A Classic Bible Study,
which links to the English Standard Version (ESV)
Hospitality.
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Commanded Ro 12:13; 1Pe 4:9.
Required in ministers 1Ti 3:2; Tit 1:8.
A test of Christian character 1Ti 5:10.
Specially to be shown to
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Strangers. Heb 13:2.
The poor. Isa 58:7; Lu 14:13.
Enemies. 2Ki 6:22,23; Ro 12:20.
Exemplified
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Melchizedek. Ge 14:18.
Abraham. Ge 18:3-8.
Lot. Ge 19:2,3.
Laban. Ge 24:31.
Jethro. Ex 2:20.
Manoah. Judg 13:15.
Samuel. 1Sa 9:22.
David. 2Sa 6:19.
Barzillai. 2Sa 19:32.
Shunammite. 2Ki 4:8.
Nehemiah. Ne 5:17.
Job. Job 31:17,32.
Zacchaeus. Lu 19:6.
Samaritans. Joh 4:40.
Lydia. Ac 16:15.
Jason. Ac 17:7.
Mnason. Ac 21:16.
People of Melita. Ac 28:2.
Publius. Ac 28:7.
Gaius. 3Jo 1:5,6.
Houses.
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Antiquity of Ge 12:1; 19:3.
Deep and solid foundations required for Mt 7:24; Lu 6:48.
Sometimes built without foundation Mt 7:26; Lu 6:49.
Built of
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Clay. Job 4:19.
Bricks. Ex 1:11-14; Isa 9:10.
Stone and wood. Le 14:40,42; Hab 2:11.
Hewn or cut stone. Isa 3:10; Am 5:11.
Often built on city walls Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33.
The flat roofs of
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Surrounded with battlements. De 22:8.
Had often booths on them. 2Sa 16:22; Ne 8:16; Pr 2:19.
Had often idolatrous altars on them. 2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5.
Used for drying flax. Jos 2:6.
Used for exercise. 2Sa 11:2; Da 4:29.
Used for devotion. Ac 10:9.
Used for making proclamations. Lu 12:3.
Used for secret conference. 1Sa 9:25,26.
Resorted to in grief. Isa 15:3; Jer 48:38.
Often covered with week grass. Ps 129:6,7.
The courts of, large and used as apartments Es 1:5; Lu 5:19.
Entered by a gate or door Ge 43:19; Ex 12:22; Lu 16:20; Ac 10:17.
Doors of, low and small for safety Pr 17:19.
Doors of, how fastened 2Sa 13:18; Song 5:5; Lu 11:7.
Admission to, gained by knocking at the door Ac 12:13; Re 3:20.
Walls of, plastered Le 14:42,43.
Serpents often lodged in walls of Am 5:19.
Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23.
Had often several stories Eze 41:16; Ac 20:9.
Divided into apartments Ge 43:30; Isa 26:20.
Apartments of, were often
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Large and airy. Jer 22:14.
Ceiled and painted. Jer 22:14; Hag 1:4.
Inlaid with ivory. 1Ki 22:39; Am 3:15.
Hung with rich tapestries. Es 1:6.
Warmed with fires. Jer 36:22; Joh 18:18.
Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers Judg 3:20-23; 2Ki 4:10,11; 9:2,3.
Lighted by windows 1Ki 7:4.
Street windows of, high and dangerous 2Ki 1:2; 9:30,33; Ac 20:9.
Of the rich
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Great. Isa 5:9; Am 6:11; 2Ti 2:20.
Goodly. De 8:12.
Pleasant. Eze 26:12; Mic 2:9.
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Plastered. Eze 13:10,11.
Easily broken through. Job 24:16; Eze 12:5.
Often swept away by torrents. Eze 13:13,14.
For summer residence Am 3:15.
Liable to leprosy Le 14:34-53.
Not to be coveted Ex 20:17; Mic 2:2.
Were hired Ac 28:30.
Were mortgaged Ne 5:3.
Were sold Ac 4:34.
Law respecting the sale of Le 25:29-33.
Of criminals, desolated Da 2:5; 3:29.
Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Isa 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Eze 16:41; 26:12.
Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges Isa 22:10.
Illustrative
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Of the body. Job 4:19; 2Co 5:1.
Of the grave. Job 30:23.
Of the church. Heb 3:6; 1Pe 2:5.
Of saints' inheritance. Joh 14:2; 2Co 5:1.
(On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites. Mt 7:24,25.
(On a rock,) of the hope of saints. Mt 7:24,25.
(Insecurity of,) of earthly trust. Mt 6:19,20.
(Building of,) of great prosperity. Isa 65:21; Eze 28:26.
(Built and not inhabited,) of calamity. De 28:30; Am 5:11; Zep 1:13.
(To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings. De 6:10,11.
Human Nature of Christ, The.
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Was necessary to his mediatorial office 1Ti 2:5; Heb 2:17; Ga 4:4,5; 1Co 15:21; Ro 6:15,19.
Is proved by his
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Conception in the Virgin's womb. Mt 1:18; Lu 1:31.
Birth. Mt 1:16,25; 2:2; Lu 2:7,11.
Partaking of flesh and blood. Joh 1:14; Heb 2:14.
Having a human soul. Mt 26:38; Lu 23:46; Ac 2:31.
Circumcision. Lu 2:21.
Increase in wisdom and stature. Lu 2:52.
Weeping. Lu 19:41; Joh 11:35.
Hungering. Mt 4:2; 21:18.
Thirsting. Joh 4:7; 19:28.
Sleeping. Mt 8:24; Mr 4:38.
Being subject to weariness. Joh 4:6.
Being a man of sorrows. Isa 53:3,4; Lu 22:44; Joh 11:33; 12:27.
Being buffeted. Mt 26:67; Lu 22:64.
Enduring indignities. Lu 23:11.
Being scourged. Mt 27:26; Lu 22:64.
Being nailed to the cross. Ps 22:16; Lu 23:33.
Death. Joh 19:30.
Side being pierced. Joh 19:34.
Burial. Mt 27:59,60; Mr 15:46.
Resurrection. Ac 3:15; 2Ti 2:8.
Was without sin Heb 7:26,28; 1Jo 3:5; 1Pe 2:22; Heb 4:15; Joh 18:38; 8:46.
Was submitted to the evidence of the senses Lu 24:39; Joh 20:27; 1Jo 1:1,2.
Was of the seed of
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The woman. Ge 3:15; Isa 7:4; Jer 31:22; Lu 1:31; Ga 4:4.
Abraham. Ge 22:18; Ga 3:16; Heb 2:16.
David. 2Sa 7:12,16; Ps 89:35,36; Jer 23:5; Mt 22:42; Mr 10:47; Ac 2:30; 13:23; Ro 1:3.
Attested by himself Mt 8:20; 16:13.
Confession of, a test of belonging to God Joh 4:2.
Acknowledged by men Mr 6:3; Joh 7:27; 19:5; Ac 2:22.
Denied by Antichrist 1Jo 4:3; 2Jo 1:7.