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• Jerusalem
  ...ause thou knewest not the time of thy visitation" (in mercy). </p> <p> The Jews revolted again under Barchochab ("son of a star") who pretended to be the [ ...n of the city in a.d. 70 is generally regarded as crucial not only for the Jews but also for the Christians, not because the latter were present at the tim
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• Messiah
  ...lready acclaimed (&nbsp;Mark 11:7-11), and, with the title of ‘King of the Jews’ placed on the cross by the Roman governor, He was crucified (&nbsp;Mark ...The older hope of the Messiah son of David is that dominant among orthodox Jews, who still await his coming, which is to follow the appearance of Elijah (&
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• Jew
  ...e seed of David according to the flesh;" and he says: "Salvation is of the Jews." &nbsp;John 4:22. </p> ...the spiritual kingdom. [[Jewry]] means [[Judea]] (&nbsp;Daniel 5:13). "The Jews' language" signifies both the Hebrew (&nbsp;2 Kings 18:26) and the [[Aramai
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• Jews
  ...ely a small tribe of ignorant and unsettled Arabs. The care with which the Jews preserve their sacred books, and the conformity of those preserved in the e .... 427, 447; Dr. H. Jackson's works, vol. 1: p. 153; Neale's History of the Jews; Pirie's Posth. Works, vol. 1:; Fuller's Serm. on the Messiah. </p>
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• Paul
  ...n eased (&nbsp;Acts 9:26-28; &nbsp;Galatians 1:19-20). But attempts by the Jews on his life again forced him to flee. He sailed from [[Caesarea]] to northe ...longed to the lower class of the population. But it is said that among the Jews it was the custom at that time for even the sons of the wealthy to acquire
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• Synagogue
  ...bsp;Nehemiah 8:4 Authorized Version, ‘the pulpit of wood’), called in more modern times almemar, the Muhammadan al-minbar (Jewish Encyclopedia, s.v. ‘Almem ...e, &nbsp;Luke 4:16 . Furthermore, the forms of prayer that are used by the Jews at the present time do not appear to have been in existence in the time of
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• Jesus Christ
  ...4:19 ), that the ministry lasted only one year; and in the opinion of some modern scholars it can be maintained that even the Fourth Gospel includes its mate ...&nbsp;28:9,17 ). </p> <p> The Scriptures were understood by Jesus and the Jews of his day to be the Word of God. Jesus claimed that the Scriptures spoke d
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• Septuagint
  ...ecause it did not blindly follow the footsteps of the scribes. Against the Jews He used their own Scriptures with conclusive force; and with His loving but ...nt throughout that work. How extensively this version was in use among the Jews, appears from the solemn sanction given to it by the inspired writers of th
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• Captivity
  ...fulfilled" (&nbsp;Luke 21:20-24; &nbsp;Luke 21:32). In the siege 1,100,000 Jews perished, according to the contemporary witness Josephus; but not one Chris ...nder the woe which unbelief brought upon their fathers and themselves. See Jews. </p>
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• Apocrypha
  ...nt, and that was the version of the OT commonly used by the Greek-speaking Jews in the times of the Apostles, and subsequently by the Christians. Being thu ...strong> 15. Third Maccabees </strong> describes an attempt to massacre the Jews in the reign of Ptolemy Philopator (b.c. 222 205), and a notable deliveranc
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• Circumcision
  ...m, when no sacrifice of principle was understood; for in order to gain the Jews, he became "as a Jew." See [[Abraham]] , and See [[Baptism]] . </p> ...sphere was among the Gentiles, as that of the other apostles was among the Jews. The result of the conference was a compromise: Gentiles were not to be cir
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• Samaritans
  ...ed that the Jews had no high priests of the race of Phinehas; and that the Jews belied them in calling them Cutheans; for that they are descended from the ...l, still retained their peculiar religion, and could not coalesce with the Jews. </p>
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• Pharisees
  ...ther born in sins." The rabbis believed in the pre-existence of souls. The Jews' question merely took for granted that some sin had caused the blindness, w ...id back with interest the persecutions and calumnies she suffered from the Jews. How soon this anti-Judaism began, and to what extent if any it is present
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• Sabbath
  ...r one mile, &nbsp;Acts 1:12 . The sabbatical year was celebrated among the Jews every seventh year when the land was left without culture, &nbsp;Exodus 22: ...Sabbath and Lord’s Day, but to observe the seventh day alone. </p> <p> The Jews have long suffered special disabilities in Christian countries in this resp
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• Passover
  ...communion with … any that did not keep the Pasch at the same time that the Jews did’? (Bingham, op. cit. XX. v. 3). </p> <p> The two festivals still exis ...wholly by fire (&nbsp;Exodus 12:9; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 35:6-13). The modern Jews use dry thin biscuits as unleavened bread; a shoulder of lamb thoroughly ro
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• Alexandria
  ...ed thinkers who sought admission either as Hellenes into the Jewish, or as Jews into the Hellenic, system ( <i> Provinces </i> 2, ii. 167). With perfect si ...ulus, and reached its climax in Philo, a contemporary of Jesus Christ. The Jews found in the Gentile writings many beautiful and excellent thoughts. They c
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• Book Of Esther
  ...ry of Babylonian over Elamite gods which was taken over and adapted by the Jews. In this case the origin of the name <em> Purim </em> would be sought in th .... </p> <p> <i> 2. </i> In chap. 3 a copy of Artaxerxes' decree against the Jews. </p> <p> <i> 3. </i> In chap. 4 a prayer of Mordecai, followed by a prayer
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• Church
  ...civil power and the Church. The Church was no leveller or democrat in the modern sense of those terms. Rulers are to be respected by subjects, masters by sl ...ist’ (&nbsp; Romans 16:16 ). This language has doubtless given rise to the modern conception of ‘the churches’; but it must be observed that the Pauline
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• Dispersed
  ...th. (Lips. 1789); Walch, Hist. patriarcharum Judaeorum (Jen. 1752). (See [[Jews]]). </p>
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• Marriage
  ...go to it for detailed rules. Where its rules are not obviously unsuited to modern conditions, or below the Christian level, a strange uncertainty obscures th ...e's response is submission. On the other side are those whose model is the modern democratic marriage in which the partners are equals in all things. In betw
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