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Emerods is an archaic term for hemorrhoids. Derived from the Old French word emoroyde, it was used as the common English term until the nineteenth century, after which it was replaced in medicine by a direct transliteration of the Ancient Greek etymon, αἱμορροΐς, haimorrhoḯs. [1]
Matthew's and Luke's accounts specify the "fringe" of his cloak, using a Greek word which also appears in Mark 6. [8] According to the Catholic Encyclopedia article on fringes in Scripture, the Pharisees (one of the sects of Second Temple Judaism) who were the progenitors of modern Rabbinic Judaism, were in the habit of wearing extra-long fringes or tassels (Matthew 23:5), [9] a reference to ...
These women were helping to support them out of their own means. — Luke , 8:1-3 Joanna is also mentioned alongside Mary Magdalene and other women as those who first visited the tomb and found it to be empty, and it is to this group of women, including Joanna, that Jesus first appears and instructs to tell the disciples to meet him in Galilee ...
The New Testament was less frequently turned into major motion pictures. Unlike the Old Testament, the New Testament has few action scenes and little romance. During the 1950s, most of the films recounting Jesus' life were financed by church groups and played in churches. These were often film versions of the traditional Passion Play. At this ...
Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Story of Esther (1979, TV episode) Animated Stories from the Bible: Esther (1993, TBN, TV episode) Esther (1999, TNT Bible Series) Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen (2000) Esther and the King (2006, Liken Bible Series) One Night with the King (2006) For Such a Time (2010) The Book of Esther (2013)
The two halves chosen by Holbein correspond to Protestant interpretations of the Bible, which saw the Old Testament as describing a time of sin and punishment compared to the New Testament showing the way to salvation, [7] with Christ and his Evangelists contained as a mystery in the Old Testament and revealed in the New. [5]
Complete descriptions of the styles of dress among the people of the Bible is impossible because the material at hand is insufficient. [1] Assyrian and Egyptian artists portrayed what is believed to be the clothing of the time, but there are few depictions of Israelite garb. One of the few available sources on Israelite clothing is the Bible. [2]
Etching by Pietro del Po, The Canaanite (or Syrophoenician) woman asks Christ to cure, c. 1650.. The woman described in the miracle, the Syrophoenician woman (Mark 7:26; [8] Συροφοινίκισσα, Syrophoinikissa) is also called a "Canaanite" (Matthew 15:22; [9] Χαναναία, Chananaia) and is an unidentified New Testament woman from the region of Tyre and Sidon.