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== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80149" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80149" /> == | ||
<p> or | <p> or [[Ramah]] now called Ramle, or Ramla, a pleasant town, beautifully situated on the borders of a fertile and extensive plain, abounding in gardens, vineyards, olive and date trees. It stands about thirty miles north-west of Jerusalem, on the high road to Jaffa. At this Rama, which was likewise called [[Ramathaim]] Zophim, as lying in the district of Zuph, or Zoph, Samuel was born, 1 Samuel 1. This was likewise the native place of Joseph, called [[Joseph]] of Arimathea, who begged and obtained the body of Jesus from Pilate, </p> <p> Matthew 26:57 . There was another Ramah, about six miles north of Jerusalem, in a pass which separated the kingdoms of [[Israel]] and Judah, which Baasha, king of Israel, took and began to fortify; but he was obliged to relinquish it, in consequence of the alliance formed between Asa, king of Judah, and Benhadad, king of Syria, 1 Kings 15. This is the Ramah, supposed to be alluded to in the lamentation of Rachel for her children. </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34275" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34275" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69520" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69520" /> == | ||
<p> [[Arimathea]] (''Ăr-I-Ma-Th'' ''Ç'Ah'' ), ''The Heights.'' A city of Palestine, whence came Joseph the counsellor, mentioned in Luke 23:51. Trelawney Saunders places it east of Bethlehem. </p> | <p> [[Arimathea]] ( ''Ăr-I-Ma-Th'' ''Ç'Ah'' ), ''The Heights.'' A city of Palestine, whence came Joseph the counsellor, mentioned in Luke 23:51. Trelawney Saunders places it east of Bethlehem. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30204" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30204" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:31, 15 October 2021
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary [1]
or Ramah now called Ramle, or Ramla, a pleasant town, beautifully situated on the borders of a fertile and extensive plain, abounding in gardens, vineyards, olive and date trees. It stands about thirty miles north-west of Jerusalem, on the high road to Jaffa. At this Rama, which was likewise called Ramathaim Zophim, as lying in the district of Zuph, or Zoph, Samuel was born, 1 Samuel 1. This was likewise the native place of Joseph, called Joseph of Arimathea, who begged and obtained the body of Jesus from Pilate,
Matthew 26:57 . There was another Ramah, about six miles north of Jerusalem, in a pass which separated the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, which Baasha, king of Israel, took and began to fortify; but he was obliged to relinquish it, in consequence of the alliance formed between Asa, king of Judah, and Benhadad, king of Syria, 1 Kings 15. This is the Ramah, supposed to be alluded to in the lamentation of Rachel for her children.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
( Matthew 27:57). The birthplace or abode of the rich man Joseph, who, by Pilate's leave, which he "boldly" craved, casting away the "fear" which had previously kept him from open discipleship ( Mark 15:43; John 19:38), buried our Lord's body in his own "new tomb" at Jerusalem. Arimathea, a "city of the Jews" (Luke's vague expression for the Gentiles, to whom no more precise information seemed needful: Luke 23:51) is possibly identical with Ramah, Samuel's birthplace, called Armathaim in the Septuagint ( 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 1:19); but many associate it with Ramleh, on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Arimathea. (Heights). Matthew 27:57; Luke 23:51; John 19:38. St. Luke calls it "a city of Judea." It is identified by many with the modern Ramleh.
People's Dictionary of the Bible [4]
Arimathea ( Ăr-I-Ma-Th Ç'Ah ), The Heights. A city of Palestine, whence came Joseph the counsellor, mentioned in Luke 23:51. Trelawney Saunders places it east of Bethlehem.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Luke 23:51 Matthew 27:57,60 John 19:38 1 Samuel 1:1,19 Matthew 2:18
Holman Bible Dictionary [6]
Matthew 27:57 Luke 23:51
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [7]
References
- ↑ Arimathea from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
- ↑ Arimathea from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Arimathea from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Arimathea from People's Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Arimathea from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Arimathea from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Arimathea from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
