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BIBLE CUSTOMS AND CURIOSITIES (DISTURBANCE AT THE THEATER)

July 27, 2022Uncategorized25, 25000, amphitheaters, ancient, archaeologists, Aristarchus, athens, bible customs, bible customs and curiosities, built, Christ, city, Companion, corinth, curiosities, customs, Demetrius, Gaius, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, jesus, Jesus Christ, Matthew, new testament, paul, Pergamos, Philippi, roman, row, seats, stadium, theater, warabarkley8

The riot inspired by Demetrius spilled over into the entire city. The people gathered at the amphitheater to join in the demonstration.

The Roman theater at Ephesus has been unearthed by archaeologists. Built similar to a modern stadium, it had row upon row of tiered seats built of stone. It could seat about twenty-five thousand people.

*The Roman theater in ancient Ephesus. The citizens of this city rioted when Paul confronted them with God’s Word.*

Huge amphitheaters like this were built by the Greeks and Roman throughout the ancient world. Others have been discovered at Athens, Corinth, Miletus, Pergamos, and Philippi.

ACTS 19:29 – ²⁹And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.

DEFINITION OF THE DAY (HELPMEET)

August 12, 2021Uncategorized1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Christ, Companion, comparable, definition, definition of the day, definitions, definitions of the day, dominion, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Son, God-given, help, helper, helpmeet, jeremiah, jesus, KJV, Man, Matthew, meet, military allies, modern, NASB, nehemiah, new testament, noun, Old Testament, partner, partnership, Psalm, stresses, suitable, task, TEV, woman, womenabarkley8

KJV term for woman as a helper precisely adapted to man (Gen 2:18). Modern translations supply various equivalents: help suitable for him (NASB, NIV); help as his partner (NRSV); a suitable companion for him (TEV). The noun translated “help” or “partner” does not suggest subordination. Elsewhere the term is used of God as Help (1 Chorn 12:18; Psa 30:10; 54:4; 121:1)

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A LITTLE KNOWN FACT ABOUT (EVE)

June 29, 2021Uncategorized1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and evil, animals, argument, bite, Christ, Companion, creation of animals, devil, Eden, Eve, evil, ezer, forced, fruit, garden, Genesis, God, God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, God the Son, good, Hebrew, helper, humanity, Israel, jesus, Jesus Christ, kill, Matthew, mother, named, new testament, Old Testament, opening her eyes, partner, paul, Satan, serpent, Sin, sinned, sinner, snake, wordabarkley8

In the beginning, Eve was not her name.

Eve wasn’t even second choice for the name of humanity’s mother. It was third. Adam came up with it only as they were leaving the Garden of Eden, forced out of God.

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