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Matthew 1:18

'WITH CHILD'

I.E., PREGNANT. THIS IS FOR THOSE THAT THINK THE OLD TESTAMENT IS NO GOOD ANY MORE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE SAME THING THAT IS IN Genesis 19:36. REMEMBER IT IS FOR OUR LEARNING AND ADMONITION DON'T JUST THROW IT OUT.
Matthew 4:6

'STUBBED HIS TOE'

ANYONE THAT HAS DONE THIS DOES NOT NEED A DEFINITION.
Matthew 5:13

'THE SALT OF THE EARTH' OR 'NOT WORTH THEIR SALT'

OLD FOLKS USE THIS DESCRIPTION FOR THE PILLARS (OUTSTANDING CITIZENS) OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ALL THE CITIZENS THEY THINK CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE BIBLE USES THIS TERM FOR GOD'S FOLKS AS OPPOSED TO THE DEVIL'S FOLKS. IF THE PRODUCTIVE FOLKS ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH THEN THE NON PRODUCTIVE ONES MUST NOT BE WORTH THEIR SALT, SO THEN THE NON- FRUIT BEARING CHRISTIAN ALTHOUGH HE IS SALT AS A BELIEVER, HE REALLY IS NOT WORTHY OF THE TITLE, RIGHT?
Matthew 5:13

'GOOD FOR NOTHING'

A PHRASE OF UTTER EXASPERATION WHEN WE CAN'T GET SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME. EVERYONE IS GOOD FOR SOMETHING EVEN IF IT IS ONLY TO STIR FOLKS UP BY THEIR INABILITY. SEE Jeremiah 13:10 FOR A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MEANING IN THE SCRIPTURE AND THE COMMENTS ON THE DIFFERENCES.
Matthew 5:15

'HIDE ONES (YOUR) LIGHT UNDER A BUSHEL'

USED IN A NUMBER OF PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENTS IN NATIONAL MAGAZINES, TRYING TO SHOW THE AUDIENCE THAT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO SELL DON'T HIDE IT. HEARD FROM EDUCATORS ABOUT FOLKS THAT HAVE A TALENT BUT ARE NOT USING IT. OF COURSE THEY ARE ALL FOLLOWING GOD'S DEFINITION OF THE PHRASE EVEN IF THEY COULD NOT FIND IT IF THEIR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT.
Matthew 5:26

'BY NO MEANS'

NO!! AMERICANS HATE THIS WORD. WHATEVER THE SUBJECT MATTER IT IS "NO" TO THE POINT OF BEING IMPOSSIBLE.
Matthew 5:37

'YES AND NO'

EITHER A TWO PART ANSWER OR POLITICIAN'S SPEECH. THE LORD IS CLEAR WHEN HE SAYS LET YOUR YES BE A YES AND YOUR NO A NO, CLEAR SPEECH WHERE FOLKS KNOW WHERE YOU STAND AND WHY. THIS IS FOREIGN TO MOST POLITICIANS OF ANY KIND OR FOR MUCH OF THE WORLD IN MOST CASES.
Matthew 5:38

'EYE FOR AN EYE'

THIS IS LIKE THE LIBERAL WHEN HE HAS THE UPPER HAND HE WILL CRUCIFY YOU (DEMANDING FULL PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY) BUT WHEN HE IS CAUGHT WITH HIS FINGERS IN THE TILL HE WANTS YOU TO GO THE EXTRA MILE AND FORGIVE HIM WITHOUT ANY PAYMENT FOR HIS INDISCRETION. THE WORLD WILL DO THIS TO A CHRISTIAN EVERY TIME, WHEN THEY SEE YOU ARE WRONG THEY WILL EAT YOU FOR BREAKFAST BUT WHEN THEY ARE CAUGHT THEY WANT SYMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING (WELL YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN CAN'T YOU FORGIVE). IT IS REAL TYPICAL OF THE WORLD'S DOUBLE STANDARD. IT WILL ALL BE FIXED SOON WHEN THE LORD RETURNS. KEEP LOOKING UP.
Matthew 5:39

'TURN THE OTHER CHEEK'

THE WORLD DOESN'T MEAN THIS LITERALLY, LIKE THE BIBLE MEANS IT, THEY JUST MEAN YOU SHOULD BE A CARING COMPASSIONATE LIBERAL AND LOVE EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING. A FORGIVE AND FORGET KIND OF THING WHERE THEY ARE CONCERNED BUT NOT WHEN IT IS YOUR TURN FOR NEEDING THE FORGIVENESS, THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO FORGET TURNING THE CHEEK THEN. THE WORLD IS A HYPOCRITE AND DON'T EVER FORGET IT BRETHREN.
Matthew 5:41

'GO THE SECOND MILE'

THIS SEEMS TO ALWAYS BE TOLD TO THE UNDER DOG WHO HAS ALREADY GONE 20 EXTRA MILES BUT THEY FIGURE IT IS EASY TO GET HIM TO ROLLOVER ONE MORE TIME. THERE ARE CERTAINLY TIMES WHEN YOU SHOULD BEND OVER BACKWARDS AND TRY TO DO MORE OR GIVE A LITTLE FARTHER, BUT THERE IS ALSO A TIME TO KNOW WHEN TO GIVE UP ON A BAD SITUATION. IF ANY MAN LACKETH WISDOM! THE WORLD WILL TRY TO USE YOUR CHRISTIANITY AGAINST YOU EVERY CHANCE THEY CAN GET. IT WILL TRY TO GET YOUR MONEY BY PLEADING TO YOUR COMPASSION AND THEN IT WILL USE IT ON CIGARETTES AND BOOZE IF IT CAN.
Matthew 6:3

'DON'T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING'

IN SCRIPTURE, IT IS AN ADMONITION TO KEEP WHAT YOU DO FOR THE LORD SECRET AND YOU CAN'T EVEN TRUST YOUR OWN BODY PARTS TO KEEP THE SECRET, MOSTLY OUR STUPID TONGUES. THE WORLD USUALLY ATTRIBUTES THIS SAYING TO SOMEONE WHO IS SLIGHTLY UNCOORDINATED OR A LITTLE INEPT. USUALLY SAID IN A DEROGATORY FASHION.
Matthew 6:8

'YOUR FATHER KNOWS BEST'

FAMOUS TV SHOW BEFORE ALL THE FILTH RUINED IT (TV THAT IS), IT WAS A DECENT FAMILY SHOW. TRUE OF YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER IF WE WOULD ONLY PAY IT MORE ATTENTION AND YIELD TO IT.
Matthew 6:14-15

'FORGIVE AND FORGET'

GOOD ADVICE FOR THE LOST AND THE SAVED ALIKE, FOUND ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE. HEBREWS 8:12 IS ANOTHER GOOD PLACE.
Matthew 6:22

'THE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL'

IT IS INTERESTING AS I WRITE THIS BOOK TO SEE HOW THE WORLD AND IT'S SYSTEMS CAN COME RIGHT UP TO THE BIBLE AND BORROW SOMETHING THAT THEY BELIEVE IS PROFOUND. MANY TIMES THEY THINK THAT WHAT THEY WRITE ABOUT OR TALK ABOUT IS THEIR TRuth BUT WHEN YOU SHOW THEM WHERE THEY GOT IT FROM THEY BALK. I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THE BIBLE COULD ALL BE TRUE (THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES) AND THEN THEY QUOTE A VERSE UNKNOWINGLY AND ARE READY TO FIGHT IF YOU DENY WHAT THEY SAID IS TRuth . WINDOWS OF THE SOUL SHOWS UP IN NEWSPAPERS REAL REGULAR AND THEY (NEWSPAPER) DENY GOD'S VERY EXISTENCE.
Matthew 6:30

'O YE OF LITTLE FAITH'

THIS IS OUR RETORT WHEN SKEPTICS LAUGH AT OUR NEW IDEA OR INVENTION. THIS IS ALSO A DIRECT REBUKE FROM THE LORD OF GLORY TO US CHRISTIANS WHEN WE DENY WHAT HE HAS ALREADY TOLD US WILL COME TO PASS. I.E., IT IS OUR LACK OF FAITH THAT KEEPS US FROM SERVING GOD THE WAY HE WOULD HAVE US TO.
Matthew 7:13

'BROADWAY'

THE WIDE STREET AS COMPARED TO THE NARROW PATH.
Matthew 7:14

'FOLLOW THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW PATH'

ADVICE OLDER FOLKS GIVE TO YOUNGER FOLKS WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THEY GOT THE ADVICE WHEN IN TRuth GOD GAVE THE ADVICE TO MEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.
Matthew 7:15

'PULLED THE WOOL OVER THEIR EYES'

THIS PHRASE IS USED WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO FOOL SOMEONE IN SOME WAY; A WAY OF DECEPTION THAT DOESN'T ALLOW A PERSON THAT IS BEING DECEIVED TO SEE THE TRuth . THE EXAMPLE IS THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO PULL THE WOOL OVER EVERYONE'S EYES. HE DOES SPECIALIZE IN THE SAINTS THOUGH, BECAUSE HE GETS MORE PLEASURE OUT OF FOOLING THEM INTO THINKING THEY CAN LOSE THEIR SALVATION OR THEIR BELIEF IN THE BIBLE'S INHERENCE BECAUSE HE CAN THEN ACCUSE THEM BEFORE GOD. HE IS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT AND HE BEARS WATCHING SO YOU DON'T GET DECEIVED WHEN HE COMES UP TO YOU AS A SHEEP WHEN IN TRuth HE IS A HUNGRY WOLF. HE WILL SKIN A SHEEP AND THEN USE YOUR OWN SKIN (SPELLED SIN) TO PULL THE WOOL OVER YOUR EYES.
Matthew 8:20

'FOXHOLE'

MILITARY TERM FOR THE SMALL HOLE OR TRENCH YOU DIG TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY. ALSO THE REAL DWELLING PLACE OF THE FOX.
Matthew 8:22

'FOLLOW ME'

WATCH OUT FOR WHO SAYS THIS TO YOU OR AT LEAST FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE GOING BEFORE YOU DO FOLLOW THEM. THIS IS ALSO USED BY SOME SEGMENTS OF THE MILITARY AS A CHARGE COMMAND OR AT LEAST A LEADERSHIP THING. WHEN JESUS SAYS THIS TO YOU, DO IT!! THERE IS NO SAFER PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE THAN TO BE FOLLOWING YOUR CREATOR. HE KNOWS WHERE HE IS GOING AND YOU ARE JUST FUMBLING AROUND IN THE DARK AT THE VERY BEST OF TIMES.
Matthew 8:24

'A CLEAR CONSCIENCE SLEEPS IN A THUNDERSTORM'

