Tag: Bible Dictionary
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Jairus
What is it like to go seeking a miracle from the Savior? Many people know that feeling. It leaves you feeling humble and at least a little bit apprehensive. What would it feel like when He began following you home to perform the desired miracle of healing your sick daughter? I would feel hopeful and…
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Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea was a Pharisee and a member of the Sanhedrin but unlike our traditional view of Pharisees he was apparently open to the truths taught by the Savior. We can only speculate about how publicly he accepted those truths but we know that he allowed the followers of Jesus to bury Him in…
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Matthew
We only know a limited amount about Matthew’s life but we know something of Matthew by analyzing his written testament of the gospel. For all we have heard about how the Jews despised publican’s, Matthew was apparently a very well versed Jew and yet he was a publican. That demonstrates to me that being a…
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John
What is it about a select few like John who have the capacity and interest in being completely separate from all their early connections in order to serve the lord in mortality for millennia in preparation for His second coming? I am more and more convinced that this is an important position but that it…
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Peter
Peter is one of those rare biblical characters who is universally acknowledged as being very good while at the same time having his faults and failings universally apparent. He is a good reminder that goodness is not measured by perfection but by honest, humility, and consistent effort. Apparently it is thought that Peter may have…
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John the Baptist
In some ways, John the Baptist was the ultimate priesthood man. His while life was defined by his mission and his while mission was dependent upon his priesthood and he boldly and successfully fulfilled his mission. I think it is instructive that John performed no miracles. It demonstrates that miracles aren’t a proof of success…
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Simeon
I wish we knew more about Simeon. He was faithful enough to receive a promise that he would see the David his lifetime. I find his prophecy when he saw the infant Jesus that the child was set for the fall (and rising again) of many in Israel to be very interesting. W think of…
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Joseph ben Heli
A descendant of David and aimed by most in his day to be the father of Jesus Christ. I really wish that we knew more about the remarkable man who was entrusted with raising the Son of God. He would have taught the gospel in his home and modeled manly behavior to the savior of…
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Obadiah
We know little about the writer of the book by that name but while he was likely an example of a priesthood man I am looking at the steward of Ahab here who secretly preserved 100 prophets when Jezebel the queen was putting prophets of God to death. Here was a man who used his…
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Amos
Amos seems to have been a man of humble origin. He was from the south kingdom but preached in the north London some years before Isaiah. His message is timeless but not spectacular so nobody seems to spend much time on his words.