Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



On a [particular] Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to a place beside a river where we thought people gathered for prayer. We sat down and began speaking [about the Lord] to some women who had gathered there. Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofGatesLord's Day, ThePrayer, As Asking GodRivers And StreamsSabbath, In NtWitnessing, Approaches ToPrayer MeetingsOutside The CityRiver BanksGoing OutsidePeople Sitting DownOn The SabbathWhere To PrayRivers As Places Of PrayerStudyingPraying



Now Peter and John were going to the Temple at three o'clock one afternoon [Note: Jewish time calculations are employed here], during the regular [Jewish] prayer hour. Verse ConceptsFamily SolidarityCeremoniesHourWorship, Times ForPrayer Meetings3 PmDisciples In The TempleWhen To PrayThe First TemplePrayingpartnership

"Two men went up to the Temple [in Jerusalem] to pray. One of them was a Pharisee and the other one was a tax collector. Verse ConceptsRich, TheJewish SectsTwo PeopleCharacteristics Of PhariseesPraying For OthersGoing To ChurchPrayingtaxespharisees

and has been a widow [all these years], and is now eighty-four years old.) She has never left the Temple, but worships [God] by fasting [i.e., going without food and/or water for religious reasons] and praying night and day. Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightFasting, Practice OfFasting, Nature OfFasting, Examples OfAsceticism, TypesNightPrayerfulnessPrayer, Practicalities OfReligionSleeplessnessWidowsActual WidowsFasting RegularlyFastingFasting And PrayerServing The ChurchWaiting Till Marriage

There was a whole crowd of people praying outside because it was the time for burning the incense offering. Verse ConceptsPrayer MeetingsWhen To Pray






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Then He taught them, saying, "Is it not written [Isa. 56:7], 'My house [i.e., the Temple] will be called a house of prayer for people of all nations'? But [Jer. 7:11 says], 'You have made it a hideout for thieves.'" Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodUnity, God's Goal OfPeople In CavesStatus Of The TempleThe Gospel To The Nationsthieves

"And it happened that when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance [i.e., a semi-conscious vision-like state]. Verse ConceptsDisciples In The TempleWhere To Pray