JUST ONE OF THOSE EVERYDAY SAYINGS THAT SHOW WHEN SOMETHING IS ON YOUR MIND OR YOU HAVE A BAD CONSCIENCE YOU WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO SLEEP. WHEN YOUR MIND IS PLAYING BACK ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE OR THOUGHT DURING THE DAY, AND THOSE THINGS ARE WRONG OR IMMORAL YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS WHEN YOUR CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR YOU CAN SLEEP ANYWHERE ANYTIME. EXACTLY AS THE VERSE IS SHOWING.
Matthew 8:31-32

'SALT PORK OR DEVILED HAM'

THEY WENT INTO THE SEA (SALT WATER) AND THEY WERE FULL OF DEVILS, RIGHT? *** USE THIS ONE FOR A CONVERSATION STARTER IT WILL GET A LAUGH AND IT IS A GOOD SPRING BOARD TO GET FOLKS IN THE BOOK***
Matthew 9:4

'I CAN READ YOUR MIND LIKE A BOOK' OR 'I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING'

WE SAY THIS TO OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE AFTER LONG YEARS OF PRACTICE WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE THINKING BY WHAT THEY ARE DOING. JESUS, AS GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, HAS NO TROUBLE READING ANY MIND.
Matthew 10:5,6

'HIT THE ROAD'

THIS CAN BE SAID A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. THE MOST COMMON IN THE WORLD IS GET OUT OF HERE (AWAY FROM ME IN AGGRAVATION) OR HIT THE ROAD IN THE SENSE OF GET GOING AND GET THE Job DONE IN A ENCOURAGING TYPE OF MANNER. JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLE WHAT HE WANTED THEM TO DO AND WHERE HE WANTED IT DONE AND THEN BASICALLY TOLD THEM TO GET TO IT. I.E., HIT THE ROAD. HE GAVE THEM THESE ORDERS IN OTHER PLACES ALSO, Mark 16:15.
Matthew 10:28

'SCARE THE FIRE OUT OF YOU' OR 'SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU'

WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DO THIS IS A GOOD THING. THE WORLD DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY THIS THEY ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR INCIDENT THAT FRIGHTENED YOU OUT OF YOUR WITS. IT DID NOT TAKE ANY FIRE OUT OF YOU OR HELL OUT OF YOU. IN THE BIBLICAL SENSE THIS IS A VERY REAL MOTIVATING FORCE OR SHOULD BE TO A LOST MAN. IF YOU ARE HELL SCARED YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO BE HELL SCORCHED.
Matthew 11:17

'THEY ARE DANCING TO A DIFFERENT TUNE'

THIS IS USUALLY SAID ABOUT THE PERSON THAT IS DOING SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY AND THE VIEWER IS NOT IN FAVOR OF IT. THE BIBLE IS SHOWING A SORT OF GENERATION GAP, AND ONE GENERATION IS NOT HEARING THE OTHER. LIFE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS IS VERY SIMILAR TODAY, THE KIDS DO NOT WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE PARENTS HAVE TO SAY, AND THE MUSIC TASTES BETWEEN THE TWO ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
Matthew 12:30

'IF YOU ARE NOT WITH US YOU ARE AGAINST US'

YOU HEAR THIS AT UNION PICKET LINES AND UNDER OTHER KINDS OF LABOR DISPUTES AND STRIKES. ALSO SAID MANY TIMES WHEN ONE GROUP TAKES A SIDE AGAINST ANOTHER GROUP ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE SUCH AS SCHOOL BUSING. JESUS DEFINES WHAT THE EXPRESSION MEANS FOR ALL ETERNITY IN THIS VERSE.
Matthew 12:33

'YOU CAN TELL A TREE BY ITS FRUIT'

OLD FOLKS SAY THIS WHEN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO TURN OUT. WHAT THEY MEAN IS WHEN YOU WATCH SOMEONE CLOSE ENOUGH, LONG ENOUGH, YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BRING FORTH. I.E., TROUBLE, BLESSINGS, RIDICULE, PRAISE, THESE ARE ALL THE FRUIT OF A PERSON. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHERRY TREES AND PEACH TREES ALTHOUGH IT IS A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT THEY ARE BY WHAT THEY PRODUCE.
Matthew 12:36-37

'EVEN STEVEN'

JUST WHAT A PERSON SAYS WHEN HE GETS VENGEANCE BACK ON YOU FOR SOMETHING YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE. WHAT KIDS SAY WHEN THEY TRADE THINGS AND WANT THE TRADE TO COME OUT FAIR. WHAT GOD DOES WITH WHAT YOU SAY WILL COME OUT 'EVEN STEVEN'. BETTER BEWARE!!!!!!!!
Matthew 12:43-45

'A DRY RUN'

THE WORLD SAYS THIS ABOUT A PRACTICE TRIAL, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT THE REAL THING OR THE FINAL TRY. THIS PERSON IN THESE VERSES GOT REAL DEMONS BECAUSE THEY WERE UNCOMFORTABLE IN A DRY PLACE AND THEIR HOME (MAN'S BODY) WAS NOW CLEAN. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE MAN THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO CLEAN HIMSELF UP AND HE TRIED (WITH HIS OWN STRENGTH). THE TRuth IS HIS "DRY RUN" OR TRIAL WAS A FAILURE EXACTLY AS MANY DRY RUNS ARE. THEY WERE ONLY MEANT FOR PRACTICE TO FIND THE WEAK SPOTS ANYWAY, NOT FOR THE FINAL RECORD ATTEMPT. THIS MAN FAILED TO REALIZE HIS WEAK SPOT WAS HIS FLESH AND SIN WOULD PUT HIM RIGHT BACK IN HIS SAME POSITION AND MANY TIMES A MAN WILL SINK EVEN LOWER IN SIN THAN WHEN HE CLEANED HIMSELF UP THE FIRST TIME.
Matthew 12:44

'CLEAN AS A WHISTLE'

USED WHEN THE PLACE IS EMPTY. I.E., A BURGLARY USUALLY LEAVES YOUR HOUSE CLEAN AS A WHISTLE. MOST OF THE TIME NOT TALKING ABOUT CLEAN AS IN THE SENSE OF DIRTY OR FILTHY. THE BIBLE SHOWS THAT THIS MAN'S HOUSE (BODY) WAS CLEAN BUT NOT FOR LONG. NOTHING CAN STAY VOID OR EMPTY FOR LONG, YOU HAVE TO FILL IT WITH SOMETHING OR IT WILL BE FILLED FOR YOU. YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY EVERY BAD HABIT FROM SOMEONE WITH OUT GIVING THEM SOMETHING TO FILL THE VOID OR THEY WILL GO RIGHT BACK TO THE SAME BAD HABITS.
Matthew 13:3-4

'SOWING WILD OATS'

WE SAY THIS ABOUT A PERSON THAT IS RUNNING THE STREETS AND DOING A LOT OF IMMATURE THINGS, AS WELL AS IMMORAL. IT IS USUALLY SAID WITH TONGUE IN CHEEK AS AN ACCEPTED SORT OF PRACTICE. I.E., HE IS JUST SOWING HIS OATS AND I DID THE SAME THING AT MY AGE. THE WORLD WANTS YOU AS DIRTY AS ITSELF SO THEY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOU. IF YOU TRY TO CLEAN UP AND LIVE AND DO RIGHT THEY WILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE IN YOUR PRESENCE.
Matthew 13:4

'THEY FELL BY THE WAY SIDE'

THIS IS USED TO SHOW THAT SOMEONE THAT WAS WITH YOU IN A CERTAIN ENDEAVOR OR OTHER HAS CEASED TO BE WITH YOU. I.E., HAS QUIT HELPING YOU OR BEING INVOLVED WITH YOU ON A CERTAIN ISSUE. IN THE SCRIPTURE USED TO GET THIS SAYING THE IDEA IS THAT A PERSON HAS THE CHANCE TO HEAR AND ACT ON THE GOSPEL BUT DOESN'T AND THEREBY FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE. WHEN USED BY THE WORLD THIS SAYING MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE MUCH IMPORT, BUT HERE IN THE BIBLE WHEN A PERSON REFUSES TO ACCEPT JESUS AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR AND FALLS BY THE WAY SIDE, HIS ONLY OPTION IS HELL. DIRE CONSEQUENCE OF FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE.
Matthew 13:15

'GROSS'

A FAVORITE WORD OF THE TEENAGERS ON THE STREET TODAY. ON THE STREET IT USUALLY MEANS COARSE OR VULGAR OR EVEN DISGUSTING. THE ONE IN THE VERSE HAS A MEANING CLOSER TO A LACK OF SENSITIVITY, CARNAL, OR SENSUAL. OVERALL THE MEANING ON THE STREET AND IN THE BIBLE IS SOMETHING TO BE SHUNNED OR KEPT AWAY FROM YOU IN THE SENSE OF REPUGNANT.
Matthew 13:21

'BY AND BY'

A WAY OF SAYING IT WILL HAPPEN IN A PERIOD OF TIME (AMOUNT UNDISCLOSED). I GUESS THIS IS LIKE WHEN YOU ASK THE PRIEST WHEN YOUR LOVED ONE WILL GET OUT OF PURGATORY (SPELLED BALONEY) HE WILL SAY BY AND BY BECAUSE HE HASN'T THE FAINTEST IDEA. BE PATIENT WE WILL LIVE IN THE SWEET BY AND BY IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
Matthew 14:19-20

'STUFFED TO THE GILLS'

THANKSGIVING DINNER WILL PRODUCE THIS SELF INFLICTED MALADY. JUST MEANS YOU HAVE EATEN SO MUCH YOU CAN'T MOVE SO YOU JUST SIT AND DIGEST. WHEN JESUS FEEDS THE FIVE THOUSAND HERE IN THE VERSES YOU SEE THEY WERE 'FILLED' AND YET THERE WAS STILL FOOD LEFT OVER. WELL IF YOU ARE FILLED YOU ARE FULL EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT STUFFED, BUT LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU WILL SEE FISH ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FILLING (GILLS ARE ON FISH). THESE FOLKS THAT DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS MEAL AND THEY SEEMINGLY COULD HAVE ALL THEY WANTED (WE ASSUME BECAUSE IT WAS FREE THAT THEY DID FILL UP), AND THEY DID STAY SITTING. I.E., THEY MUST HAVE BEEN STUFFED TO THE GILLS.
Matthew 15:14

'THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND'

