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Religious » Garments of prophets » General references to
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth those who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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And they took offence at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.
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Religious » General references to
And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians upon hearing believed, and were baptized.
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And the hand of the Lord was with them; and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord.
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They therefore received his word, and were baptized; and there were added on that day about three thousand souls.
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And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
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And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in him because of the words of the woman, who testified, He told me all things which I have done.
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And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to the things spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he wrought.
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And all that dwelt in Lydda and Sharon saw him; and they turned to the Lord.
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And when the gentiles heard this, they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained to everlasting life, believed.
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And many of the believers came, confessing and declaring their practices.
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Religious » FALSE » Called seers
Religious » Dues of » Food of
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Corrupt priests
When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify! crucify! Pilate saith to them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him; for I find nothing criminal in him.
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So also the chief priests, mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,
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But the chief priests stirred up the multitude, that he should rather release to them Barabbas.
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But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas, and to destroy Jesus.
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Religious » Heal persecution of » Divinely appointed
Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted;
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of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.
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if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.
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who also gave us ability to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit; for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life.
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for which I was appointed a herald, and an apostle, and a teacher of the gentiles.
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And I thank him who gave me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, that he accounted me faithful, putting me into the ministry, t
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And all things are from God, who reconciled us to himself by Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Affliction of
For to this end was the gospel preached also to the dead, that they might indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but might live according to God in the spirit.
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proclaiming the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, without hindrance from any one.
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and they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs which followed it.]
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In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
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And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an everlasting message of good tidings to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people;
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in which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison,
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And Jesus went round all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease.
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And they departed, and went through the towns publishing the glad tidings, and performing cures everywhere.
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And he came and brought the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and of peace to those that were near;
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Religious » Elders » Governmental
Religious » Corrupt condemned » Idolatrous, examples of
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » False teachers, warnings against
But there arose false prophets also among the people, as there will be false teachers among you also, who will stealthily bring in destructive factions, even denying the Lord that bought them; bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
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If any one teacheth other doctrine, and assenteth not to sound words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness,
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through the hypocrisy of speakers of lies, who bear a brand on their own conscience,
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desiring to be teachers of the Law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
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For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own desires will they heap to themselves teachers; because they have itching ears;
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whose mouths must be stopped, since they overturn whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of base gain.
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Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
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But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."
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Religious » Men of God » Sent as divine messengers
and sent forth his servants to call to the feast those who had been invited; and they would not come.
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And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to thee, and to tell thee these glad tidings.
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There was a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
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Religious » Support of » Unfaithful ministers, general references to
Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will.
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Religious » priests » Should be holy
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Idols put away
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Christ the theme of
being indignant that they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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And Philip went down to a city of Samaria, and preached to them the Christ.
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And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this scripture declared to him the glad tidings concerning Jesus.
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And immediately he preached Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
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the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, publishing glad tidings of peace through Jesus Christ; he is Lord of all men.
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explaining them, and setting forth that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and that "this is the Christ,Jesus whom I am making known to you."
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but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumblingblock, and to gentiles foolishness,
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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus sake.
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Religious » Support of » Self-support as practised by paul
and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and worked; for they were tentmakers by trade.
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For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil, how laboring night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
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Ye yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me.
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neither did we eat any mans bread for nought, but were working with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be burdensome to any of you.
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And he abode two whole years in his own hired house and gladly received all that came in to him,
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But I have used no right of this kind; nor have I written thus that anything of this kind should be done for me; for it were better for me to die, than that any one should take from me what I glory in.
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Religious » Men of God » Men raised up as deliverers of israel
Religious » priests » General references to
Religious » Support of unfaithful » Encouraged
And he said to them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to the whole creation.
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What I say to you in darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim ye upon the housetops.
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And, as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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preach the word, be urgent in season, out of season, confute, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and teaching.
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And he said to him, Let the dead bury their own dead; but go thou and carry the tidings of the kingdom of God.
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And he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal.
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Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
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Religious » priests » Laws in regard to
Religious » Support of » In the Christian church
For the Scripture saith, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox while he is treading out the grain"; and, "The laborer is worthy of his wages."
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nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor a staff. For the laborer is worthy of his living.
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In like manner also did the Lord ordain that they who preach the gospel should live from the gospel.
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Let him that is taught in the word share with the teacher in all good things.
