Aquila [ÔöÇ├®q’uÔöÇ┬ílÔöÇ├ó]…–eagle. A Jew whom Paul found at Corinth on his arrival from Athens (Acts 18:2, 18, 26Rom. 16:31 Cor. 16:192 Tim. 4:19). The Man Who Is Always Linked with His Wife A characteristic feature of Aquila and Priscilla is that their names are always mentioned together. In the truest sense they were "no more […]
Asa [ÔöÇ├ç'sÔöÇ├ó]-PHYSICIAN. 1. The third king of Judah who succeeded Abijah. He was the great-grandson of Solomon (1 Kings 15; 2 Chron. 14-16). He was an ancestor of Jesus Christ (Matt. 1:7, 8). The Man Who Was Good and Right Asa is a marvel. In spite of the fact that his father was a sinful […]
Aristarchus[ÔöÇ├®rÔöÇ┬ístÔö£├▒r’chus] the best ruler. A Macedonian of Thessalonica and one of Paul's travel-companions. This convert from Judaism is spoken of as Paul's "fellow-prisoner," implying imprisonment for the Gospel's sake (Acts 19:2920:427:2Col. 4:10Philem. 24).
Ahasuerus [ÔöÇ├®hÔöÇ├ósÔö╝┬¢ÔöÇ├┤’rÔö╝┬ís]-king or mighty man. A Persian monarch, to whom accusations against the Jews were brought, bore this name (Ezra 4:6). It was also the name of a Median king, father of Darius (Dan. 9:1). A Persian king who became the husband of Esther (Esther 1:2, 19). The Man Whose Sleeplessness Saved a Nation Two […]
“Why did God kill Ananias and Sapphira for lying?”……The story of Ananias and Sapphira is found in Acts 5, and it is a sad story indeed. It actually begins at the end of chapter 4 with the description of the early church in Jerusalem, a group of believers so filled with the Holy Spirit that […]
“Who was Apollos?”……Apollos was an evangelist, apologist, church leader, and friend of the apostle Paul. Apollos was a Jew from Alexandria, Egypt, described as "eloquent," "mighty in the Scriptures," "fervent in the spirit" and "instructed in the way of the Lord" (Acts 18:24). In A.D. 54, he traveled to Ephesus, where he taught boldly in […]
The Hebrew prophet Amos, whose writings are included in the Tanakh’s(Old Testament)TreiAsar(The Twelve / minor prophets), also lived in such an age. His warnings to Israel and the surrounding nations still ring true and carry the same urgency in our time. Just as Israel, Judah and the surrounding nations were not able to escape the […]