IN THE WORLD AND IN THE BIBLE THIS IS NOT A PHYSICAL LOSS OF SIGHT, BUT A LACK OF SENSE, OR SPIRITUAL RECKONING WHEN IT COMES TO RIGHT AND WRONG. THE WORLD SAYS THIS WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE FOLLOWING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THEY DON'T CARE FOR OR DON'T THINK THAT PERSON MEETS THEIR STANDARDS. IT IS USUALLY SAID IN A DEROGATORY FASHION. THE LORD SAYS THAT THE BLIND AND THE FOLLOWERS OF THE BLIND ARE BOTH IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
Matthew 15:37

'LEFTOVERS'

THE FOOD WE EAT TODAY GETS TO BE HEATED AND EATEN AGAIN TOMORROW. THE FOOD IN THE VERSE WAS WHAT WAS LEFTOVER AFTER THE PEOPLE WERE FED. SIMILAR TO II Kings 4:44.
Matthew 16:2-3

'RED SKY AT NIGHT SAILORS DELIGHT, RED SKY IN THE MORNING SAILORS TAKE WARNING'

A SEAMAN'S WAY OF PREDICTING THE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT DAY, EXACTLY AS HE WAS TAUGHT BY THE LORD JESUS CHRIST 2000 YEARS AGO. WHETHER HE IS LOST SAILOR OR A SAVED ONE.
Matthew 17:1

'THEY HAD A MOUNTAINTOP EXPERIENCE'

THE DISCIPLES HAD AN EXPERIENCE ON THE MOUNTAIN THAT THEY WOULD NEVER FORGET. THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD CALLS ANY UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE, REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF IT. (SPIRITUAL OR PHYSICAL)
Matthew 17:6

'FELL ON THEIR FACE'

WE SAY THIS WHEN A PERSON HAS FAILED AT SOMETHING. I.E., THEY HAD THAT SMALL GAS STATION BUT THEY SURE FELL ON THEIR FACE WITH IT. IN THE BIBLE THE ACT OF FALLING ON ONE'S FACE IN THIS PASSAGE WAS A ACT OF WORSHIP.
Matthew 17:9

'TELL-THE-VISION' OR 'TELEVISION?'

THEY HAD MOVING PICTURES ON THE WALLS IN Jeremiah , THAT SOUNDED VERY MUCH LIKE REAL TELEVISION. I KNOW THIS IS STRETCHING A BIT BUT WHEN YOU WANT TO START A CONVERSATION WITH A LOST PERSON EVEN A BIT OF HUMOR WORKS GOOD.
Matthew 17:25-27

'BY HOOK OR CROOK'

THIS IS SAID WHEN WE PLAN TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOAL REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT TAKES TO DO IT. WE CAN DO IT BY HOOK (FISH) WHICH IS LEGITIMATE OR BY CROOK (SOMETHING NOT RIGHT) BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO IT! LOOK AT THE VERSE AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY YOU WILL RECALL THE RELIGIOUS FOLKS ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO MESS JESUS UP IN HIS SPEECH OR TRY TO GET HIM TO DO SOMETHING WRONG (THE DEVIL WANTS HIM TO SIN) AND THEY WILL DO IT BY HOOK OR CROOK. THE LORD MESSES THEM UP IN THEIR OWN SCHEME BY USING A HOOK (FISH) TO PAY THEIR CROOK (CAESAR) AND DOES IT ALL RIGHT WITH NO SIN INVOLVED.
Matthew 17:27

'PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS'

THE LORD GAVE AN ORDER TO THE FISH, AND THE FISH DID WHAT HE WAS TOLD. THE WORLD USES THIS EXPRESSION TO GET A PERSON TO PUT SOMETHING VALUABLE BEHIND HIS WORTHLESS TALK. (TALK IS CHEAP)
Matthew 17:27

'RIGHT ON THE MONEY'

WE SAY THIS FOR ALL KINDS OF SITUATIONS NOT JUST CONCERNING MONEY. WHEN A PERSON GETS A RIGHT ANSWER TO SOME QUESTION IT IS SAID, "HE WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY". WHEN SOME PROPHECY ABOUT SOMETHING IS MADE AND COMES TO PASS WE SAY THAT WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY. IN THE SCRIPTURE CASE THE COIN THAT WAS FORETOLD TO BE IN THE FISH'S MOUTH WAS EXACTLY THE AMOUNT NEEDED, OR IT WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.
Matthew 17:27

'A PRETTY PENNY'

WHAT WE SAY WHEN THE MONEY AMOUNT IS DEAR AND/OR A LOT TO US AND OUR PREDICAMENT. IN THE SCRIPTURE CASE THE MONEY THAT CAME FROM THE FISH'S MOUTH WAS JUST THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO COVER THE COST OF THE TAXES.
Matthew 18:15

'BROTHER'

COMMON TERM USED BY STREET GANGS AND BLACKS TO RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER. ALSO USED BY CHRISTIANS THE WORLD OVER WHEN THE MEET SAVED RELATIVES . I.E., BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
Matthew 18:21-22

'BURY THE HATCHET'

THIS IS NOT THE PHYSICAL DIGGING A HOLE IN THE GROUND AND BURYING A IMPLEMENT, BUT RATHER THE PUTTING AWAY OF A LONG TIME DISAGREEMENT OR FEUD OF LONG STANDING. I.E., FORGIVENESS OF ONE ANOTHER. THE LORD OF HOSTS IS TEACHING THIS LESSON TO PETER IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.
Matthew 19:24

'EASIER SAID THAN DONE'

MANY THINGS IN EVERY DAY LIFE ARE CERTAINLY EASIER "SAID" THAN DONE. CUTTING THE GRASS ON A HOT AUGUST DAY, FIXING THE CAR, THE BROKEN TOILET ETC. AS HARD AS IT MAY SEEM TO BELIEVE APPARENTLY IT IS EASIER TO GET A CAMEL THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE THAN TO GET A RICH MAN SAVED. I.E., EASIER TO SAY A CAMEL WILL GO THROUGH THAN TO GET THE MAN SAVED ( PAST TENSE, DONE).
Matthew 20:12

'HEAT OF THE DAY'

WE SAY THIS IS FROM NOON TO THREE EACH DAY ALL YEAR ROUND. IT IS MOSTLY USED IN THE SUMMER TIME TEMPERATURES.
Matthew 21:10-11

'HE HAS ARRIVED'

USUALLY SAID WHEN SOMEONE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE HAS MADE IT TO HIS DESTINATION. WE ARE GENERALLY SPEAKING OF OUR PRESENT LOCATION. THE SCRIPTURE IS EXACTLY WHAT THE WORLD MEANS .
Matthew 21:12-13

'HE CLEANED HOUSE'

THIS IS LIKE HE MOPPED THEM UP IT IS A PHYSICAL THING SAYING HE WHIPPED THE WHOLE MESS OF THEM. THE LORD IN THESE VERSES CERTAINLY CLEANED THE HOUSE OF HIS FATHER EVEN IF HE DID NOT PHYSICALLY BEAT UP EACH INDIVIDUAL.
Matthew 22:12

'HE WAS SPEECHLESS'

WE HAVE ALL BEEN CAUGHT IN THE ACT SOMEWHERE WHEN WE COULD NOT THINK UP SOME EXCUSE QUICK ENOUGH TO ANSWER, SO WE WERE SPEECHLESS. THE SAME HAPPENS IN THIS VERSE, HE THOUGHT HE WOULD GO UNSEEN, AND WHEN CAUGHT HE COULD GIVE NO ANSWER.
Matthew 22:14

'MANY ARE CALLED FEW ARE CHOSEN'

THE MARINES PLAY ON THIS SAYING ALL THE TIME WITH THEIR RECRUITING SLOGANS. I.E., WE NEED A FEW GOOD MEN, THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE MARINE, ETC. THE BIBLE IS TALKING ABOUT FOLKS BEING CALLED TO A WEDDING BUT ONLY A FEW CHOOSE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDANCE.
Matthew 22:30

'GIVEN IN MARRIAGE'

WHAT THE PREACHER SAYS DURING A WEDDING CEREMONY.
Matthew 23:4

'HE WON'T LIFT A FINGER TO HELP'

THE WIFE TELLING THE HUSBAND ABOUT THE LAZY SON WHEN HE GETS HOME FROM WORK. USED IN OTHER APPLICATIONS AS WELL BUT THIS IS A FAMILIAR ONE. IT IS BASICALLY THE SAME REBUKE THAT THE SCRIPTURES GIVE TO THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES.
Matthew 23:13-16

'SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD'

WHEN A PERSON KEEPS REPEATING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER TO YOU IT BEGINS TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD. I.E., THE BROKEN RECORD STICKS IN THE BROKE PLACE AND REPEATS THE SAME MESSAGE OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOU SHUT IT OFF. IN THE BIBLE CASE HERE YOU BETTER TAKE NOTICE WHEN GOD SAYS WOE THREE TIMES IN A ROW HE IS TRYING TO TELL YOU TO QUIT SOMETHING AND YOU WILL NOT TURN HIM OFF LIKE A RECORD.
Matthew 23:37

'TAKE THEM UNDER YOUR WING'

THIS IS A SAYING WE USE WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO ON THEIR OWN SO WE TAKE THEM UNDER OUR WING AND HELP THEM ALONG. PHYSICALLY WE DO NOT HAVE WINGS AND THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY UNDER THEM BUT WE SAY THIS ANYHOW TO DESCRIBE THE CARE INVOLVED. THE VERSE SHOWS THE EXACT SAME KIND OF THING.***** A GOOD PLACE FOR ANY EASY NON INVASIVE WITNESS*** SEE ALSO Ps 36:7.
Matthew 24:27

'FAST AS LIGHTNING'

THIS ATTRIBUTE IS PUT ON EVERYBODY AND ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS, BUT IF YOU READ YOUR BIBLE YOU WILL SEE WHO IS TRULY AS FAST AS LIGHTNING. (PROBABLY A GOOD BIT FASTER.)
Matthew 25:1-10

'BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL'

STAYING UP LATE AT NIGHT WORKING IS WHAT ELICITS THIS RESPONSE. THE PARABLE IN THE SCRIPTURE IS A TRIBULATION PASSAGE THAT CONFUSES MANY CHRISTIANS OF TODAY, BUT NONE THE LESS WE GET OUR BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL FROM THIS VERSE.
Matthew 25:32

'SEPARATE THE SHEEP FROM THE GOATS'

THIS EXPRESSION IS JUST USED BY FOLKS TO DENOTE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GOOD GUYS FROM THE BAD GUYS OF COURSE IN THIS LATE DAY OF HISTORY THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY GOOD OR BAD GUYS TO SEPARATE. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE JUST LIVING THEIR LIFESTYLE AND THERE IS NO BAD ANYWHERE, NOT EVEN CRIMINALS TODAY ARE THE BAD GUYS. THE BIBLE HAS A SIMILAR MEANING.
Matthew 25:33

'PEOPLE ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT OF AN ISSUE'

THE WORLD USUALLY DENOTES WHETHER A PERSON IS ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT POLITICALLY BY SAYING HE IS ON THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE. THEY ALSO SAY HE OR SHE IS A RADICAL LEFTIST OR RADICALLY ON THE RIGHT. WHEN THE LORD SEPARATES PEOPLE THE SHEEP ARE 'RIGHT' AND THE GOATS ARE LEFT. IT IS INTERESTING THE WAY THIS IS SET UP, BECAUSE THE SHEEP ARE LEAVING WITH JESUS, BUT THE GOATS WILL BE LEFT, AND EVENTUALLY WIND UP IN A LAKE OF FIRE. SO IF YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE (JESUS) YOU ARE IN THE PROPER POSITION. IF YOU ARE ON THE LEFT, MOVE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. THE NEWS MEDIA USE THESE TERMS DAILY. "LEFT" AND "RIGHT" DENOTE LIBERALS AND CONSERVATISTS.
Matthew 26:15

'WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME?'

