Israel in the Bible

Meaning: who prevails with God

Exact Match

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

Verse ConceptsPower Through GodPeter, The ApostleThe Healed WalkingLooking Intently At Peoplepietysurprises

and elders of Israel, if we are this day examined about the benefit done to the impotent man,

Verse ConceptsActs of KindnessKindnessHow Healing Came

[You] said, through the Holy Spirit and by means of [the inspired writings of] our forefather David, your servant, [Psa. 2:1-2], 'Why did the [unconverted] Gentiles rage [at the Messiah], and the people [of Israel] devise useless plans [for opposing Christ]?

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfMouthsTrapThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureWhat Foreigners DoSpeaking By The SpiritAngry With GodSpeaking The Word God Gives

In obedience to this, they entered the temple complex at daybreak and began to teach.

When the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full Senate of the sons of Israel—and sent orders to the jail to have them brought.

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And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalThe Number TwelveSacramentsAbraham, God's Covenant WithLess Than A Year OldTwelve BeingsCircumcisionGifts Of GodGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsOther Gifts Of God

Their bodies were carried back [from Egypt] to Shechem and buried in the tomb that Abraham had purchased in Shechem from the sons of Hamor for a sum of silver. [Note: "Shechem" was a town in Israel, the country which in New Testament times was known as Samaria].

Verse ConceptsMoney, Uses OfThe Cave Of Machpelah

This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

Verse ConceptsChrist Like PeopleJesus The Prophet

Then God turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

House of Israel, did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices
40 years in the wilderness?

Verse ConceptsBody40 To 50 YearsIsrael In The WildernessBooks Of ProphecyWorshiping Together

The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Examples Of God'sArm Of GodLeaving EgyptGod Multipling PeopleStrangers in israel

And when God removed him [from the throne of Israel] He raised up David to be their king. God said about him, 'I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man close to my heart [i.e., whom I loved very much] and he will do all that I want him to.'

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfHeart, DivineSpiritualityThe Witness Of GodDoing God's WillDeposingSaul And DavidReflecting God's Heart

As John was completing his ministry he said [to the great crowds], 'Who do you people think I am? [No], I am not the Messiah. But look, Someone is coming [to Israel] after [I complete] my mission whose sandal straps I am not even worthy to unfasten.'

Verse ConceptsSandalsShoesWho Is John The Baptist?Undoing Fastenings

But when the seven days were near ended, the Jews that came from Asia seeing him in the temple, raised a tumult among the people, and laid hands on him, crying out, Men of Israel, help:

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As Jesus was going to the district of Cesarea-Philippi, he asked his disciples, what do people say of me? that I am a common man?

From thence Jesus went attended with his disciples to the villages of Cesarea Philippi. and ask'd them by the way, who do they say I am?

One day having retired alone to prayer, he came to his disciples, and ask'd them, saying, whom do the people judge me to be?


ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, when he said to Abraham, "all the families of the earth shall be blessed in your posterity."









































































endeavour to win your adversary, even whilst you are in the way: left the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into jayl.








saying, in a certain city there was a judge, who neither feared God, nor regarded man.


























the lamp shall no more be lighted in thee; the bridal-song shall be heard there no more: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; all nations were seduc'd by thy enchantments.










the lamp shall no more be lighted in thee; the bridal-song shall be heard there no more: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; all nations were seduc'd by thy enchantments.















to the condemnation of all those, who instead of embracing the gospel, had pleasure in iniquity.









to the condemnation of all those, who instead of embracing the gospel, had pleasure in iniquity.











These are murmurers, complainers, who pursue their own passions: their language swells with flattery, which they offer to the personages of men from a prospect of gain.





















now many devout Jews were residing at Jerusalem, who came from all quarters of the world.




upon which the Jews said among themselves, whither will he go, that we cannot find him? will he go to the dispersed Jews among the Greeks, and instruct the Greeks?







