Thematic Bible: The Roman empire
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Accused person protected from popular violence
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Foot races
Know you not that those who run in the race all indeed run, but one takes the prize. So run that you may obtain.
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holding fast the word of life, for my glorying in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain, nor labor in vain.
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Therefore also we, having so great a cloud of witnesses lying around us, laying aside every impediment and sin which entirely surrounds us, let us run with patience the race set before us, looking to the chief guide and perfecter of the faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before him despised the shame and endured the cross, and sat down on the right hand of God.
that I may attain the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained it, or have been already made perfect; but I follow on that I may attain that for which also I was arrested by Christ. I consider not myself, brothers, to have attained it; but this one thing I do; forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to those before, read more.
I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.
I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Crowning of conquerors
I press forward to the mark for the prize of the high call of God in Christ Jesus.
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henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.
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And every one that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Use of the panoply or defensive armor
The night is far advanced, and the day is at hand; let us lay aside therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
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in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil; for our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds]. Take therefore the whole armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done all to stand. read more.
Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness, and bound your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
Stand, therefore, girded about your loins with truth, and having put on the cuirass of righteousness, and bound your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; over all, taking the shield of the faith, with which you may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of evil. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Prisoners chained to soldiers for safety
AND when we came to Rome the centurion committed the prisoners to the prefect of the camp, and Paul was allowed to remain by himself, with a soldier to guard him.
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Then the chiliarch approaching took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.
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May the Lord show mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains,
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And when Herod was about to bring him forward, on that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards kept watch before the door.
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The Roman empire » Predictions respecting » Its division into ten parts
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Training of combatants
but I brow-beat my body, and bring it into subjection, lest having preached to others I should myself be a reprobate.
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And every one that contends in the games is temperate in all things, they indeed to obtain a perishable crown, we an imperishable.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Gladiatorial fights
If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, of what advantage is it to me? If the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
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For I think that God has shown us the apostles last, as devoted to death, for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Triumphs of victorious generals
[and] having subjugated principalities and powers, he made a public exhibition of them, leading them in triumph by it.
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But thanks be to God, who always triumphs over us in Christ and reveals the odor of his knowledge by us in every place; for we are a sweet odor of Christ to God, in the saved and in the lost, in one an odor of death to death, and in the other an odor of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Power of life and death vested in its authorities
Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any one to death;
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But you have a custom that I should release one to you at the passover; are you willing, therefore, that I should release to you the king of the Jews?
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Pilate said to him, Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and I have power to crucify you?
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The Roman empire » Emperors of, mentioned » Nero
All the saints salute you, especially those of Caesar's family.
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The Lord be with your spirit. The grace be with you.
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The Roman empire » Judea a province of, under a procurator or a governor
under the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.
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And having read, he asked of what province he was; and learning that he was of Cilicia,
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FESTUS therefore coming into the province, after three days went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Garments of those executed given to the soldiers
Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his clothes and made four parts, a part to each soldier, and his coat. But his coat was without seam, woven from the top through the whole.
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And having crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots,
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Accused person protected from popular violence
And he said, The Jews have entered into a compact to ask you to bring down Paul to the Sanhedrim to-morrow, as if about to learn more accurately of something concerning him.
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And provide animals to put Paul on, and take him safely to Felix the procurator. And he wrote a letter having this form; Claudius Lysias to the most excellent procurator Felix, greeting. read more.
I went with the soldiery and rescued this man, when he was siezed by the Jews, and about to be killed by them, having learned that he is a Roman;
I went with the soldiery and rescued this man, when he was siezed by the Jews, and about to be killed by them, having learned that he is a Roman;
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Accusers and accused confronted together
I will hear you, he said, when your accusers have come; and he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.
