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Enthroned Zeus (Greek, c. 100 BCE) "Abomination of desolation" [a] is a phrase from the Book of Daniel describing the pagan sacrifices with which the 2nd century BC Greek king Antiochus IV Epiphanes replaced the twice-daily offering in the Jewish temple, or alternatively the altar on which such offerings were made.
It was a custom for every Israelite, once a year, to pay half a shekel towards the temple charge and service, based on the orders given by God to Moses in the wilderness during the numbering of the Israelites, to take half a shekel out of everyone twenty years of age and older, rich or poor (Exodus 30:13), though this does not seem to be ...
18:But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. The New International Version translates the passage as: 15:Peter said, "Explain the parable to us." 16:"Are you still so dull?" Jesus asked them. 17:"Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
Ezekiel 43 is the forty-third chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. [3] [4] Chapters 40-48 give the ideal picture of a new temple.
The Temple establishment therefore co-operated with the aristocracy in the exploitation of the poor. One of the first acts of the First Jewish-Roman War was the burning of the debt records in the archives. [33] Pope Francis sees the Cleansing of the Temple not as a violent act but more of a prophetic demonstration. [34]
Mark 13 is the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It contains the "Markan Apocalypse": [1] Jesus' predictions of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and disaster for Judea, as well as Mark's version of Jesus' eschatological discourse.
This verse reads 'I am Christ', lacking the definite article, in the Geneva Bible (1599), [11] the King James Version, [12] and the New Matthew Bible [13] (a modernised version of the New Testament of William Tyndale). [14] Carr (1882 onwards) observes that "the Christ, the Messiah" is correct, departing from the King James Version then in use. [2]
Matthew 4:6 is the sixth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has just rebuffed "the tempter's" first temptation; in this verse, the devil presents Jesus with a second temptation while they are standing on the pinnacle of the temple in the "holy city" ().