjv@Acts:2:10; kjv@Acts:13:13; kjv@Acts:14:24; kjv@Acts:15:38; kjv@Acts:27:5
PANICS @ kjv@Exodus:14:25; kjv@Judges:7:22; kjv@1Samuel:4:10; kjv@1Samuel:14:16; kjv@1Samuel:17:51; kjv@2Kings:7:7 kjv@2Chronicles:14:12; kjv@2Chronicles:20:23 Fear of Man, FEAR Cowardice, FEAR
PAPER @ kjv@Isaiah:19:7; kjv@2John:1:12
PAPHOS @ kjv@Acts:13:6
PARABLES @
(1) Of the Old Testament Of Jotham- kjv@Judges:9:7 Of Nathan- kjv@2Samuel:12:1 Of Woman of Tekoa- kjv@2Samuel:14:15 Of a Prophet- kjv@1Kings:20:39 Of Joash- kjv@2Kings:14:9; kjv@2Chronicles:25:18 Of the Prophets- kjv@Isaiah:5:1; kjv@Jeremiah:13:1; kjv@Ezekiel:17:3; kjv@Ezekiel:19:2,3; kjv@Ezekiel:24:3
(2) Of Christ I. In One Gospel Only Mt. Mr. Lu. The Barren Fig Tree..................
13 The Draw Net......................... 13
The Friend at Midnight...............
11 The Good Samaritan...................
10 The Goodly Pearl..................... 13
The Great Supper.....................
14 The Hidden Treasure.................. 13
The Householder......................
13
The Labourers in the Vineyard........ 20
The Marriage of the King's Son....... 22
The Pharisee and Publican............
18 The Piece of Money...................
15 The Pounds...........................
19 The Prodigal Son.....................
15 The Rich Fool........................
12 The Rich Man and Lazarus.............
16 The Seed Growing in Secret...........
4
The Sheep and Goats.................. 25
The Tares............................ 13
The Ten Talents...................... 25
The Ten Virgins...................... 25
The Two Debtors......................
7 The Two Sons......................... 21
The Unjust Judge.....................
18 The Unjust Steward...................
16 The Unmerciful Servant............... 18
The Unprofitable Servants............
17 The Wedding Feast....................
12 The Wise Steward.....................
12 II. Found in Two Gospels Only The House on the Rock................ 7
6 The Leaven........................... 13
13 The Lost Sheep....................... 18
15 III. Found in Three Gospels New Cloth............................ 9 2 5 New Wine in Old Bottles.............. 9 2 5 The Fig Tree......................... 24 13 21 The Mustard Seed..................... 13 4 13 The Sower............................ 13 4 8 The Wicked Husbandmen................ 21 12 20
PARADISE @ kjv@Luke:23:43; kjv@2Corinthians:12:4; kjv@Revelation:2:7 Heaven, 1356 Reward, FUTURE, THE
PARADOXES, SCRIPTURAL @ kjv@Matthew:10:39; kjv@Matthew:16:25; kjv@2Corinthians:4:18; kjv@2Corinthians:6:8; kjv@2Corinthians:12:10; kjv@Ephesians:3:19 Strength
(2), POWER
PARAN @ wilderness- kjv@Numbers:10:12; kjv@Numbers:12:16; kjv@Numbers:13:26; kjv@Deuteronomy:1:1; kjv@Deuteronomy:33:2
PARRICIDE @ kjv@2Kings:19:37; kjv@2Chronicles:32:21; kjv@Isaiah:37:38 Assassination, NATION, THE Murder, MURDER
PARTAKERS, BELIEVERS AS @ kjv@Philippians:1:7; kjv@Colossians:1:12; kjv@1Timothy:6:2; kjv@Hebrews:3:1; kjv@Hebrews:6:4; kjv@Hebrews:12:10; kjv@1Peter:4:13; kjv@1Peter:5:1 kjv@2Peter:1:4
PARTAKERS OF EVIL @ kjv@1Corinthians:10:21; kjv@Ephesians:5:7; kjv@2John:1:11; kjv@Revelation:18:4 Connivance, CONNIVANCE
PASSIONS, EVIL @ kjv@Romans:1:26; kjv@Romans:7:5; kjv@Galatians:5:24; kjv@1Thessalonians:4:5 Lust, IMPURITY Flesh, FLESH, THE