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to whom I answered, It is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man before the accused has the accusers face to face, and is allowed an opportunity to defend himself against the accusation. When therefore, they came here, making no delay, the next day I sat on the tribunal, and ordered the man to be brought; concerning whom his accusers standing up brought no charge of such things as I supposed, read more.
but had certain questions with him concerning their religion, and concerning one Jesus that was dead, who Paul said was alive.
but had certain questions with him concerning their religion, and concerning one Jesus that was dead, who Paul said was alive.
The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Different military officers, &c
And calling two of the centurions he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen and two hundred light armed troops, after the third hour of the night. And provide animals to put Paul on, and take him safely to Felix the procurator.
And while they were seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chiliarch of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in commotion;
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The Roman empire » Represented by the » Legs of iron in nebuchadnezzar's vision
The Roman empire » Represented by the » Terrible beast in daniel's vision
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Person accused, examined by scourging
the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, ordering that he should be examined with scourges, that he might know for what reason they cried so against him.
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Then those about to examine him immediately withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, knowing that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to citizenship of » Exempted from the degradation of scourging
But Paul said to him, They have beaten us publicly uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they privately cast us out? No, indeed: but let them come themselves and conduct us out.
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But when they extended him with cords, he said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, a Roman, and uncondemned?
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The Roman empire » Rome the capital of
And when these things were accomplished, Paul was disposed by the Spirit, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there I must see Rome.
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And finding a certain Jew by the name of Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome, he went to them,
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The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Italian and augustus' band
AND a certain man at Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort which was called the Italian,
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AND when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion by the name of Julius, of the cohort of Augustus.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » The soldier's special comrade who shared his toils and dangers
But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, the brother and my fellow-laborer and fellow-soldier, but your apostle and servant of my need,
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Criminals delivered over to the soldiers for execution
Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus delivered him up to be crucified. THEN the soldiers of the procurator taking Jesus to the Praetorium assembled about him the whole cohort,
The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Danger of sentinels' sleeping
saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole him while we slept; and if this is heard of by the procurator we will satisfy him and secure you.
The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Crowning of soldiers who distinguished themselves
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith; henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me in that day, and not me only but all who love his appearing.
The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Wrestling
for our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds].
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The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Expunging from the muster roll names of soldiers guilty of crimes
He that conquers shall be clothed in white robes, and I will not obliterate his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to grecian game adapted by » Rules observed in conducting
And if a man contends as an athlete, he is not crowned unless he contends lawfully.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Soldiers not allowed to entangle themselves with earthly cares
No one who serves as a soldier is involved in the business of life, that he may please him who has employed him as a soldier.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » All appeals made to the emperor
If indeed I have done wrong or committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die; but if those things of which they accuse me are nothing, no man may give me up to them; I appeal to Caesar. Then Festus having conferred with the council answered, You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go.
The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Strict obedience to superiors
And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that you should come under my roof; but only say the word and my servant will be cured. For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
The Roman empire » Allusions to military affairs of » Hardship endured by soldiers
Endure evil as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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The Roman empire » Predictions respecting » Its universal dominion
The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Accusation in writing placed over the head of those executed
And Pilate wrote an inscription and put on the cross. And it was written, JESUS THE NAZORAEAN, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to judicial affairs of » Those who appealed to cæsar, to be brought before him
And Agrippa said to Festus, If he had not appealed to Caesar, this man might be released.
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The Roman empire » Allusions to citizenship of » Obtained by purchase
And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one].
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The Roman empire » Allusions to citizenship of » Obtained by birth
And the chiliarch answered, I acquired this citizenship for a great price. But Paul said, I am indeed, and was also born [one].
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The Roman empire » Emperors of, mentioned » Claudius
and one of them, by the name of Agabus, standing up signified by the spirit that a great famine was about to come on all the world; which also came under Claudius Caesar.
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The Roman empire » Emperors of, mentioned » Augustus
In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.
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The Roman empire » Emperors of, mentioned » Tiberius
AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,
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The Roman empire » Called the world from its extent
In those days there went out an ordinance from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of all the world.
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