Judas, Juda
(1) The name of an ancestor of Jesus (Lu 3:30). In the King James Version it occurs also inLu 3:26, but the Revised Version (British and American) has "Joda" (Westcott-Hort, Iod...
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Judas, Not Iscariot
(Ioudas ouch ho Iskariotes): One of the Twelve Apostles (Joh 14:22).SeeJUDAS OF JAMES;LEBBAEUS;THADDAEUS.
Judas, The Lord's Brother
SeeJUDE.
Juddah
SeeJUTTAH.
Jude
jood (Ioudas): Brother of the Lord, and author of the Epistle of Jude.See JUDAS OF JAMES and following article.
Jude, The Epistle Of
The WriterI. JUDE'S POSITION IN THE CANONII. THE OCCASION OF ITS COMPOSITIONIII. DESCRIPTION OF THE LIBERTINES AND APOSTATESIV. RELATION OF JUDE TO THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PETER1....
Judea
joo-de'-a: InEzr 5:8for "Judah"; thus the Revised Version (British and American). In the New Testament the form isJUDAEA(which see).
Judge
juj (shopheT; New Testament dikastes, krites): In the early patriarchal times the heads of families and the elders of the tribes were the judges (compareGe 38:24), and their aut...
Judges, Book Of
juj'-iz,:1. Title2. Place in the Canon3. Contents(1) Introductory, Judges 1-2:5(2) Central and Main Portion, Judges 2:6-16(3) An Appendix, Judges 17-214. Chronology5. Authorship...
Judges, Period Of
I. SOURCESII. CHRONOLOGYIII. GENERAL POLITICAL SITUATION1. The Canaanites2. Foes WithoutIV. MAIN EVENTS1. Struggles of Individual Tribes2. Civil Strife3. The Six Invasions4. Nee...
Judging Judgment
juj'-ing, juj'-ment: Often in the Old Testament for "to act as a magistrate" (Ex 18:13;De 1:16;16:18, etc.), justice being administered generally by "elders" (Ex 18:13-27), or "...
Judgment Hall
juj'-ment hol (to praitorion, "Then led they Jesus.... unto the hall of judgment.... and they themselves went not into the judgment hall" (Joh 18:28the King James Version); "The...
Judgment Seat
(bema, "a raised place," "platform," "tribune,"Mt 27:19;Joh 19:13; see GABBATHA;Ac 12:21margin (text "throne"); 18:12,16 ff; 25:6,17): In Greek law courts, one bema was provided...
Judgment, Day Of
See JUDGMENT, LAST.
Judgment, Last
1. A Transcendental Doctrine:In Christian theology the Last Judgment is an act in which God interposes directly into human history, brings the course of this world to a final cl...
Judicial Blindness
joo-dish'-al.See BLINDNESS, JUDICIAL.
Judicial Courts
See COURTS, JUDICIAL.
Judicial Hardening
SeeHARDEN.
Judith
joo'-dith (for etymology, see next article):(1) A wife of Esau, daughter of Beeri the Hittite (Ge 26:34).(2) The heroine of the Book of Judith in Apocrypha--a pious, wealthy, co...
Judith, Book Of
|| I. NAMEII. CANONICITYIII. CONTENTSIV. FACT OR FICTION?V. DATE1. Probably during the Maccabean Age2. Other Opinions(1) Invasion of Pompey(2) Insurrection under Bar CochbaVI. O...
Juel
joo'-el ((1) Iouna; (2) Iouel:(1) 1 Esdras 9:34 = "Uel" inEzr 10:34.(2) 1 Esdras 9:35 = "Joel" inEzr 10:43.
Jugglery
jug'-ler-i goetia: The word occurs once in 2 Macc 12:24 the Revised Version margin (the King James Version "craft," the Revised Version (British and American) "crafty guile").
Juice
joos, jus: The word occurs once inSo 8:2(translation of `acic, the Revised Version margin "sweet wine"), and once in the Revised Version margin ofJob 6:6, where for "the white o...
Julia
joo'-li-a (Ioulia): The name of a Roman Christian to whom Paul sent greetings, the wife or sister of Philologus with whose name hers is coupled (Ro 16:15). The name points to me...
Julius
joo'-li-us (Ioulios): The centurion of the Augustan cohort under whose charge Paul was sent a prisoner to Rome (Ac 27:1,3).See ARMY, ROMAN; AUGUSTAN BAND.
Jumping
jum'-ping.SeeGAMES.
Junias; Junla
joo'-ni-as or joo'-ni-a (Iounias, Iounia): One to whom, with Andronicus, greetings are sent by Paul at the close of his letter to the Romans (Ro 16:7). The name may be masculine...