GIMME, GIMME, GIMME, SOMETIMES THIS IS ALL YOU HEAR FROM FOLKS, NOT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE THEM. THE AVERAGE PERSON WANTS SOMETHING IF HE JUST MAKES A GOOD SUGGESTION ABOUT A PROJECT, MUCH LESS DOES ANY WORK ON THE THING. LITTLE KIDS ARE BEST IDENTIFIED BY THIS ATTRIBUTE. JUDAS IN THIS VERSE IS ABOUT TO MAKE THE WORST BARGAIN OF HIS LIFE.
Matthew 26:18

'TIME IS AT HAND'

WHATEVER THE PARTICULAR SET TIME FOR THE EVENT, IT IS NOW HERE.
Matthew 26:25

'HE IS A JUDAS'

THIS IS THE WORD THAT PEOPLE ATTACH TO A TRAITOR OR TURNCOAT. THE BASIC MEANING IS A BETRAYER EXACTLY AS THE MAN WITH THE NAME IN THE WORD OF GOD TURNED OUT TO BE.
Matthew 26:29

'FRUIT OF THE VINE'

THE WORLD USES THIS VERSE TO PROVE (BECAUSE WINE COMPANIES ADVERTISE SAYING THIS) INTOXICATING HOOTCH IS CONSUMED BY THE LORD. ON THE CONTRARY IF YOU READ IT CLOSE AND COMPARE IT WITH Genesis 40:11, YOU WILL SEE VERY QUICKLY THAT THE FRUIT OF THE VINE IS GRAPE JUICE. NOTHING FERMENTED IF YOU WILL, SO WHEN YOU SEE A CHURCH THAT USES FERMENTED HOOTCH YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE.
Matthew 26:36

'YONDER'

SOUTHERN TERM FOR OVER THERE.
Matthew 26:40

'HE WAS PETERED OUT'

THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD CALLS SOMEONE THAT IS TIRED OR JUST PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO CONTINUE ON. THEY ALSO HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A PETER PRINCIPLE IN THE WORK PLACE. THE WORLD HATES A MAN (PETER) THAT IS TOTALLY SOLD OUT TO THE LORD SO THEY USE HIS NAME IN A DEROGATORY FASHION EVERY CHANCE THEY GET.
Matthew 26:41

'THE SPIRIT IS WILLING BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK'

BOY DOESN'T THIS GET TRUE AFTER THE AGE OF FORTY. YOU ARE ALL READY TO RIDE BIKES WITH THE KIDS FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO RIDE AND AFTER THE FIRST TWO MILES YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE VERSE IS SAYING. PETER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ONLY HIS CONCERNED PRAYER.
Matthew 26:64

'YOU SAID IT!'

GIVING CREDIT FOR THE WORDS SAID TO THE PROPER PERSON OR ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT THE PERSON JUST SAID TO BE THE TRuth IS ANOTHER USE OF THIS EXPRESSION.
Matthew 27:5

'HE WAS HUNG UP' OR 'DON'T GET HUNG UP'

USUALLY IT MEANS A PERSON HAS HIT A HARD PLACE IN THE ROAD OF LIFE AND CANNOT MOVE FORWARD OR WHEN YOU ARE WORKING ON A VERY LARGE PROBLEM THE LITTLE DETAILS OF MINOR IMPORT SLOW YOU DOWN FROM THE MAIN OBJECTIVE. APPLICABLE IN MANY WAYS, BUT THE ADVICE FOR JUDAS WAS NOT HEEDED AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VERSE.
Matthew 27:5

'AT THE END OF HIS ROPE'

THIS IS SAID BY THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS OUT OF ENERGY AND IDEAS HE IS WHIPPED AND DOES NOT KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO OR WHAT TO DO. IN THE BIBLE CASE I WOULD SUPPOSE THAT JUDAS MUST HAVE BEEN IN A SIMILAR POSITION AND HIS ONLY WAY OUT (HE THOUGHT) WAS AT THE END OF THE ROPE.
Matthew 27:6

'BLOOD MONEY'

MONEY PAID TO SOMEONE THAT WILL CAUSE ANOTHER TO SHED BLOOD SOME WAY OR EVEN GIVE THEIR LIFE.
Matthew 27:10

'POTTERS FIELD'

THE NAME WE STILL GIVE TO THE CEMETARY WHERE POOR FOLKS ARE BURIED, BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF FUNDS FOR BURIAL ELSEWHERE. ALSO THE UNIDENTIFIED DEAD ARE BURIED THERE FROM CRIMES WHERE THERE IS NO NEXT OF KIN IDENTIFIED.
Matthew 27:13-14

'SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE'

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO DEFEND YOURSELF YOU HAD BETTER TALK NOW, THIS ADVICE COMES FROM POLICE, Judges , AND IRATE PARENTS. MOST OF THE TIME WE WILL SING LOUD AND LONG WHEN THIS IS PUT ON US. JESUS NEVER SAID A WORD AFTER THIS TO PILATE BECAUSE HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE TRuth JESUS ALREADY HAD GIVEN HIM. THERE WAS NO NEED FOR HIM TO DEFEND HIMSELF HE DID NOTHING WRONG AND HE KNEW HE MUST NEEDS SUFFER ON THE CROSS, WHY TALK.
Matthew 27:19

'HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH SO AND SO'

ADVICE OUR PARENTS GAVE US TRYING TO KEEP US FROM TROUBLE WITH THE WRONG SORT OF PEOPLE. PILATE'S WIFE TOLD HIM TO LEAVE THIS MAN ALONE. SHE HAD DREAMS ABOUT HIM AND RECOGNIZED WHO HE WAS.
Matthew 27:24

'WASHED HIS HANDS OF IT'

A MAN TRYING TO GET OUT OF AN INVOLVEMENT WITH SOMETHING OR TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF IN SOME WAY TO SHOW HIS PROFESSED INNOCENCE. EXACTLY AS PILATE TRIED TO DO.
Matthew 27:24

'CAUGHT RED-HANDED'

THIS IS USED WHEN A PERSON IS ACTUALLY CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF WHATEVER WRONGDOING HE WAS SUSPECTED OF. IN THE CASE OF PILATE HE HAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST ON HIS HANDS AND THAT MADE THEM RED (BLOODY) TO BE SURE. I.E., WE SAY, AHA! I CAUGHT YOU RED HANDED IN THE COOKIE JAR. (OR WHATEVER).
Matthew 27:26

'HE WILL TAKE A BEATING FOR YOU'

WHEN THE WORLD USES THIS SAYING IT IS VERY RARELY WITH THE INTENT OF TAKING A LITERAL BEATING (PHYSICAL BLOWS OF SOME KIND) IT IS USUALLY IN THE SENSE THAT THE PERSON WILL GO TO BAT FOR YOU AND EVEN TAKE A DISCIPLINARY MEASURE FOR YOUR SAKE. IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST'S CASE HE WAS THE SINLESS, SPOTLESS, LAMB OF GOD WITHOUT BLEMISH. WHO DO YOU THINK HE TOOK A BEATING FOR?
Matthew 27:39-41

'ADDING INSULT TO INJURY'

THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY USED WHEN A PERSON IS PHYSICALLY INJURED, BUT RATHER AN EMOTIONAL INJURY OR PSYCHOLOGICAL USUALLY. KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE DONE YOUR VERY BEST AT SOMETHING AND LOST AND SOMEONE COMES UP ALONGSIDE YOU WITH SOME CUTTING REMark LIKE HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED THIS GAME BEFORE OR IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO. IN JESUS'S CASE HE WAS ON THE CROSS AS WOUNDED AS EVER A MAN WAS AND THEY SHOOK THEIR HEADS AT HIM JEERINGLY AND MOCKED HIM, DOUBTING THAT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD WITH POWER TO GET HIMSELF DOWN.
Matthew 27:46

'FOR CRYING OUT LOUD'

THE WORLD SAYS THIS IN EXASPERATION ABOUT SOMETHING THEY SEE OR HEAR THAT THEY DON'T LIKE OR WANT ANY PART OF. JESUS WAS CRYING OUT LOUD TO THE UNIVERSE AND IT ALL HEARD HIM.
Matthew 27:66

'SET OUR WATCH'

THE SIMPLE ACT OF PUTTING OUR TIME PIECE TO THE PROPER TIME. THE SCRIPTURE ACTUALLY HAD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE SET IN A CERTAIN PLACE AT A PARTICULAR TIME AND THEIR Job WAS TO WATCH.
Matthew 28:6

'YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN'

THIS IS USED TO SHOW THAT REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE OR THE TROUBLE THAT A GOOD MAN WILL EVENTUALLY PERSEVERE. THE GOOD MAN WILL NOT QUIT OR GIVE UP HE WILL GO FORWARD INTO THE FACE OF INSURMOUNTABLE ODDS AND COME OUT ON TOP IN THE END. NEEDLESS TO SAY, BUT WE WILL SAY IT ANYWAY, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST DID NOT STAY DOWN IN THE GRAVE, HE AROSE, THE VICTOR OVER DEATH AND HELL (PRETTY HEAVY ODDS) AND IS NOW SEATED ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER. HE WAS "THE" GOOD MAN AND NO ONE COULD KEEP HIM DOWN.
Mark 2:1-5

'HE HIT THE ROOF' OR 'HE HIT THE CEILING'

THE WORLD'S USAGE OF THESE SAYINGS TO SHOW THAT MUCH ANGER IS BEING EXPRESSED. I.E., HE WAS SO MAD WHEN I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE WRECK HE JUST HIT THE ROOF (NOT LITERALLY). IN THESE VERSES YOU SEE THE MAN COULD NOT GET TO JESUS TO BE TOUCHED AND HEALED, SO THEY WENT TO THE ROOF TO GET THROUGH TO JESUS THAT WAY. WHETHER THEY 'HIT' THE ROOF TO BREAK AN OPENING IS JUST SPECULATION, OR WHETHER THEY WERE MAD BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET TO JESUS IS ALSO JUST SPECULATION BUT IT WOULDN'T BE TOO HARD TO BELIEVE. IF THE FOLKS THAT BROUGHT THE SICK MAN EXPECTED JESUS TO TOUCH AND HEAL HIM AFTER THEY CARRIED HIM SO FAR AND THEN COULDN'T GET TO JESUS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MAD. THE MAN AND HIS BED WERE HEAVY I'M SURE, AND CARRYING THAT MUCH WEIGHT THAT FAR TO ONLY BE TURNED AWAY BY THE CROWD WOULD BE MADDENING, OR AT LEAST AGGRAVATING. ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT THEY HIT THE CEILING AND GOT THE Job DONE.
Mark 2:12

'I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS!'

