New Testament • 28 Chapters
Acts (New Testament, 28 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Mary . Key places: Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet , Mesopotamia , Cappadocia . Opens with: "The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,..."
Prophetic Yom YHWH, The Olivet Discourse, and Apostolic Hope of the Second Coming
Unanimous apostolic proclamation across the New Testament: Christ will return personally, visibly, and gloriously to terminate this present evil age and judge the world in righteousness ( Acts 1:11 , 1 Thess 4:16 , Rev 19:11-16 ). Speculative chronologies and date-setting are designated traditional-conjecture.
Acts • Chapter 1 (26 verses)
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: To whom also he shewed himself alive after his pa... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Jacob/Israel , James ( Jacob ), Simon , Judas , Jerusalem , Samaria , Galilee , Olivet .
2 Samuel • Chapter 15 (37 verses)
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom cal... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Hebron , David , Zadok , Ahimaaz , Geshur , Syria , Jerusalem , Giloh .
Biblical Place • Madmannah • 31.392°N, 34.941°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:31 (identified with Madmannah ).
Biblical Place • Valley of Mizpeh • 33.282°N, 35.573°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:3 (identified with Valley of Mizpeh ).
Biblical Place • 31.691°N, 34.944°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 17:1 .
Biblical Place • 39.575°N, 26.937°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 27:2 .
Biblical Place • Zephath • 30.881°N, 34.631°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 21:1 (identified with Zephath ).
Biblical Place • 32.071°N, 35.240°E
now al-Lubban. Referenced in Judg 21:19 .
Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 7:12 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).
Biblical Place • Mizpah 3 • 31.833°N, 35.180°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 18:26 (identified with Mizpah 3 ).
Biblical Place • 36.881°N, 30.695°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 14:25 .
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in John 19:17 (identified with Jerusalem ).
Biblical Place • 31.374°N, 35.075°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:50 .
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East
mobile. Referenced in Ex 26:34 .
to sanctify, consecrate, dedicate
To set apart, consecrate wholly to God, treat as holy; to vindicate God's holy honor before the nations ('sanctify My great Name', Ezekiel 36:23).
Derivation: Primitive root.
to draw out, deliver, equip for war
To pull off, draw out, rescue from distress; used of God delivering righteous from affliction ('He delivers the afflicted', Job 36:15).
Derivation: Primitive root.
hand, power, agency of the LORD
Hand, forearm, power, dominion, agency; the 'Hand of the LORD' (Yad YHWH) represents sovereign divine intervention in the Exodus ('with a mighty hand and outstretched arm', Deuteronomy 26:8), victorious deliverance, and prophetic inspiration (Ezekiel 1:3).
Derivation: Primitive word.
witness, testifying party, monument
Witness, testifying person or memorial stones testifying to covenant oath taken before God (Genesis 31:48, Joshua 24:27).
Derivation: From עוּד (H5749) to duplicate, testify.
to lift up, carry, bear iniquity, forgive
To lift, carry, bear; in soteriological context, to bear away iniquity as substitutionary bearer, hence to forgive ('bearing iniquity and transgression', Exodus 34:7; Isaiah 53:4, 12).
Derivation: Primitive root.
of weight, worth, befitting
Primary meaning: of weight, worth, befitting, meet. Strong's: deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise). Lexical nuances: of weight , worth (often c. gen., cf. Pr 3:15 8:11 ), seq. πρός : Ro 8:18 (v. Field, Notes , 157);
Derivation: probably from G71 (ἄγω);
a curse
Primary meaning: a curse. Strong's: imprecation, execration. Lexical nuances: a curse : Ga 3:10 , 13 , He 6:8 , II Pe 2:14 ; opp. to εὐλογία , Ja 3:10 ; concrete, of Christ, Ga 3:13 (v. Lft. in l.).†
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) (intensive) and G685 (ἀρά);
release effected by payment of ransom, redemption, deliverance
Primary meaning: release effected by payment of ransom, redemption, deliverance. Strong's: (the act) ransom in full, i.e. (figuratively) riddance, or (specially) Christian salvation. Lexical nuances: release effected by payment of ransom , redemption , deliverance ; metaph., He 11:35 ; of deliverance thr. Christ from evil and the consequences of sin: Lk 21:28 , Ro 3:24 (Vau., in l.) 8:23, I Co 1:30 , Eph 1:7 , 14 4:30 , Col 1:14 , He 9:15 . (On the extent to wh. the word retains the sense of ransom , v. ICC , Ro. , 3:24 , Westc., He. , 297 ff.; v. also ICC , Eph. , 11; DCG , ii, 605; Cremer...
Derivation: from a compound of G575 (ἀπό) and G3083 (λύτρον);
to act as shepherd, tend, to tend
Primary meaning: to act as shepherd, tend, to tend, shepherd. Strong's: to tend as a shepherd of (figuratively, superviser). Lexical nuances: to act as shepherd , tend flocks: Lk 17:7 ; c. acc., ποίμνην , I Co 9:7 . Metaph., to tend , shepherd , govern : c. acc., Mt 2:6 (LXX) , Jo 21:16 , Ac 20:28 , I Pe 5:2 , Ju 12 , Re 2:27 7:17 12:5 19:15 .†
Derivation: from G4166 (ποιμήν);