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
Strangers.  Heb 13:2.
The poor.  Isa 58:7; Lu 14:13.
Enemies.  2Ki 6:22,23; Ro 12:20.

Encouragement to  Lu 14:14; Heb 13:2.
Exemplified
Melchizedek.  Ge 14:18.
Abraham.  Ge 18:3-8.
Lot.  Ge 19:2,3.
Laban.  Ge 24:31.
Jethro.  Ex 2:20.
Manoah.  Jdj 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.

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
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.

In cities, built in streets  Ge 19:2; Jos 2:19.
Often built on city walls  Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33.
The flat roofs of
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.

Accessible from the outside  Mt 24:17.
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
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.

Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments  Mr 14:15.
Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers  Jdj 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
Great.  Isa 5:9; Am 6:11; 2Ti 2:20.
Goodly.  De 8:12.
Pleasant.  Eze 26:12; Mic 2:9.

Of brick or clay
Plastered.  Eze 13:10,11.
Easily broken through.  Job 24:16; Eze 12:5.
Often swept away by torrents.  Eze 13:13,14.

When finished were usually dedicated  De 20:5; Ps 30:1.
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
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.

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
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 like our own in all things except sin  Ac 3:22; Php 2:7,8; Heb 2:17.
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
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.

Genealogy of  Mt 1:1-17; Lu 3:23-38.
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.

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