Miscellaneous

The genocide of Jewish people, as well as others, during the Holocaust is one of the most terrible crimes ever committed against humanity. Hitler and his Nazi regime committed murder…

The Bible tells us that “Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father” (1 Kings 3:3). So, the Lord appeared to him in a dream by…

Historical background Herod Agrippa I was one of the Roman rulers over Israel from the Herod dynasty and he ruled Judea from AD 41 to 44. He was the son…

Galatia refers to the land of the Gauls (Gr. Galatai). This land was occupied by a main division of the Gallics who traveled west into Europe. These inhabitants lived in…

Historical background Marcus Antonius Felix was the Roman procurator of Judea Province (52 – 60 AD) that ruled after Ventidius Cumanus. He was the younger brother of the Greek freedman…

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were the kings ruling over the divided kingdom of Israel. Rehoboam was the son of Solomon and king of Judah in the south (1 Kings 11:43), whereas,…

The four daughters that prophesied Luke recorded that “…Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven… had four virgin daughters who prophesied” (Acts 21:9-9). Philip the evangelist (Acts 8:5–13,…

The story of the prophet Elisha and the widow’s oil is recorded in 2 kings 4:1-7. The Bible tells us that there was a certain woman of the wives of…

Direct information about the historical background of Paul are rare, but indirect references provide clues about his early life. Paul mentions his mother in Galatians 1:15. And we know from…

The positive act that Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did was that they went to him to comfort him in his afflictions. In that they obeyed the Bible instruction that says,…