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The account of the ordeal of bitter water is given in the Book of Numbers: And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman: 'If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse; but if thou hast gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled ...
List of biblical commentaries. This is an outline of commentaries and commentators. Discussed are the salient points of Jewish, patristic, medieval, and modern commentaries on the Bible. The article includes discussion of the Targums, Mishna, and Talmuds, which are not regarded as Bible commentaries in the modern sense of the word, but which ...
Living water (Hebrew: מַֽיִם־חַיִּ֖ים mayim-ḥayyîm; Greek: ὕδωρ ζῶν, hydōr zōn) is a biblical term which appears in both the Old and New Testaments. In Jeremiah 2:13 and 17:13 , the prophet describes God as "the spring of living water", who has been forsaken by his chosen people Israel.
Biblical cosmology. God creating the cosmos (Bible moralisée, French, 13th century) Biblical cosmology is the account of the universe and its laws in the Bible. [1][2] The Bible was formed over many centuries, involving many authors, and reflects shifting patterns of religious belief; consequently, its cosmology is not always consistent. [3][4 ...
The passages that comprise John 4:10–26 are sometimes referred to as the Water of Life Discourse. [4] These references in the Gospel of John are also interpreted as the Water of Life. [3] The term is also used when water is poured during Baptismal prayers, praying for the Holy Spirit, e.g., "Give it the power to become water of life". [5] [6]
The Flood of Noah and Companions (c.1911) by Léon Comerre. Musée d'Arts de Nantes. The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is a Hebrew flood myth. [ 1 ] It tells of God's decision to return the universe to its pre- creation state of watery chaos and remake it through the microcosm of Noah's ark.
The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, [n 1] generally known as Strong's Concordance, is a Bible concordance, an index of every word in the King James Version (KJV), constructed under the direction of American theologian James Strong. Strong first published his Concordance in 1890, while professor of exegetical theology at Drew Theological ...
Died. December 24, 1870 (aged 72) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Occupation (s) theologian, author. Albert Barnes (December 1, 1798 – December 24, 1870) [1] was an American theologian, clergyman, abolitionist, temperance advocate, and author. Barnes is best known for his extensive Bible commentary and notes on the Old and New Testaments ...