James a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the TWELVE TRIBES dispers'd thro' the world, sends greeting.






upon which the Jews said among themselves, whither will he go, that we cannot find him? will he go to the dispersed Jews among the Greeks, and instruct the Greeks?




they shall handle serpents, and if they drink any mortal poison, it shall do them no hurt: they shall lay hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover.









they shall handle serpents, and if they drink any mortal poison, it shall do them no hurt: they shall lay hands on the sick, and the sick shall recover.














































however a single hair of your head shall not be lost.





































God declar'd likewise, "that his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, where they should be enslaved and abused four hundred years.








God declar'd likewise, "that his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, where they should be enslaved and abused four hundred years.









where having found a Jew nam'd Aquila, a native of Pontus, who lately came from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had order'd all the Jews to quit Rome; he went to them:






having presented them to the Officers, they said, these men, who are Jews, raise great disorders in our city, and preach such maxims,




by the destructive sword shall they fall, and be led into captivity among all nations: and Jerusalem shall be kept waste by the nations, as long as those nations shall subsist.










saying, "hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads."








he will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give his vineyard to others. but they, taking the hint, cried out, God forbid.

if then, some of the branches are broken off, and thou like a wild olive, were grafted in their place to partake of the root and sap of the olivestock;


for I tell you that not one of those, who were invited, shall taste of my supper.

wherefore I declare to you, the gospel dispensation shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that shall make a proper use thereof.


he will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give his vineyard to others. but they, taking the hint, cried out, God forbid.

if then, some of the branches are broken off, and thou like a wild olive, were grafted in their place to partake of the root and sap of the olivestock;


for I tell you that not one of those, who were invited, shall taste of my supper.

wherefore I declare to you, the gospel dispensation shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that shall make a proper use thereof.


Hear another parable: a certain landlord planted a vineyard, hedged it round, set up a wine-press in it, and built a tower, then lett it out to tenants, and went into a foreign country.






And Jesus continued to speak to them in parables, and said,






now while the time was approaching to accomplish what God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew numerous in Egypt,






















God declar'd likewise, "that his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, where they should be enslaved and abused four hundred years.

this therefore I say, that the law, which was not till four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul the promise, that was ratified before by God, so as to set the promise afoot.
































Now whilst he was in Jerusalem at the feast of the passover, many believed in him when they saw the miracles which he did.

many therefore of the Jews who came to see Mary, and had seen what Jesus had done, believed on him.

because he was the occasion that many of the Jews left them, and believed on Jesus.

so that many people there believed on him.

upon hearing this, they gave glory to God: and thus address'd Paul, you see, brother, how many thousand believing Jews there are, all however zealous for the law.





after this, Joseph sent to invite his father Jacob to come with all his kindred, being threescore and fifteen persons.












being circumcised the eighth day, of the family of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew by descent, by sect a Pharisee.





































































































































till another king arose who knew not Joseph. this prince employ'd all his arts against our nation, and persecuted our fathers, by obliging them to expose their young children, in order to extirpate the race. in which time Moses was born, who was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father's house three months: read more.
and when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter caused him to be taken up, and maintain'd for her adopted son.





















God declar'd likewise, "that his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, where they should be enslaved and abused four hundred years. and the nation to whom they shall be in bondage, will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place."








after these transactions, which lasted about four hundred and fifty years, he gave them judges to the time of the prophet Samuel:





























he will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give his vineyard to others. but they, taking the hint, cried out, God forbid.

wherefore I declare to you, the gospel dispensation shall be taken from you, and given to a nation that shall make a proper use thereof.

























































































































































































































































































































her walls were large and high; the gates were twelve; and at the gates twelve angels, with the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel inscrib'd thereon.










After these things, I saw FOUR ANGELS standing on the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind should not blow on the land, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. and I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud vioce to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, "hurt not the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." read more.
And I heard the number of those who were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred forty and four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel. of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Isachar were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.


































As the people were in suspence, every man imagining in his own mind that John might be the Messiah;










































































because being ignorant of the justice which is of God, and going about to establish a justification of their own, they have not submitted themselves to that which is of God.


because being ignorant of the justice which is of God, and going about to establish a justification of their own, they have not submitted themselves to that which is of God.