A STATEMENT OF EXCLAMATION OR OF AMAZEMENT EXACTLY AS WE FIND IT HERE IN THIS VERSE.
Mark 2:13

'SEASIDE RESORT'

WHAT AMERICAN HASN'T STAYED AT SOME RESORT BY THE WATER OR WISHED HE COULD IF HE HADN'T YET. EVERYBODY IS INTERESTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OR THE SEASIDE SO THEY CAN WATCH THE WATER OR THE HIGH BLUE SKY AND MOUNTAINS. IT IS WHAT GOD PUT IN THEM AS TYPES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND HEAVEN. LOOK AT THE VERSE REAL CLOSE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT JESUS WAS AT THE SEASIDE AND HE RESORTED UNTO THEM RIGHT, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN A SEASIDE RESORT. LAUGH FOLKS, THE BIBLE REALLY IS A LOT OF FUN AND IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHY WE SAY WHAT WE SAY.
Mark 3:21

'HE IS BESIDE HIMSELF'

WE SAY THIS WHEN A PERSON IS NOT TALKING OR ACTING IN THE MANNER THAT IS NORMAL FOR THEM. Acts 26:24 IS A SUGGESTION OF THIS DEFINITION. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION SAYS HE HAS A SPLIT PERSONALITY OR IS POSSIBLY SCHIZOPHRENIC. SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY THESE FOLKS ARE JUST PLAIN CRAZY, ALL AMOUNTS TO THE SAME THING REALLY AND THAT IS HE OR SHE IS BESIDES THEMSELVES. THE VERSE HERE IN QUESTION SHOWS ABOUT THIS SAME MEANING.
Mark 5:13

'LEAVE'

LIKE THE MILITARY TERM FOR VACATION, BUT IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THESE DEVILS WERE GOING TO DIE REAL SOON, SO THE CHAPTER IS 5 (NUMBER OF DEATH) AND THE VERSE IS 13 (BAD LUCK) WHOEVER WROTE THIS BOOK SURE DID NOT MISS A LICK.
Mark 5:13

'DON'T GO HOG WILD'

THE WORLD SYSTEM SAY THIS WHEN A PERSON IS RUSHING ABOUT MADLY WITH NO APPARENT DIRECTION OR EVEN IF IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION TO AT LEAST SLOW DOWN. THE PIGS IN THIS VERSE ALL COMMITTED HOGICIDE (SUICIDE FOR A PIG), AND DIED IN THE SEA. THE JOKE IS THAT THEY WERE THE FIRST CASE OF DEVILED HAM AND OFF THEY WENT. THE IDEA IS TO JUST SLOW DOWN AND KEEP A DECENT PACE.
Mark 5:15

'HE WAS IN HIS RIGHT MIND'

THIS IS JUST USED TO SHOW HE WAS CONSIDERED SANE AND RATIONAL. THE BIBLE USES THE TERM JUST THE SAME WAY.
Mark 6:28

'DO YOU WANT IT SERVED ON A SILVER PLATTER?'

GENERALLY A SARCASTIC REMark WHEN A PERSON HAS BEEN GIVEN SOMETHING AND THEY REACT LIKE THEY WEREN'T SATISFIED WITH IT. IN THE BIBLE CASE IT WAS John THE BAPTIST'S HEAD SERVED ON A SILVER PLATTER. (Numbers 7:13) THE WOMAN IN THE SCRIPTURE WAS NOT SATISFIED UNTIL SHE HAD John 'S HEAD.
Mark 6:29

'CORPSE'

DEAD PERSON....
Mark 6:31

'COMING AND GOING'

THIS IS SAID OF STREET VENDORS AND OTHER SALESMAN. I.E., THEY GET YOU WHEN YOU COME IN A PLACE AND IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL THEY WILL GET YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE THE SAME PLACE. JUST PEOPLE TRAFFIC HERE IN THE VERSE.
Mark 7:8

'SUCH LIKE'

A COMMON SOUTHERN SAYING MEANING "LIKE THIS".
Mark 7:33-35

'TONGUE-TIED'

JUST ANOTHER CASE OF AN ARCHAIC BOOK TELLING A MODERN WORLD WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT. WE KNOW THAT THIS MAN DID NOT HAVE AN ACTUAL STRING AROUND HIS TONGUE, TIED IN SOME KIND OF KNOT. THE VERSE SAYS THAT THE TYING WAS LOOSED AND HE WAS ABLE TO SPEAK, SO I GUESS HIS TONGUE WAS "UNTIED" AND HE COULD SPEAK. SEE ALSO Psalms 22:15 *** ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GOOD NON OFFENSIVE PLACES TO PUT IN A WITNESS***
Mark 7:36

'THEY LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG'

THIS IS NEVER REFERRING TO A CAT, THE WORD CAT IS NOT EVEN IN THE BIBLE. IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS LETTING OUT INFORMATION THAT THEY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO, OR AT THE LEAST THEY ARE LETTING OUT THE INFORMATION BEFORE IT IS TIME TO DO IT. IT IS EASY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE THE LORD IS DOING MANY MIRACLES AND THE PEOPLE ARE GRATEFUL (AS YOU WOULD BE) AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO CONTAIN THEMSELVES.
Mark 8:22-26

'A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES'

THE WORLD USES THIS WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE THEY HAVE NOT SEEN FOR A GOODLY PERIOD OF TIME. I.E., BOY YOU SURE ARE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES. WHEN JESUS HEALED THIS MAN'S EYES HE (JESUS) MUST HAVE BEEN THE FIRST THING HE HAD EVER SEEN IN HIS LIFE, AND SURELY A CHRISTIAN COULD SAY THAT THIS WOULD BE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES (BLIND ONES). TO SAY THAT THE FIRST THING YOU EVER SAW IN YOUR LIFE WAS JESUS'S FACE, WOULD BE TO SAY A MOUTHFUL. ISN'T HE ALTOGETHER LOVELY ENOUGH TO BE A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES?
Mark 9:20

'HE WAS ALL TORN UP'

BADLY UPSET OR VISIBLY SHAKEN WOULD BE OUR MODERN DAY EXPLANATION OF THIS SAYING. THE SCRIPTURE KNOWING THAT DEVILS EXIST AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS CAN BRING ABOUT PHYSICAL DAMAGE TELL US THAT THE MAN SUFFERED MUCH PHYSICAL ABUSE BY THE HANDS OF THESE FOUL SPIRITS AND MUCH OF IT WAS VISIBLE. WE ARE SURE THAT THE SPIRITS ALSO INFLICT MENTAL TORTURE BY OTHER VERSES WE CAN FIND IN THE BIBLE.
Mark 9:43

'IT COST AN ARM AND A LEG'

THIS IS USUALLY A WAY TO SAY EXPENSIVE IN AN EXAGGERATED FASHION. IF IT WOULD REALLY COST YOU AN ARM AND A LEG YOU WOULD NOT PAY IT. THE VERSE INDICATES IT WOULD BE BETTER TO PAY OUT PART OF YOUR BODY IN PAYMENT FOR SIN THAN TO HAVE ALL OF IT GO TO HELL. BE SURE CHRISTIAN, TO RIGHTLY DIVIDE THE WORD OF TRuth SO AS TO NOT LET VERSES LIKE THIS CONFUSE YOU ABOUT TODAY'S CHRISTIAN LIVING. WRITE THE AUTHOR FOR ADDRESS OF FOLKS THAT CAN HELP IF YOU NEED IT.
Mark 12:42

'SHE PUT IN HER TWO CENTS WORTH'

WE SAY THIS WHEN SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE THE LAST SAY OR AT LEAST HAS TO GET IN THEIR WORDS IN THE CONVERSATION SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. IN THE BIBLE CASE THIS WOMAN'S SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY MADE ALL THE RICH FOLKS GET PUT TO SHAME. SHE GAVE ALL OUT OF HER POVERTY AND SACRIFICED TO DO IT. FOLKS WITH MONEY ARE FUNNY ABOUT THIS, EVEN CHRISTIANS THAT HAVE A LOT. THEY PUT IN LARGE SUMS OF MONEY AND LOOK AND SEE THAT YES, THEIR AMOUNT IS MUCH LARGER THAN AVERAGE BUT WHAT THEY FORGET TO SEE IS WHAT THEY KEEP FOR THEMSELVES. IF YOU HAVE THAT MUCH, WHY NOT GIVE 90% AND LIVE ON TEN PERCENT. MR. SEARS OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE BY THE SAME NAME DID JUST THIS. SACRIFICIAL GIVING MEANS MUCH MORE THAN GIVING OUT OF A HUGE ABUNDANCE WHEN IT DOES NOT REALLY COST YOU ANYTHING.
Mark 13:11

'PREMEDITATE'

TO THINK OUT OR PLAN OR SCHEME BEFOREHAND. PREMEDITATED MURDER IS ONE EXAMPLE.
Mark 14:14

'THE MAN OF THE HOUSE'

OPPOSITE OF THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE. (JUST KIDDING FOLKS). IT IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE HOME (ON SECOND THOUGHT I GUESS IT IS THE WOMAN SOMETIMES). WE WOULD NEVER FIND THIS SITUATION IN A CHRISTIAN HOME WHERE THE WOMAN IS CALLING THE SHOTS FOR THE FAMILY, BUT MAYBE WITH MEN WHAT THEY ARE NOWADAYS THIS COULD BE TRUE IN A "CHRISTIAN" HOME ALSO. SAD TO SAY BUT APPARENTLY TRUE.
Mark 14:44-46

'THE KISS OF DEATH'

