Thematic Bible: Dissimulation, examples of


Thematic Bible



And Joab sent to Tekoah and brought a wise woman from there. And he said to her, Please pretend yourself to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil. But be like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time. Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

And he changed his behavior before them, and pretended himself to be mad in their hands, and marked on the doors of the gate and let his spittle fall down on his beard. Verse ConceptsdiseasesBeardsSalivaPretendingWriting On Objects

And they watched and sent forth spies, pretending themselves to be righteous men, so that they might seize upon a word of His, that they might deliver Him in this way to the power and authority of the governor. Verse ConceptsGovernorsHope, Nature OfPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristHuman Authority, Nature OfSnares Laid For ChristWatching To EntrapHanding Over ChristSpyingPretendingBeware Of Your Speech

And now call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. Let no one be lacking. For I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever shall be lacking, he shall not live. But Jehu was acting with cunning, to the end that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal. Verse ConceptsFollowers Of BaalProphets Of Other Gods

Now therefore you, with the sanhedrin, inform the chiliarch that he bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you would inquire something more perfectly regarding him. And we are ready to put him to death before he comes near. Verse ConceptsInvestigatingPreparing For ActionAttempting To Kill Specific People