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[We also urge you to] make it your aim to live a quiet life, and to attend to your own business matters, and to work with your hands, as we urged you. [Note: Possibly this exhortation was directed toward the tendency of some people there to neglect ordinary responsibilities in view of an imminent return of Christ]. Verse ConceptsGoalsBusynessAmbition, positive aspects ofLackPoverty, Remedies ForQuietnessRest, PhysicalWork, As Ordained By GodConduct, ProperLaborIndustryPhysical LabourHoly AmbitionActive LifestylesDoing One's WorkMinding Your Own BusinessBusinessStudyingPositive ThinkingDoing Your BesthardworkA Quiet Life


He held in his hand a little book [i.e., scroll] which was open. And he placed his right foot on the ocean and his left foot on the land, Verse ConceptsFeetScrollsThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsBooks In ProphecyOther Right PartsLeft Hand Side


Look at how large the letters are that I am using in writing this, and I am writing them myself. Verse ConceptsLettersWritingBig ThingsAlphabetWriting The New Testament




[Upon entering the house] he held up his hand to quiet them, then went on to explain how the Lord had rescued him from jail. He said to them, "[Go] tell all this to James [the Lord's half-brother] and to [the rest of] the brothers." Then he left [them] and went elsewhere. Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianGod Freeing CaptivesTelling Of God

We [apostles] proclaim to you [the truth about Jesus], who existed from the beginning [of time]. We have heard [Him] and seen [Him] with our [own] eyes. We looked at Him, and [even] touched Him with our hands. [See John 20:20]. [So, we proclaim that] He is the word of life [i.e., the life-giving Word]! Verse ConceptsBeginningHearingTouchWitnesses, To Jesus ChristJesus Christ, Eternity OfHearing ChristFrom The BeginningChrist's Lifea new beginningWitnessingevangelizing


And some of them began to spit on Him, then to cover His face [with a blindfold] and hit Him [with their fists], saying, "Prophesy [i.e., tell who hit you]." And the officers in charge of Him also struck Him with their hands. Verse ConceptsGesturesInsultsMockeryRidicule, Objects OfThe Smiting Of JesusBatteryBeating JesusSalivaHair PluckingBlindingJesus The ProphetOther BlindingProphesy!

Then they went [up] to Him and said, "Hey! King of the Jews!" and struck Him [in the face with their hands]. Verse ConceptsMockingThe Smiting Of JesusBatteryBeating JesusChrist Is King Of IsraelSpoken GreetingsTurning The Other Cheek