PASSOVER @ general references to- kjv@Exodus:12:11; kjv@Numbers:33:3; kjv@Deuteronomy:16:1; kjv@2Chronicles:30:15; kjv@2Chronicles:35:11; kjv@Ezra:6:20 kjv@Mark:14:12; kjv@1Corinthians:5:7 - Feast of. SEE Feasts, FEASTS, JEWISH
PATHROS @ kjv@Isaiah:11:11; kjv@Jeremiah:44:1; kjv@Ezekiel:29:14; kjv@Ezekiel:30:14
PATHS, RIGHT @ kjv@Psalms:16:11; kjv@Psalms:23:3; kjv@Psalms:25:10; kjv@Psalms:119:35; kjv@Proverbs:2:9; kjv@Proverbs:4:11,18; kjv@Isaiah:2:3; kjv@Isaiah:26:7 kjv@Hebrews:12:13 Way
(3), WAY, RIGHT
PATHWAY OF SIN @
(1) General References to- kjv@Proverbs:2:15; kjv@Proverbs:12:15; kjv@Proverbs:13:15; kjv@Proverbs:14:12; kjv@Proverbs:15:9; kjv@Isaiah:59:8; kjv@Matthew:7:13 Way
(1), DARKNESS
(2) Walking in- kjv@Deuteronomy:29:19; kjv@Jeremiah:7:24; kjv@Ephesians:2:2; kjv@Philippians:3:18; kjv@1Peter:4:3 kjv@2Peter:2:10; kjv@2Peter:3:3; kjv@Jude:1:18
PATIENCE
- IMPATIENCE @ (A) PATIENCE
(1) Enjoined- kjv@Ecclesiastes:7:8; kjv@Luke:21:19; kjv@Romans:12:12; kjv@1Thessalonians:5:14; kjv@2Timothy:2:24; kjv@Titus:2:2 kjv@Hebrews:10:36; kjv@James:1:4; kjv@James:5:7; kjv@2Peter:1:6 Endurance, STEADFASTNESS Steadfastness, STEADFASTNESS & STEADFASTNESS
(2) Examples of- kjv@2Thessalonians:1:4; kjv@Hebrews:6:15; kjv@James:5:11; kjv@Revelation:1:9; kjv@Revelation:2:2; kjv@Revelation:14:12 Meekness, MEEKNESS
(3) In Waiting for God- kjv@Genesis:49:18; kjv@Psalms:33:20; kjv@Psalms:37:7; kjv@Psalms:40:1; kjv@Psalms:130:6; kjv@Isaiah:25:9; kjv@Isaiah:26:8; kjv@Isaiah:33:2 kjv@Lamentations:3:25; kjv@Luke:2:25; kjv@Acts:1:4 Prayerfulness, DEVOTIONAL LIFE (B) IMPATIENCE, examples of Moses, at the murmuring of Israel- kjv@Numbers:20:10 Naaman, at the conditions imposed by the prophet- kjv@2Kings:5:11,12 Jonah, at the blasting of the gourd- kjv@Jonah:4:8,9 The disciples, at the outcry of the Syrophenician woman- kjv@Matthew:15:23 James and John, at the inhospitality of the Samaritans- kjv@Luke:9:54 Martha, with her sister Mary- kjv@Luke:10:40
PATMOS, ISLE OF @ kjv@Revelation:1:9
PATRIARCHS @ kjv@Acts:2:29; kjv@Acts:7:8; kjv@Hebrews:7:4
PAUL'S THORN @ kjv@2Corinthians:12:7; kjv@Galatians:4:13
PAUL @ the apostle
(1) General References to- kjv@Acts:7:58; kjv@Acts:8:1,3; kjv@Acts:9:1,22; kjv@Acts:11:25; kjv@Acts:12:25; kjv@Acts:13:2,50; kjv@Acts:14:19; kjv@Acts:15:12,40 kjv@Acts:16:9,28; kjv@Acts:17:22; kjv@Acts:18:1; kjv@Acts:19:1; kjv@Acts:20:1; kjv@Acts:21:13,40; kjv@Acts:22:30; kjv@Acts:23:33 kjv@Acts:24:10; kjv@Acts:25:10; kjv@Acts:26:1; kjv@Acts:27:1; kjv@Acts:28:3,30; kjv@Romans:15:16; kjv@2Corinthians:10:10 kjv@Galatians:1:13; kjv@Galatians:2:1; kjv@Galatians:4:13; kjv@Philippians:3:4; kjv@1Timothy:1:13 - "The Man of Vision" The vision of Christ- Acts:9:3-6; 26:1315 The Missionary Vision kjv@Acts:16:9 The vision of Testimony- kjv@Acts:18:9 The vision of Warning- kjv@Acts:22:18 The vision of Work in the capital of the world- kjv@Acts:23:11 The vision of Encouragement in the storm- kjv@Acts:27:23 The vision of Paradise- 2Corinthians:12:1-4 - Obedience to these visions the explanation of his wonderful career- kjv@Acts:26:19 - Characteristics of. Joy- kjv@Acts:16:25; kjv@2Corinthians:6:10; kjv@2Corinthians:7:4; kjv@Philippians:4:4 Courage- kjv@Acts:16:36,37; kjv@Acts:22:25; kjv@Acts:24:25 Steadfastness- kjv@Acts:20:24 Earnestness- kjv@Acts:20:31; kjv@Romans:9:3; kjv@Philippians:3:18 Industry- kjv@Acts:20:34; kjv@1Thessalonians:2:9 Entire consecration- kjv@Acts:21:13; Philippians:3:714 Tact 1Corinthians:9:19-22 Selfsacrifice 2Corinthians:11:24