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Passover Cup Definition
During the Passover liturgy of Jesus' day, participants would drink from four cups of wine at different times. The third cup was called the cup of salvation. While celebrating the Passover with his disciples in the Upper Room, Jesus offered them t...
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Passover Definition
A Jewish celebration feast. It reminds the people how God saved them from slavery in Egypt. Part of the meal includes the Passover Lamb. At the first Passover a lamb was killed and its blood was placed on the people's door frames. This was so God ...
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Patriarch Definition
Any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comprising those from Adam to Noah, and those between the Deluge and the birth of Abraham.
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People Definition
The Text is filled with beautiful word pictures, theological truths, and intriguing events. But more than anything else, the Bible is a story about God's relationship with people.As we learn more about the people of biblical times their beliefs, t...
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Peristyle Garden Definition
Cultivated garden inside a colonnaded area. Herod the Great built several peristyle gardens, including Jericho and the Herodion.
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Pharisees Definition
Means "the separate ones." Descended from the Hasidim ("pious ones"); considered obedience to Torah to be the heart of a godly life. Separated from sinful ways and people in their desire to be faithful. Believed strongly in God...
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Philistia Definition
Means "land of the Philistines." It was located on the fertile coastal plain.
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Philistine Definition
This cultured seafaring group from the Aegean moved into Israel at about the same time as the Israelites. They lived on the fertile coastal plain, had advanced iron technology, and worshiped many gods through extremely immoral religious practices,...
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Phoebus Definition
Roman god of light, music, and poetry. He is often pictured with bow and arrow; Son of Zeus and Leto.
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