ACCESSORY to ACHAN
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ACCESSORY
See COMPLICITY
ACCHO
Sultry or sandy, a town and harbour of Phoenicia, in the tribe of Asher, but never acquired by them (Judg. 1:31).
It was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans by the name of Ptolemais, from Ptolemy the king of Egypt, who rebuilt it about B.C. 100. Here Paul landed on his last journey to Jerusalem (Acts 21:7).
During the crusades of the Middle Ages it was called Acra; and subsequently, on account of its being occupied by the Knights Hospitallers of Jerusalem, it was called St. Jean d'Acre, or simply Acre.
Also called PTOLEMAIS, a town of Phoenicia Judges 1:31; Acts 21:7
ACCOMPLICE
See COMPLICITY
ACCUSER
Satan is styled the "accuser of the brethren" (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among men by bringing false charges against Christians, with the view of weakening their influence and injuring the cause with which they are identified.
He was regarded by the Jews as the accuser of men before God, laying to their charge the violations of the law of which they were guilty, and demanding their punishment.
The same Greek word, rendered "accuser," is found in John 8:10 (but omitted in the Revised Version); Acts 23:30, 35; 24:8; 25:16, 18, in all of which places it is used of one who brings a charge against another.
ACCOUNTABILITY
See RESPONSIBILITY
ACCURSED
What so called Deut 21:23; Josh 6:17; Josh 7:1; 1 Chr 2:7; Isa 65:20; Gal 1:8
ACCUSATION, FALSE
General scriptures concerning Exo 23:1, 7; Lev 19:16; Psa 41:5-9; Matt 5:11; Luke 3:14; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 4:14
See CONSPIRACY
See EVIDENCE
See FALSE WITNESS
See PERSECUTION
See SPEAKING EVIL
See TALEBEARER
INCIDENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Against Joseph by Potiphar's wife (Gen 39:7-20) .Against Joseph's brethren by Joseph (Gen 42:9-14) .Against Moses by Korah (Num 16:3, Num 16:13) .Against the prophet Ahimelech by Saul (1 Sam 22:11-16) .Against Abner by Joab (2 Sam 3:24-27) .Against David by the princes of Ammon (2 Sam 10:3) .Against Elijah by Ahab (1 Kings 18:17-18) .Against Naboth by Jezebel (1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:13) .Against Jews, returned under Ezra( Ezr 4:6-16; Neh 6:6-8) .Against Jeremiah (Jer 26:8, Jer 26:11; Jer 37:13-14; Jer43:2-3) .Against Amos (Amos 7:10-11) .Against Mary (Matt 1:19 ).Against Jesus (Matt 9:34; Matt 10:25; Matt 12:2-14; Matt 26:59-61; Mark 3:22; Mark 14:53-65; Luke 23:2; John 18:30) .Against Stephen (Acts 6:11, Acts 24:13) .Against Paul (Acts 17:7; Acts 24:5, Acts 21:28; Acts 6:13; Acts 25:2, Acts 25:7; Rom 3:8) .Against Paul and Silas (Acts 16:20-21) .Satan falsely accuses Job (Job 1:9-10; Job 2:4-5)
ACELDAMA
The name which the Jews gave in their proper tongue, i.e., in Aramaic, to the field which was purchased with the money which had been given to the betrayer of our Lord.
The word means "field of blood." It was previously called "the potter's field" (Matt. 27:7, 8; Acts 1:19), and was appropriated as the burial-place for strangers. It lies on a narrow level terrace on the south face of the valley of Hinnom.
Its modern name is Hak ed-damm.
The field of blood (Matt 27:8; Acts 1:19)
ACHAIA
The name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the Peloponnesus.
Subsequently it was applied by the Romans to the whole Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, and the south of Greece.
It was then one of the two provinces (Macedonia being the other) into which they divided the country when it fell under their dominion.
It is in this latter enlarged meaning that the name is always used in the New Testament (Acts 18:12, 27; 19:21; Rom. 15: 26; 16:5, etc.).
It was at the time when Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles under the proconsular form of government; hence the appropriate title given to Gallio as the "deputy," i.e., proconsul, of Achaia (Acts 18:12).
(A region of Greece)
Paul visits (Acts 18:1 All; Acts 19:21; Rom 16:5; 1 Cor 16:15; 2 Cor 1:1)
Benevolence of the Christians in (Rom 15:26; 2 Cor 9:2; 2 Cor 11:10)
ACHAICUS
(1 Cor. 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited Paul while he was at Ephesus, for the purpose of consulting him on the affairs of the church.
These three probably were the bearers of the letter from Corinth to the apostle to which he alludes in 1 Cor. 7:1.
A citizen of Corinth (1 Cor 16:17-18)
ACHAN
Called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Josh. 7:1).
On the occasion of the fall of Jericho, he seized, contrary to the divine command, an ingot of gold, a quantity of silver, and a costly Babylonish garment, which he hid in his tent.
Joshua was convinced that the defeat which the Israelites afterwards sustained before Ai was a proof of the divine displeasure on account of some crime, and he at once adopted means by the use of the lot for discovering the criminal.
It was then found that Achan was guilty, and he was stoned to death in the valley of Achor. He and all that belonged to him were then consumed by fire, and a heap of stones was raised over the ashes.