USUALLY WHEN SOMEONE RECEIVES SOME LIFE THREATENING DISEASE, THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM SAY HE LOOKS LIKE THE KISS OF DEATH HAS TOUCHED HIM OR HER. (IT WOULD SEEM LIKE IMMINENT DEATH IS COMING BY THE PERSON'S LOOK). THE LORD OF COURSE LAID HIS LIFE DOWN WILLINGLY, BUT JUDAS THOUGHT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. WE DO KNOW THAT AFTER THIS KISS JUDAS HUNG HIMSELF, SO IT WOULD BE THE KISS OF DEATH FROM THAT STANDPOINT. JUDAS KISSED JESUS AND THEY BOTH DIED SOON AFTER, SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOME KISS. XXXX ARE WHAT IS PLACED ON LETTERS FOR A SYMBOL OF A KISS AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE SUPERMark ET YOU WILL SEE THAT THE SCANNER IS IN THE SHAPE OF AN X. LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD AND THE ANTICHRIST WILL SOON PUT THE Mark ON FOLKS THAT ARE LEFT HERE AFTER THE RAPTURE AND THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE THEIR KISS OF DEATH.
Mark 15:24

'THE DIE WAS CAST'

IN JESUS'S CASE IT WAS CAST TO SEE WHO WOULD GET HIS CLOTHES. THE WORLD USES IT IN THE SENSE THAT THE CHANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN NOW LET US SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT, OR THE PERSON HAS PUT HIS FOOT IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION AND HE IS GOING TO CONTINUE AND PLAY OUT THE HAND HE HAS TO SEE WHERE IT LEADS.
Luke 1:19-38

'GIFT OF GAB' OR 'HE HAS A GIFT OF GAB'

WE USUALLY SAY THIS ABOUT A PERSON THAT CAN TALK PLAUSIBLY ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT SUBJECTS AND STILL MAKE GOOD SENSE. OF COURSE WHEN 'GABRIEL' CAME TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE THEY UNDERSTOOD ALL THAT HE HAD TO SAY. GAB IS JUST SHORT FOR AN ANGEL'S NAME THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A SPEECH, AND/OR THE DELIVERING OF A MESSAGE. OF THE TWO ANGELS THAT ARE NAMED IN THE BIBLE ONE CAME TO FIGHT (MICHAEL SEE Daniel 8:15-18) AND THE OTHER CAME TO TALK. I.E., TO GAB. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CASES THAT IF YOU DID NOT HAVE A KING JAMES BILE YOU WOULD NOT WHY YOU SAID WHAT YOU SAID.
Luke 1:20

'WELL SHUT MY MOUTH'

AN EXCLAMATION OF SURPRISE SAID BY MANY SOUTHERNERS, BUT IT NEVER MEANS FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY BE QUIET. THEY JUST SAY IT AS IF THEY ARE SO STARTLED THAT THEY CAN'T SPEAK, BUT THEY CAN AND THEY DO. OF COURSE WHEN GOD SHUTS YOUR MOUTH AS IN THIS PASSAGE IT WILL BE SHUT UNTIL HE OPENS IT AND NOT BEFORE. GOOD ADVICE.
Luke 1:63-65

'CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?'

THIS IS ASKED WHEN YOU AREN'T SPEAKING AND IT IS THOUGHT THAT YOU SHOULD BE. WHEN THE PHRASE IS USED IN THE WORLD IT IS A CASE WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK BUT YOU ARE NOT FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER. THIS SCRIPTURE CAS IS WHERE THE MAN COULD NOT SPEAK EVEN IF HE WANTED TO. ZACHARIAS DIDN'T SPEAK WHEN HE SHOULD HAVE SO GOD STOPPED HIS TONGUE FROM WORKING UNTIL HE WAS READY TO SAY WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.
Luke 2:1-3

'TAX', 'TAXES' OR 'TAXED'

THE GOVERNMENT STEALING YOUR MONEY TO SPEND ON THEIR FOOLISHNESS. THE IRS HAS DEGENERATED TO A GESTAPO TYPE OF ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE THAT PAY THEIR SALARY.
Luke 2:7

'DO YOU LIVE IN A BARN?'

NO AND WE WEREN'T BORN IN ONE EITHER BUT WHEN WE LEAVE THE DOORS STANDING OPEN AND THE HOUSE IN A MESS WE WILL GET THIS RESPONSE FROM OUR WIVES AND MOTHERS. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN BEING BORN IN A BARN.
Luke 2:7

'WERE YOU BORN IN A BARN?'

THIS IS ASKED BY YOUR MOTHER WHEN YOU COME IN WITH DIRTY FEET OR DON'T CLOSE THE DOOR OR JUST LEAVE A BIG TRAIL OF MESS BEHIND YOU. JESUS HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO ACTUALLY BE BORN IN A BARN. THE WORLD WHEN THEY USE THIS SAYING IN A VILIFYING WAY ARE ACTUALLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY TRYING TO SLANDER THE LORD OF THE UNIVERSE FOR HIS UNFORTUNATE PLACE OF BIRTH. WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU IF YOU WERE BORN IN A BARN, THEY ARE NOT ASKING THIS WITH A GOOD SUMMATION OF THE WAY YOU ARE BEHAVING IT IS ALWAYS A BAD THING. SO VILIFYING YOU AS IF YOU HAVE BEEN BORN IN A BARN IS IN FACT DOING THE SAME THING TOWARD THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE HE MOST CERTAINLY WAS.
Luke 2:46

'DOCTOR'

MANY RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE NOW CALLED BY THIS SAME NAME. SADLY MANY ARE IN THE SAME SPIRITUAL SHAPE AS THE ONES IN THIS BIBLE VERSE.
Luke 4:16

'BROUGHT UP'

WHAT WE SAY WHEN WE ARE RAISING (PRESENT TENSE) OUR CHILDREN AFTER THEY ARE RAISED (PAST TENSE) TO A LEAVING THE HOUSE AGE. OUT OF THE NEST AGE.
Luke 4:25

'I'M TELLING YOU THE TRuth '

A PERSON USES THIS ONE WHEN HE OR SHE IS TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THAT HE IS REALLY TELLING THE TRUTH . (SUPPOSED TO TELL IT ALL THE TIME). IN JESUS'S CASE HE IS THE 'TRuth ', SO WHEN HE SPEAKS IT THAT FIXES THE WORD "TRUTH " FOR ETERNITY.
Luke 4:41

'FOR CRYING OUT LOUD'

USED WHEN THE PERSON SAYING IT WANTS TO BE LEFT ALONE, OR IS IRRITATED TO THE POINT THAT HE FEELS YOU HAVE WORN OUT WHAT THE SUBJECT MATTER IS. I.E., FOR CRYING OUT LOUD I HAVE HEARD IT ENOUGH ALREADY, I UNDERSTAND NOW LEAVE ME ALONE. THE DEVILS WERE CRYING OUT LOUD BECAUSE THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHO THE SON OF GOD WAS AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE REMINDED OF IT OR EVEN CONFRONTED BY HIM. THEY KNEW WHAT THE CONSEQUENCE OF SUCH A CONFRONTATION WOULD MEAN. THEY ALSO KNEW THAT AT ONE OF HIS COMINGS THEY WOULD BE CAST INTO AN ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE AND THEY WERE NOT READY TO GO.
Luke 5:38

'PRESERVED' OR 'PRESERVES'

WHEN A WOMAN PUTS HER PRODUCE IN JARS WE SAY SHE IS PUTTING UP PRESERVES OR THAT SHE HAS PRESERVED HER TOMATOES, BEANS, ETC. IT IS SOMETHING IN A PRESSURE SEALED CONTAINER. LIKE A NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIAN IS SEALED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION. SEE Eph 4:30.
Luke 6:23

'LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP'

GOOD ADVICE ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH SHALLOW WATER OR UNFAMILIAR SWIMMING AREAS. ALSO USED TO TRY TO MAKE YOU WARY OF A POOR DECISION OF ANY KIND. IN THE VERSE YOU WILL SEE WHERE THE LORD SAYS BEHOLD (LOOK) BUT HE SAYS IT AFTER THE LEAPING IS OVER. I GUESS IT SAFE TO SAY IF GOD SAYS JUMP THERE IS NO NEED TO LOOK FIRST, BUT IF YOU ARE JUMPING ON YOUR OWN YOU BETTER LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Luke 7:43

'I SUPPOSE'

JUST A COMMON ORDINARY SAYING FOR A RELUCTANT TYPE OF AGREEMENT, JUST AS WE FIND IT IN THE BIBLE VERSE.
Luke 7:45

'KISS MY FOOT'

A TYPE OF CURSE AVOIDING THE USUAL FOUR LETTER WORDS BUT MANY TIMES HAVING THE SAME EMOTION BEHIND IT. A CHRISTIAN CUSSING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ACCEPTABLE. NOT LITERAL IN MEANING AS IN THE SCRIPTURE REFERENCE.
Luke 8:16

'HE SAW THE LIGHT' OR 'I SAW THE LIGHT'

FOLKS USE THIS PHRASE WHEN THEY HAVE EITHER QUIT DRINKING OR SOME OTHER BAD HABIT WHERE THEY WERE ENLIGHTENED ABOUT THE WRONG THEREOF AND QUIT. HANK WILLIAMS WHO NEVER SAW ANY LIGHT DID MAKE A SONG ABOUT IT, BUT NEVER SEEING THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD SENT HIM INTO A "CHRISTLESS" ETERNITY. SEE ALSO Job 33:28. MANY PEOPLE THAT SPEAK OF A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE SAY THEY HAVE SEEN A BRIGHT LIGHT AT THE END OF A TUNNEL, BUT AS MOST OF THEM GIVE A TESTIMONY OF BEING LOST ON THEIR WAY TO HELL THE LIGHT MUST BE OF HELL RIGHT BEFORE THEY HIT IT.
Luke 8:22

'LAUNCHED'

THIS IS WHAT WE DO WITH OUR BOATS AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER. OR OF OUR KIDS AT THE END OF A BOOT WHEN THEY KEEP PESTERING US AFTER A TRYING DAY. (RELAX FOLKS JUST KIDDING, BUT THE IDEA HAS PRESENTED ITSELF).
Luke 9:44

'DID THAT SINK IN?' OR 'HAS THAT SUNK IN YET'

WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO TEACH SOMEONE SOMETHING, AND IT APPEARS THAT THE CONCEPT IS NOW BEING GRASPED OR THE LESSON LEARNED, WE ASK HAS THAT SUNK IN YET? ,OR IS THAT SINKING IN?, OR DID THAT SINK IN?. BASICALLY WE WANT TO KNOW IF THAT HAS GOTTEN PAST YOUR HEAD AND EARS AND SUNK IN YOUR BRAIN FOR LATER USE.
Luke 9:58

'FOXHOLES'