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Notwithstanding, ye did well in sharing with me in my distress.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.
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He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith to him, Feed my sheep.
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tend the flock of God which is among you, overseeing it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for base gain, but with ready mind;
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Religious » FALSE » Prophets in the Christian church
Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
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God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?
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And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
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And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
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And of the prophets let two or three speak, and let the others judge;
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » As teachers of the word
teaching them to observe all things, whatever I have commanded you. And, lo! I am with you always, unto the end of the world.
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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
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And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they who receive the benefit are faithful and beloved. These things teach and exhort.
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These things command and teach.
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in meekness admonishing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance to attain the full knowledge of the truth,
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Religious » Responsibility of » Select reading
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.
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to the latter we are the odor of death, producing death; and to the former the odor of life, producing life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
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Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » The temple cleansed
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold the doves;
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And having made a scourge of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and poured out the money of the exchangers, and overthrew the tables;
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Religious » Dues of » High priests
but into the second the highpriest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people;
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Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made highpriest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;"
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Religious » FALSE » Schools of
Religious » Apostles » Call of to special work
And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
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And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will cause you to become fishers of men.
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and immediately he called them. And leaving their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men, they went after him.
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And when it was day, he called to him his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, whom he also named apostles;
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On the morrow he determined to go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip. And Jesus saith to him, Follow me.
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And he said to me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the gentiles.
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Religious » Elders » Jewish
And they who seized Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the highpriest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
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And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority?
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And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests, having held a consultation with the elders and the scribes, and the whole council, bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
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as also the highpriest beareth me witness, and all the elderhood; from whom I received letters to the brethren, and was on my way to Damascus to bring those also that were there, bound, to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.
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Religious » Support of unfaithful » Spiritual watchmen
Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.
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Religious » FALSE » Incognito
Religious » Solemn charges given » Paul to timothy
I charge thee before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudging, doing nothing with partiality.
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I charge thee before God, who giveth life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who under Pontius Pilate testified the good profession,
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I charge thee before God, and Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom;
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Religious » Apostles » Names of
And when they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were making their abode, namely, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the zealot, and Judas the brother of James.
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Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
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Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,
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and Simon he surnamed Peter;
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Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » The incorruptibility of, in refusing gifts
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » The incorruptibility of, in refusing gifts
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Manasseh
Religious » Solemn charges given » Moses to joshua
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Prey upon the flock instead of feeding it
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Iddo
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Shemaiah
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoshaphat
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » hezekiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » moses
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Obed
Religious » Solemn charges given » Jehoshaphat to leaders of judah
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Insentiate and pleasure-loving
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Nehemiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Hananiah
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Asa
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Lead the sheep astray
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Scatter the flock
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehoiada
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehu
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Micaiah before king ahab
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Nathan before king david
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elijah before king ahab
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Micaiah before king ahab
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Nathan before king david
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elijah before king ahab
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Zechariah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Ahijah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Joshua
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Elijah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Elisha
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » samuel
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Daniel
When, therefore, ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him that readeth understand,)
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » David
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation [of the world]."
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Eldad
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Medad
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Gad
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Josiah
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » John the baptist before herod
For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
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Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elisha before king jehoram
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Peter and john before the sanhedrin
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach, in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » John the baptist before herod
For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
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Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Elisha before king jehoram
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Jeremiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Micaiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Abraham
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Isaiah
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Nathan
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » balaam
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Jehu
Religious » Solemn charges given » Christ to the disciples
These twelve Jesus sent forth, when he had charged them, saying, Go not away to gentiles, and enter not any city of the Samaritans;
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Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Daniel before king belshazzar
Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Daniel before king belshazzar
Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Ezekiel
Religious » Solemn charges given » David to solomon
Religious » False shepherds, characteristics of » Hirelings forsake the sheep
He that is a hireling and not a shepherd, nor the owner of the sheep, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Agabus
And while we were staying some days longer, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus;
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Religious » Solemn charges given » Paul to the ephesian elders
Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.
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Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » -ezra
Religious » Reformers courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Stephen before the council
Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.
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Religious » Courageous reformers, rebuke sinful rulers » Stephen before the council
Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » John the baptist
I say to you, Among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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Religious » Names of persons spoken of as » Zacharias
And Zachariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,
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Revivals » Religious » Prophecies concerning
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