Abraham, 46, 47, 72; the true descend- ants of, thought by the Jews to oc- cupy a high place in the kingdom of the Messiah, 22, 58; pedigree of Jesus going back to Abraham, 35, 39; in the parable of Lazarus, 387, 388. "According to Matthew," explanation of the term, 30.
Achaia, places in, visited by Paul, 19, 20, 570, 572, 579, 595. Achaicus, 571, 599.
Acts, Book of, 23, 181; the book ex- amined, 25, 26; its character and significance, 540, 541; one of the written sources of the information of, the book, 562, 563; the writer of, anxious to restore peace to the Church, 616; his conciliatory pur- pose, 659; the oook probably com- posed at Rome, 660; particulars about Paul, 521-524; account of Paul's action after the conversion, 533; ful- ness of accounts concerning Paul, 535; the author of, ascribes to Paul miracles similar to those ascribed to Peter, 540; his mode of representing Peter and Paul, 540, 544, 660; descrip- tion of the collision of the two par- ties in the community at Jerusalem, 553-561; artificial division of Paul's missionary labors, 562; account of Paul at Athens, 569, 570; event show- ing the Romans to be more friendly to the Gospel than the Jews, 572; ac- count of a journey of Paul from Ephesus to Jerusalem, 579; stories of
Paul's apostolic dignity, 589, 590; story of Paul and tumult concerning Artemis, 593, 594; account of Paul's farewell to the Ephesians, 612, 613; account of Paul's reception at Jeru salem of doubtful credibility, 615- 617; the author's desire to represent Paul as an unimpeachable Jew, 616, 617, 622, 624, 625, 629, 630, 641; story of Paul's being mobbed at Jerusalem, 619, 620; account of Paul's imprison- ment, 625-642; the narrative of Paul at Rome abruptly closes, 640, 641. Adam, 39; the type of the sinful race of man, 531. Adramyttium, 630. Adriatic Sea, the, 260
Adultery, Penalty for, in the Law; 376, 377.
Eneas, a cripple cured by Peter, 557. Ethiopia, 1. Africa, 76.
African desert, the, 1. Agabus, a Judæan prophet, 535, 614. Age. See Apostolic Age, Golden Age, Messianic Age.
Agrippa I. See "Herod Agrippa I." Agrippa II., 625; date of his appoint-
ment to the supervision of the tem- ple, 4; arrives at Cæsarea, 628; Paul's case referred to and tried be fore him, 628-630.
Ahab, his wife possibly a model for Herodias, 272.
Ahasuerus, the wandering Jew, 448, 449 Ahimelech, 214. Ahitophel, 483.
Akiba, his views on divorce, 339. Albinus, successor to Festus, 645. Alexander, a Jew, 594. Alexander, a man said to be the son of Simen of Cyrene, 448. Alexander the Great, 2, 7, 40. Alexander Jannæus, 3. Alexandria, 521, 536, 648; the Jews in rise to a distinguished position, 7
650; central idea of, 669-671.
Alexandrian Philosophy, tne, 28, 649, | Apocryphal Gospels, the, 72, 76–78; ac- counts of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus, 71, 72, 76-78, 83-87; conception of the Messiah, 110.
Alexandrians, the, 506.
Allies, the, 1.
Amen, 140; use of word, at the end of Apollos, a Jew of Alexandria, 596; a
prayer, 263. Amphipolis, 567. Amplias, 591.
Ananias, the story of his vision and Paul's conversion, 523, 524; com- pared with Cornelius, 561; referred to by Paul, when mobbed at Jerusalem, 620, 621.
Ananias, story of, and of Sapphira, 490- 492; compared with Elymas, 540. Ananias, the high priest, 621, 645. Ancyra, 563.
Andrew, son of Jona, 127; Simon's brother, 127, 181; called by Jesus to follow him, 127-129; a disciple of Jesus, 180, 674; Jesus talks with the brothers on the Mount of Olives, 402.
Andronicus, 591.
Angelology, 46, 133, 378.
Anna, Mother of Mary, account of, 47. Anna, the prophetess, sees Jesus, 63; the story of, considered, 63-66. Annas, the high priest, 96, 389, 495, 686; date of his deposition, 96. Annas, son of, 86.
Antichrist, 652, 653; supposed to be Nero in Revelation, 654; how stig- matized in the three Epistles of John, 664.
Antioch, capital of Syria, 17, 516; head- quarters of Paul, 17, 534-536, 540; the liberal school of Jesus established there, 18; the congregation disturbed by the Jewish Christians, 18; depart- ure of Paul, 19; Paul's congregation fall away from him, 21; its import- ance and population, 536, 605; trouble among the believers, 547, 560-562; Peter's visit to, 550-553; date of im- portant events, 562.
Antioch in Pisidia, Paul's visit to, 537- 539.
Antiochus Epiphanes, 280.
Antipas. See Herod Antipas. Antipater, 3.
Antipatris, 623.
Antonia, 619, 620, 623; castle of, 449. Apelles, 591.
Apocalypse, the, 22, 24, 398, 399, 401, 652-655, 665; ascribed to John, 645; date of its composition, 646; ex- amined as to contents and purpose, 646, 647.
Apocalyptic Literature, its significance,
fellow-worker of Paul, 596, 599; pos-
sible author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, 642, 649.
Apostles, the, 8, 16; leaders of the stricter sect of Jesus's followers, 17; appealed to in the dissensions among the Christians, 18; their authority re- cognized by the Heathen-Christians, 21; wrote of Jesus, in the time of his activity in Israel, 37; their belief in the Messiahship of Jesus, 110: the title of Apostle claimed by Paul, 180; significance of the title, its or- igin, and the office of the Apostolate, 180, 184, 484; sent on their work by Jesus, 182-184; appear unfavorably, 195; meaning of the word resurrec- tion, 463, 464; their belief in the re- surrection, 477; carry on the work of John the Baptist. 488; members of the community at Jerusalem. 482- 502; speak in many tongues, 485, 486; story of their work and its miraculous commencement, 485-488; wonders worked by them at Jerusalem, 490– 492, 494-499; prosecuted by the San- hedrim, 495-498; their disappearance from history, 645; did not intend to found a new religion, 650. See Disci ples, and the Twelve. Apostles, Acts of the, 25, 26. See Acts.
Apostolate, the office of, 484. Apostolic Age, the historical sketch of,
1-33; end of the struggles of, 21, 22; use of the word "Amen" for closing prayer, 263; controversy con- cerning who might enter the Mes- sianic Kingdom, 292-311; belief in the return of Jesus the central thought of, 333, 334; importance at- tached to the suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane by Jesus, 423, 424; importance laid on the salvation through suffering, 455; legend of the transfiguration, 502–504.
Apostolic Fathers, the, writings of, 22. Appia, probably the wife of Philemon,
Appian Way, the, 634 Appii Forum, 634, 635. Aquila, 570, 571, 579, 593; goes with Paul to Ephesus, 572; instructs Apol los in Christianity, 596. Arabia, 1, 16, 94, 530. Aramaic tongue, the, 505.
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