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Lord’s Day, the

Lord’s Day, the As well as keeping the Sabbath, the first Christians assembled together on the first day of the week to commemorate Jesus Christ’s resurrection through the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Day quickly became the focal point of the Christian week, eventually assuming the characteristics of the Jewish Sabbath, namely worship and rest. Manser, Martin H. Dictionary of Bible Themes: The Accessible and Comprehensive Tool for Topical Studies. London: Martin Manser, 2009. Print.

Sunday School Lesson Outline, The

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Christ the Fulfillment Unit 3: Testimonies to Jesus as Messiah ( Lessons 10–13 ) Anointed in Bethany February 28 Lesson 13   DEVOTIONAL READING: Deuteronomy 15:7–11  BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Matthew 26:3–16 ; John 12:1–8  PRINTED TEXT: Matthew 26:3–16 Matthew 26:3–16 3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the p...

International Sunday School Lesson, The

Lesson for February 8, 2015  Serving Neighbors, Serving God  Luke 10:25-37 This treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson is written by Sam E. Stone, former editor of CHRISTIAN STANDARD . It is published in the February 1 issue of  The Lookout  magazine, and is also available online at  www.lookoutmag.com . ______ By Sam E. Stone  After Jesus concluded his Galilean ministry, he began to make his way to Jerusalem. En route he told one of his best-known and most widely loved parables—the parable of the Good Samaritan. It is recorded only by Luke. _______________________________________________________________________ The man who initiated the discussion is called  an expert in the law . Some translations call him a “scribe” or “lawyer.” H. Lynn Gardner pointed out that “a lawyer was not an attorney, but rather a scholar, teacher, and interpreter of the law of Moses, especially the first five books of the Old Testame...

Sheep Gate, The

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Sheep Gate, The Shepherds driving their flock into a fortified sheepfold erected to protect the animals from marauders.  Extended walls shield the narrow entrance; a Safaite rock drawing found in the desert east of Amman, Jordan. Achtemeier, Paul J., Harper & Row and Society of Biblical Literature. Harper’s Bible dictionary 1985 : 938 . Print.