Sin and punishment of (Josh 7:1 All; Josh 22:20; 1 Chr 2:7)
ACCUSER
Satan is styled the "accuser of the brethren" (Rev. 12:10. Comp. Job 1:6; Zech. 3:1), as seeking to uphold his influence among men by bringing false charges against Christians, with the view of weakening their influence and injuring the cause with which they are identified.
He was regarded by the Jews as the accuser of men before God, laying to their charge the violations of the law of which they were guilty, and demanding their punishment.
The same Greek word, rendered "accuser," is found in John 8:10 (but omitted in the Revised Version); Acts 23:30, 35; 24:8; 25:16, 18, in all of which places it is used of one who brings a charge against another.
ACCOUNTABILITY
See RESPONSIBILITY
What so called Deut 21:23; Josh 6:17; Josh 7:1; 1 Chr 2:7; Isa 65:20; Gal 1:8
ACCUSATION, FALSE
General scriptures concerning Exo 23:1, 7; Lev 19:16; Psa 41:5-9; Matt 5:11; Luke 3:14; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 4:14
See CONSPIRACY
See EVIDENCE
See FALSE WITNESS
See PERSECUTION
See SPEAKING EVIL
See TALEBEARER
INCIDENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Against Joseph by Potiphar's wife (Gen 39:7-20) .Against Joseph's brethren by Joseph (Gen 42:9-14) .Against Moses by Korah (Num 16:3, Num 16:13) .Against the prophet Ahimelech by Saul (1 Sam 22:11-16) .Against Abner by Joab (2 Sam 3:24-27) .Against David by the princes of Ammon (2 Sam 10:3) .Against Elijah by Ahab (1 Kings 18:17-18) .Against Naboth by Jezebel (1 Kings 21:10, 1 Kings 21:13) .Against Jews, returned under Ezra( Ezr 4:6-16; Neh 6:6-8) .Against Jeremiah (Jer 26:8, Jer 26:11; Jer 37:13-14; Jer43:2-3) .Against Amos (Amos 7:10-11) .Against Mary (Matt 1:19 ).Against Jesus (Matt 9:34; Matt 10:25; Matt 12:2-14; Matt 26:59-61; Mark 3:22; Mark 14:53-65; Luke 23:2; John 18:30) .Against Stephen (Acts 6:11, Acts 24:13) .Against Paul (Acts 17:7; Acts 24:5, Acts 21:28; Acts 6:13; Acts 25:2, Acts 25:7; Rom 3:8) .Against Paul and Silas (Acts 16:20-21) .Satan falsely accuses Job (Job 1:9-10; Job 2:4-5)
ACELDAMA
The name which the Jews gave in their proper tongue, i.e., in Aramaic, to the field which was purchased with the money which had been given to the betrayer of our Lord.
The word means "field of blood." It was previously called "the potter's field" (Matt. 27:7, 8; Acts 1:19), and was appropriated as the burial-place for strangers. It lies on a narrow level terrace on the south face of the valley of Hinnom.
Its modern name is Hak ed-damm.
The field of blood (Matt 27:8; Acts 1:19)
ACHAIA
The name originally of a narrow strip of territory in Greece, on the north-west of the Peloponnesus.
Subsequently it was applied by the Romans to the whole Peloponnesus, now called the Morea, and the south of Greece.
It was then one of the two provinces (Macedonia being the other) into which they divided the country when it fell under their dominion.
It is in this latter enlarged meaning that the name is always used in the New Testament (Acts 18:12, 27; 19:21; Rom. 15: 26; 16:5, etc.).
It was at the time when Luke wrote the Acts of the Apostles under the proconsular form of government; hence the appropriate title given to Gallio as the "deputy," i.e., proconsul, of Achaia (Acts 18:12).
(A region of Greece)
Paul visits (Acts 18:1 All; Acts 19:21; Rom 16:5; 1 Cor 16:15; 2 Cor 1:1)
Benevolence of the Christians in (Rom 15:26; 2 Cor 9:2; 2 Cor 11:10)
ACHAICUS
(1 Cor. 16:17), one of the members of the church of Corinth who, with Fortunatus and Stephanas, visited Paul while he was at Ephesus, for the purpose of consulting him on the affairs of the church.
These three probably were the bearers of the letter from Corinth to the apostle to which he alludes in 1 Cor. 7:1.
A citizen of Corinth (1 Cor 16:17-18)
ACHAN
Called also Achar, i.e., one who troubles (1 Chr. 2:7), in commemoration of his crime, which brought upon him an awful destruction (Josh. 7:1).
On the occasion of the fall of Jericho, he seized, contrary to the divine command, an ingot of gold, a quantity of silver, and a costly Babylonish garment, which he hid in his tent.
Joshua was convinced that the defeat which the Israelites afterwards sustained before Ai was a proof of the divine displeasure on account of some crime, and he at once adopted means by the use of the lot for discovering the criminal.
It was then found that Achan was guilty, and he was stoned to death in the valley of Achor. He and all that belonged to him were then consumed by fire, and a heap of stones was raised over the ashes.
Sin and punishment of (Josh 7:1 All; Josh 22:20; 1 Chr 2:7)