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G3056λόγος lógos — something said (including the thought)H4616מַעַן maʻan — properly, heed, i.e. purpose G156αἰτία aitía — a cause (as if asked for), i.e. (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved)

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Motive
A heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896) — every passage it gathers, quoted.

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Venerable Barsanuphius and John the Prophet
Barsanuphius and John lived in the first half of the sixth century at a monastery near Gaza, in Palestine, run by an abbot named Seridos. They are almost always named together…

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“shepherd”“Isaiah 53”“Abraham”“covenant”“Psalm 23”“hesed”“Bethlehem”“resurrection”

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