5 Bible Verses about Towers
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"Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.
Jesus began speaking to them [i.e., to the leading priests and experts in the law of Moses (See 11:
Or do you think that those eighteen persons who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them were worse offenders than all the [other] men who lived in Jerusalem?
Then Peter said, "Look, we have left our homes to follow you." And Jesus said to the disciples, "Truly I tell you, there is no person who has left his house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God [i.e., to become a servant of the Lord],
Now some devoted Jews from every nation of the world were visiting Jerusalem [for the Pentecost festival]. And when they heard the noise [of the blowing wind] a large number of them assembled [around the apostles] and were puzzled over how they could hear them speaking in their native languages. Being so amazed and astounded [at something so unusual happening], they exclaimed, "Look! are not all these men who are speaking from [the country of] Galilee?read more.
How is it then, that we are hearing them speak in our own native languages: Parthians, Medes, Elamites, people from Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappodocia, Pontus, Asia, Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt and areas of Libya around Cyrene, Jewish and proselyte travelers from Rome, Cretans and Arabians. How can it be that we hear [these apostles] speaking about the mighty accomplishments of God in the language of our national origin?
From Thematic Bible
Foundation » Laid for » Towers
For which one of you who wants to build a [lookout] tower will not first sit down and calculate its cost, to see whether he has enough [money and materiel] to complete it? For if he does not, maybe after he has laid the foundation and [then] is not able to complete [the tower], everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
Towers » Illustrative of » The grace and dignity of the church
Towers » Frequently thrown down in war
Towers » Were built » Walls of cities
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Hananeel
Towers » Frequently strong and well fortified
Towers » Illustrative of » God as the protector of his people
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Syene
Towers » Frequently left desolate
Towers » Watchmen posted on, in times of danger
Towers » Were used as citadels in times of war
Towers » Illustrative of » The proud and haughty
Towers » Were built » In vineyards
"Listen to another parable [i.e., a brief story used to illustrate His teaching]: There was the owner of a farm who planted a vineyard and built a fence around it. He constructed a grape squeezing device, built a [lookout] tower [near it], leased it to tenant farmers and then went to another country.
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » David
Towers » Were used as armories
Towers » Were built » In the deserts
Towers » Were built » In the forests
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Meah
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Thebez
Towers » Illustrative of » The name of the lord
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Of the furnaces
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Edar
Towers » Illustrative of » Ministers
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Babel
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Jezreel
Towers » Origin and antiquity of
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Penuel
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Shechem
Towers » Were built » In cities
Towers » Of jerusalem remarkable for number, strength and beauty
Towers » Frequently very high
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Siloam
Or do you think that those eighteen persons who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them were worse offenders than all the [other] men who lived in Jerusalem?
