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People
15 results- PersonPaul the ApostleFirst-century apostle to the Gentiles; former Pharisee turned missionary and author of a significant portion of the New Testament.
- PersonThomasThe disciple who doubted until he saw, then made the Gospel's highest confession: "My Lord and my God" (John 20:28).
- PersonEzekielPriest-prophet among the exiles at the river Chebar; saw the wheeled throne and the glory departing and returning; watchman to Israel; prophet of the new heart, the dry bones…
- PersonJoannaWife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and one of the women healed by Jesus who followed him and ministered to the mission out of their own substance (Luke 8:3). She is among the…
- PersonHerod AntipasTetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, son of Herod the Great. He imprisoned and beheaded John the Baptist, sought to see Jesus out of curiosity, and — uniquely in Luke — examines him…
Places
7 results- PlaceShinarThe Babylonian plain of Nimrod's kingdom and Babel's tower, and the land where Zechariah's vision gives wickedness a house.
- PlaceBabelThe city and tower on the plain of Shinar where men set out to make a name for themselves, and where God confused their speech and scattered them, a confusion Pentecost reverses.
- PlaceCyprusBarnabas's home island and the first stop of the first missionary journey, from Salamis to Paphos, where the proconsul Sergius Paulus believed and the sorcerer Elymas was…
- PlaceAntioch (Syrian)Third city of the Roman empire and the first great Gentile church; where the disciples were first called Christians and every Pauline mission was launched and reported.
- PlaceTroasThe Aegean port where Paul saw the vision of the man of Macedonia and where the narrative of Acts first says we.
Words (Strong's)
3 results- WordH7865 שִׂיאֹן · Sîyʼôn (Hebrew)Sion, the summit of Mount Hermon. The Hebrew word stands 1 time in the original text.
- WordG4622 Σιών · sion (Greek)Sion (i.e. Tsijon), a hill of Jerusalem. The Greek word stands 7 times in the original text.
- WordH5275 נַעַל · naʻal (Hebrew)properly, a sandal tongue. The Hebrew word stands 22 times in the original text.
Themes
19 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeWisdomWisdom in Scripture (Hebrew *hokmah*, H2451) is skilled living before God, not accumulated information. Its first appearances are not proverbs but craftsmen: the wise-hearted…
Topics
27 results- TopicAscensionA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicCircumcisionA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicCollusionA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicConcisionA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
- TopicCondescension of GodA heading of Nave's Topical Bible (1896): every passage it gathers, quoted.
Prophecies
12 results- ProphecyIsrael Regathered to the LandIsrael would be regathered from worldwide dispersion a second time.
- ProphecyThe Medo-Persian Dual EmpireDaniel described the Medo-Persian Empire as a ram with two horns, one higher than the other, with the higher arising last—and predicted its expansion westward, northward, and…
- ProphecyA Light to the GentilesThe Messiah's mission would extend beyond Israel to all nations — he would be a light to the Gentile world.
- ProphecyAscension to the Right Hand of GodPsalm 110 is the most-quoted Old Testament passage in the New Testament. David calls the Messiah 'my Lord' and prophesies that God will invite Him to sit at His right hand—a…
- ProphecyLed Captivity Captive and Gave GiftsDavid's psalm describes a victorious king ascending to the heights after conquest, leading captives in triumph and distributing spoils. Paul applies this directly to Christ's…
Apologetics
2 results- ApologeticsIsrael's Regathering: A Nation Reborn in a DayMultiple Old Testament prophets predicted that Israel would be scattered and then regathered from all nations—a prediction fulfilled uniquely in 1948 when the modern State of…
- ApologeticsBiblical Foreknowledge: Scientific Statements Ahead of Their TimeIn 1847 Ignaz Semmelweis cut maternal deaths in the First Division of Vienna General Hospital from 18.27% in April to 2.2% in June by ordering hand-washing — a practice…
Voices
203 results- VoiceRemigius of RheimsRemigius — Rémi in French — was born about 437 in the region of Laon, in northern Gaul, into a Gallo-Roman family of rank. He was made bishop of Rheims at about twenty-two…
- VoicePalladius of GalatiaPalladius was born in Galatia, in central Asia Minor, about 363 or 364. In 386 he went to Egypt to see the monks, and the rest of his life came out of that decision. He spent…
- VoiceEznik of KolbEznik was an Armenian, born around 380, and he belongs to the single most productive generation in the history of his nation's literature. Armenia had adopted Christianity as a…
- VoicePope Urban IUrban became bishop of Rome in 222, succeeding Callistus, and held the office until 230. His eight years fell in one of the strangest windows in the history of the early…
- VoiceIgnatius of AntiochIgnatius was bishop of Antioch in Syria — the city where believers were first called Christians. He called himself Theophorus, "God-bearer." He was condemned to die in the…
Apocrypha (study resources)
184 results- Study resourceSirach 36:14Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:
- Study resource2 Esdras 13:35But he shall stand upon the top of the mount Sion.
- Study resource2 Esdras 10:7How that Sion our mother is full of all heaviness, and much humbled, mourning very sore?
- Study resource2 Esdras 3:2For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 4:37Upon this all the host assembled themselves together, and went up into mount Sion.