THIS IS IN OTHER PLACES ALSO BUT WHAT IS SURPRISING IS THAT THERE ARE NO SNAKE HOLES OR RABBIT HOLES ETC., THE ONLY THING EVER MENTIONED IS FOXHOLES.
Luke 10:30

'HALF DEAD'

WHAT DRUNK DOESN'T LOOK THIS WAY? WE SAY THIS WHEN A PERSON JUST LOOKS BAD NOT USUALLY WHEN HE IS REALLY HALF DEAD, BECAUSE NOW A DAYS HE WOULD BE IN THE HOSPITAL IN THAT SHAPE. YOU WOULD NEVER TELL HIM OR HER WHAT THEY REALLY LOOK LIKE ON THEIR DEATH BED. THE MAN IN THE BIBLE WAS LITERALLY HALF WAY TO DEATH FROM HIS BEATING, HALF WAY EITHER WAY WOULD HEAL HIM OR KILL HIM.
Luke 10:33

'HE IS A GOOD SAMARITAN'

SOMEONE WHO DOES A GOOD TURN WHEN THERE IS NO GLORY OR REWARD IN IT FOR THE DEED DOER. AS A MATTER OF FACT IT COSTS THE SAMARITAN TO DO THE DEED. IN THE WORLD IT HAS COST THE SAMARITAN HIS LIFE BEFORE WHEN HE HAS RESCUED SOMEONE FROM SOME DANGER HE LOSES HIS OWN LIFE. (THIS IS THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE). THE BIBLE STORY IS EXACTLY WHAT THE WORLD BELIEVES THE GOOD SAMARITAN IS.
Luke 11:24

'I WILL RETURN' OR 'I SHALL RETURN'

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR IMMORTALIZED THIS SAYING (THE WORLD THINKS) WHEN HE SAID THIS DURING THE WAR AGAINST THE JAPANESE. HE DID RETURN SOME YEARS LATER EXACTLY AS HE HAD PROMISED AND THE WAR WAS EVENTUALLY WON. IN THIS VERSE WE FIND THE ORIGINATOR OF IT, AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT THAT CAME BACK IN A MAN THAT WAS GOING TO A.A. MEETINGS AND LISTENING TO DOBSON AND SWINDOLL AND HE WAS GOING TO CLEAN 'HIMSELF' UP. IT WON'T WORK. TAKE JESUS OR UNCLEAN SPIRITS, THE SELF CLEANING BIT IS NEVER IN THE EQUATION.
Luke 11:46

'WON'T LIFT A FINGER'

AN EXAGGERATION ABOUT THE LACK OF WORK SOMEONE WON'T DO. TRUE THEY WON'T HELP DO ANYTHING, BUT THEY WILL LIFT A FINGER EVEN IF ONLY TO POINT IT AT YOU. LAZY BUMS MOST TIMES. TYPICAL THAT THE LORD WOULD USE THIS TO DESCRIBE LAWYERS, WHO ARE NOTORIOUS FOR TAKING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY, WHEN USING THEIR SECRETARIES TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK. THEY INVARIABLY WIND UP WITH 30% TO 40% OF WHAT YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD COMING. (WITHOUT LIFTING A FINGER) THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT TRUE OF ALL LAWYERS BUT THEY HAVE EARNED THIS REPUTATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY USED CAR SALESMAN HAVE WORSE REPUTATIONS.
Luke 12:1

'IN THE MEAN TIME'

THIS IS SAID OF THE TIME WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR THE MAIN EVENT, THAT WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THE ACTION STARTS. SORT OF THE MIDDLE TIME OF THE EVENT.
Luke 12:3

'SKELETON IN THE CLOSET'

NO ONE REALLY HAS A LITERAL SKELETON IN THE CLOSET, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE A CRAZY AUNT LOCKED UPSTAIRS. THIS SAYING USUALLY MEANS THAT A PERSON HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE OR KEEP SECRET THAT HE WANTS TO BE SURE NO ONE EVER FINDS OUT ABOUT. THE LORD IN THIS VERSE IS QUICK TO POINT OUT IF YOU HAD SAID IT IN SECRET IN A CLOSET EVERYONE IS GOING TO KNOW. SO MUCH FOR HIDING IT IN THE CLOSET. IT IS INTERESTING WHEN A HOMOSEXUAL DECIDES TO GO PUBLIC IT IS SAID HE IS COMING OUT. IT USED TO BE SAID THEY WERE IN THE CLOSET ALSO. I WONDER IF THEY USED TO BE ASHAMED OF THE THEIR SIN AND WANTED TO HIDE IT, BUT NOW THE NEWS MEDIA GLORIFIES THEIR SEX PERVERSION AND THE SHAME IS GONE. THEIR CONSCIENCE IS SEARED WITH A HOT IRON.
Luke 12:14

'MAN'

THE KIDS SAY THIS FOR NO REASON ALL THE TIME JUST FOR A WORD TO BE COMING OUT OF THEIR MOUTH. MAN THIS AND MAN THAT AND JUST MAN, MAN, MAN, MAN. TEENAGE EXPRESSION. I.E., LIKE, HEY MAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME KIND OF FAMILIAR GREETING.
Luke 12:14

'WHO MADE YOU MY JUDGE?' OR 'WHO MADE YOU THE JUDGE?'

ALMOST ALWAYS SAID TO THE CHRISTIAN TRYING TO WITNESS TO SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR SINS. WE ARE NOT THE JUDGE, BUT DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE ONE WHO HAS ALREADY PASSED JUDGMENT ON YOU. IT IS A COPOUT BY THE LOST TO GET AROUND THE ISSUE OF PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
Luke 12:18-20

'DAMNED FOOL'

THIS IS JUST AN EXPLETIVE THAT MANY PEOPLE USE WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH WHAT SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING, OR JUST THINK HE IS DOING SOMETHING FOOLISH. THE BIBLE CASE OF COURSE IS THE REAL THING, THIS MAN WAS NOT INTERESTED IN HIS SOUL WHICH OF COURSE MAKES HIM A FOOL. THE FACT THAT HE WAS GOING TO HELL MAKES HIM A "DAMNED" FOOL.
Luke 12:19

'TAKE IT EASY'

WHAT THE RICH MAN IN THIS VERSE DID FOR A LIVING. WE SAY IT TO INDIVIDUALS AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK OR WHEN WE HIT A HARD SPOT IN THE DAY WE TAKE TIME TO STOP AND TAKE IT EASY.
Luke 12:47

'HE REALLY TOOK A BEATING ON THAT'

THIS IS SAID WHEN A MAN LOSES MONEY ON A TRADE OF SOME KIND. IT IS LIKE HE CAME OUT ON THE SHORT END OF THE STICK, BUT IT IS USUALLY NEVER A PHYSICAL THING. IN THE BIBLE REFERENCE THE MAN TOOK THE BEATING LITERAL AND IT WAS KNOWN BY MANY.
Luke 12:54

'SHOWER'

ALTHOUGH THIS TERM IS USED INDOORS FOR OUR NIGHTLY CONSTITUTIONAL IT IS ALSO USED TO INDICATE A SHORT BURST OF RAIN OUTDOORS. IT INDICATES WATER COMING DOWN FROM SOMEWHERE.
Luke 12:58

'HALE' OR 'HAIL'

LIKE HALE A TAXI, TO GET IT'S ATTENTION. IN THE BIBLE THE MEANING OF THE WORD IS "TO BRING" BUT THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU WANT THE TAXI TO DO WITH YOU, BRING HIMSELF TO YOU AND THEN DISTRIBUTE YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Luke 13:34

'UNDER HER WING' OR 'UNDER HIS WING'

YOU SEE PEOPLE DO THIS FOR OTHERS IN THE WORK PLACE, AS A CERTAIN KIND OF PROTECTION AND/OR A GROOMING FOR A PARTICULAR Job THAT THE HIGHER POSITIONED MAN HAS FOR THE LOWER EMPLOYEE. THIS IS A WHERE THE MAN THAT HAS THE EMPLOYEE UNDER HIS WING HAS ASPIRATIONS OF HELPING THAT PERSONS CAREER ALL THE WAY UP THE LADDER FOR WHATEVER REASON. THE LORD HAS A PROTECTIVE WING AS IN THIS VERSE AND WHEN YOU GET UNDER IT YOU ARE AS SAFE AS YOU COULD EVER BE.
Luke 14:18

'HE BOUGHT THE FARM'

WE SAY THIS WHEN A PERSON DIES AS AN EASIER WAY OF PRESENTING DEATH IN A NON-INVASIVE MANNER OF SPEECH. THE SAYING IS USED AT RACE TRACKS, BOAT RACES, AIRPLANE CRASHES, THESE SORT OF THINGS WHERE THE DEATH IS VIOLENT AND QUICK. THIS BIBLE VERSE TELLS OF A MAN THAT BOUGHT THE FARM IN THE SENSE THAT HE DIED SPIRITUALLY BECAUSE OF A PIECE OF GROUND HOLDING HIM BACK FROM FOLLOWING JESUS, AND MAKING IT TO THE WEDDING. HE WILL WIND UP IN HELL WHICH IS A VIOLENT PLACE, BECAUSE OF HIS APPARENT REFUSAL TO COME WHEN BIDDEN ALL BECAUSE OF THE FARM.
Luke 15:12-16

'LIVING HIGH ON THE HOG'

THIS IS A SAYING PEOPLE USE DIRECTLY AT OTHER PEOPLE THAT THEY SEE LIVING VERY 'FAT'. IN OTHER WORDS THEY WANT FOR NOTHING THE KIDS ALL HAVE NEW CLOTHES, THE HOUSE IS NEW, THE CARS ARE ALL HIGH DOLLAR, AND THEY EAT ONLY IN THE FINEST PLACES. IN THE VERSES WE SEE THE YOUNG SON STARTS OFF LIVING HIGH ON THE HOG AND AS TIME PROGRESSES HE BEGINS TO WANT TO LIVE "OFF THE HOG'S" FOOD. HE WASTED HIS SUBSTANCE ON RIOTOUS LIVING (OR YOU COULD SAY HE WAS LIVING HIGH ON THE HOG).
Luke 15:12,13

'HE SHOT HIS WAD'

IN THE WORLD THIS IS WHERE A PERSON HAS BLOWN (SHOT) HIS ENTIRE WAD OF MONEY ON SOME FOOLISHNESS OR OTHER. A GAMBLING BET IS A QUICK WAY TO BLOW ALL YOU HAVE AND HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SHOW FOR IT. THE PRODIGAL DID EXACTLY THIS WHEN HE "BLEW" HIS INHERITANCE ON SOME HIGH LIVING AND A LITTLE WORLDLY FUN AND FOUND OUT HE WAS BROKE AND HUNGRY WITH NOWHERE TO TURN.
Luke 15:13

'SOWING HIS WILD OATS'

WE ALL KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS AND THE EXACT WORDING IS NOT HERE BUT THE MEANING OF THE PHRASE IS ALL TO CLEAR WHEN READING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PRODIGAL SON.
Luke 15:13-14

'WASTE NOT WANT NOT'

IF YOU WASTE WHAT YOU WILL NEED LATER YOU WILL BE IN "WANT" SOON. THE PRODIGAL SON HAD TO LEARN THIS THE HARD WAY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT, AND WOUND UP JUST WANTING PLAIN FOOD TO FILL HIS BELLY. WE ALWAYS TRY TO PUT THIS ON OUR CHILDREN BY TELLING THEM TO CLEAN YOUR PLATE SINCE OTHER CHILDREN IN THE WORLD ARE STARVING.
Luke 15:17

'HE CAME TO HIMSELF'

FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER A PERSON IS BEHAVING ABNORMALLY AND THEN SEEMS TO COME BACK TO NORMAL, THIS IS WHEN WE SAY HE HAS COME TO HIMSELF. THE BRAINS SEEM TO KICK BACK IN GEAR. DOPE, BOOZE, MONEY, POWER, SEX, ETC., ALL HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON HOW YOU BEHAVE. RIOTOUS LIVING SCRAMBLED THE PRODIGAL'S SENSES BUT HE CAME BACK TO HIMSELF AFTER HIS INHERITANCE WAS SQUANDERED.
Luke 15:20-32

'FATHER KNOWS BEST'

A TELEVISION SHOW THAT RAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE LATE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES, THAT SHOWED FATHER WAS INDEED THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE AND THE BUCK STOPS WITH HIM. ( A SHOW LIKE THIS CAN NO LONGER SURVIVE BECAUSE OF THE NEWS MEDIA AND THEIR IDEA OF A FAMILY). I.E., LESBIANS AND QUEERS ADOPTING CHILDREN NOW QUALIFIES FOR A FAMILY, SO WHO WOULD BE THE "FATHER"? WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESES VERSES YOU WILL SEE THE FATHER TAKE HIS 'BEST' ROBE AND PUTS IT ON THE PRODIGAL SON. YOU WILL ALSO SEE HIM HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE ACTIONS TO THE OLDER SON WHO DIDN'T LIKE IT. FATHER STILL KNOWS BEST! GOD OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER (IF YOU ARE SAVED) FOR SURE KNOWS BEST ALL THE TIME
Luke 15:27

'SAFE AND SOUND'

A SAYING THAT IS MUSIC TO OUR EARS WHEN WE HEAR OF A ACCIDENT WHERE OUR LOVED ONE OR FRIENDS MAY BE. JUST HEARING THESE WORDS AT THE END OF A LONG TRIP SOMEONE MADE IS GOOD NEWS TO US.
Luke 15:32

'LOST AND FOUND'

EVERY SCHOOL, CHURCH, BUSINESS, AND NEWSPAPER HAS A SMALL PLACE FOR LOST AND FOUND ARTICLES.
Luke 16:17

'TO PASS'

THIS IS LIKE THE END OF YOUR LIFE HAS COME "TO PASS". WE SAY PASS AWAY FOR THE WORD DEATH. ANYTHING THAT HAS RUN ITS COURSE OR HAS GONE FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END WE SAY 'CAME TO PASS'.
Luke 16:21

'A DOG IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND'

WE NEVER SAY A DOG IS WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND. MAYBE THE REASON FOR THIS SAYING IS BECAUSE A DOG WHEN WOUNDED WILL LIE DOWN AND LICK HIS OWN WOUNDS UNTIL HE IS HEALED. THIS DOG IN SCRIPTURE STUCK BY THE BEGGAR NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE AND LICKED HIS WOUNDS. THE BEGGAR HAD NO FOOD TO FEED THIS DOG YET THE DOG WAS FAITHFUL TO DO WHAT HE COULD FOR THE MAN. MAN DOES USE DOGS FOR ALL KINDS OF SERVICE THAT MAN HIMSELF CANNOT DO, AND A DOG WILL GO TO HIS OWN DEATH FOR HIS MASTER. HOW MANY MEN WILL EVEN CONSIDER THIS FOR THEIR MASTER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN? EVEN WHEN YOU MISTREAT A DOG HE WILL RETURN TO YOU. DO WE RETURN TO GOD EVEN THOUGH HE NEVER MISTREATS US?
Luke 16:23

'PURGATORY' OR 'SUSPENDED ANIMATION'

IN THE VERSE YOU WILL FIND ABRAHAM'S BOSOM, A PLACE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT WHERE THE SAINTS AWAITING CHRIST'S BLOOD ATONEMENT FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THEIR SINS STAYED. THIS PLACE OF SEMI-CONSCIOUS WAITING FOR HEAVEN WAS STOLEN BY THE CATHOLICS AND TWISTED INTO A PLACE OF WAITING WHILE YOUR SINS WERE PURGED SO YOU COULD GO TO HEAVEN. BAD NEWS FOR THE CATHOLICS BECAUSE IT WAS EMPTIED 2000 YEARS AGO WHEN JESUS LED CAPTIVITY AWAY. THE SCIENCE FICTION SHOWS, ALL WANT YOU TO BE IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION TILL SOME CURE FOR YOUR ILLNESS SHOWS UP AND THEN YOU LIVE FOREVER.
Luke 16:24

'IT'S HOT AS HELL HERE'

SOME TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN LATITUDES PEOPLE THAT ARE LOST ARE INCLINED TO BELIEVE THIS WHEN THEY SAY IT, BUT THE SAVED PEOPLE THAT HEAR THIS EXPRESSION KNOW BETTER. THE RICH MAN WOULD HAVE TRADED PLACES WITH ANYONE IN ANY COUNTRY AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR. HELL IS REAL HOT, AND WITHOUT COMPARE, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DON'T GO THERE.
Luke 16:26

'IN A FIX'

THIS IS WHEN WE GET IN SOME KIND OF TROUBLE. I.E., I AM IN A REAL FIX THIS TIME. THE MAN IN HELL WAS IN A PERMANENT FIX AND IF YOU WILL NOTICE THE GAP WAS FIXED WHERE HE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO CROSS. DAVID IS IN A FIX IN Ps 57:7 BUT HIS MIND WAS ON FIXING HIS HEART BEFORE GOD. GOOD MIND SET TO HAVE AND TO STAY IN, IT WILL KEEP YOU OUT OF A LOT OF FIXES.
Luke 19:3

'PRESS'

OUR WORD FOR THE NEWS MEDIA AND GOD'S WORD FOR A CROWD. IN TODAY'S CRAZINESS MANY TIMES THE CROWD GATHERED AT AN EVENT IS MOSTLY NEWS MEDIA SO MAYBE THERE IS CLOSE CONNECTION ANYWAY.
Luke 19:23-24

'IF YOU DON'T USE IT YOU WILL LOSE IT'

THIS SAYING MOST OF THE TIME IS TALKING ABOUT SOME PHYSICAL GIFT. I.E., ICE SKATING, FLYING A PLANE, RIDING A BIKE. A SMALL PART OF THE TIME THOUGH THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT A MENTAL THING AS IN THE ABILITY TO RECALL CERTAIN FActs AND/OR WAYS OF DOING THINGS THAT WORK BEST. MAN IS BY NATURE A SINNER AND HIS PATH IS DOWN HILL NOT UP, HE IS NOT GETTING BETTER HE IS WEARING OUT AND GETTING WORSE CONTRARY TO THE WORLD'S OPINION. IF YOU ARE OVER 30 RUN UP THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS. THE VERSES SHOW AN UNPROFITABLE SERVANT. HE DIDN'T USE WHAT HE HAD, SO HE LOST IT.
Luke 21:26

'HEART FAILURE'

FEAR HAS CAUSED MANY A HEART TO STOP AND WILL CAUSE MANY MORE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THE TRIBULATION AND SOME OF ITS HORRORS WILL HAVE PEOPLE'S HEARTS STOPPING BY THE THOUSAND IF NOT TENS OF THOUSANDS. THIS VERSE IS THE ACTUAL DEATH OF SOMEONE FOR THE STOPPING OF THE HEART. DAVID'S CASE WAS MORE SPIRITUAL THAN PHYSICAL.
Luke 22:31-32

'OH, FOR PETE'S SAKE'

SAID AS A PHRASE OF DISGUST OR IN ANGER ABOUT SOMETHING. PETER'S NAME IS USED FOR ALL KIND OF THINGS, MOSTLY BAD. THE VERSE IN QUESTION HAS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST PRAYING FOR PETER'S SAKE, FOR HIS FAITH TO NOT WAIVER. TYPICALLY THE WORLD PERVERTS IT BECAUSE PETER LOVED JESUS AS FEW MEN EVER HAD AND THE WORLD CAN'T STAND THIS KIND OF DEVOTION TO THE SON OF GOD. THEY STILL CAN'T TODAY SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW?
Luke 22:41

'A STONE'S THROW'

A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, USUALLY MORE THAN WHAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY THROW A STONE, BUT NOT MUCH MORE. AS YOU GET OLDER THE STONE'S DISTANCE BEGINS TO DIMINISH BECAUSE YOU CAN'T THROW AS FAR. THE TERM IS STILL USED EVEN THOUGH FOOT, METER, YARD, INCH, ETC IS READILY AVAILABLE TO MEASURE DISTANCE. IN THE VERSE WE REALIZE THAT THE DISTANCE IS NOT OUT OF SIGHT BUT PROBABLY OUT OF HEARING RANGE, PERHAPS 300 FEET OR LESS.
Luke 22:44

'SWEAT BLOOD'

WHEN YOU HAVE SOME REAL PROBLEM COMING UP WE SAY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SWEAT BLOOD BEFORE IT TAKES PLACE, BUT WE NEVER MEAN LITERAL BLOOD. IN JESUS'S CASE THE EVENT THAT HE KNEW WOULD SHORTLY TAKE PLACE PUT HIM IN SUCH A STATE AS TO PRAY HARD ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY SWEAT LITERAL BLOOD.
Luke 22:44

'BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS'

THE NAME OF A ROCK GROUP THAT BECAUSE OF THE DEMONIC INFLUENCE WAS TRYING TO FALSELY IMITATE JESUS'S SUFFERING IN THE GARDEN WHEN HE PRAYED IF POSSIBLE REMOVE THIS CUP OF SUFFERING FROM HIM. WHAT A WOMAN GOES THROUGH TO DELIVER A CHILD. ANYTHING WORTH DOING WELL WILL BRING ABOUT ALL THREE WORDS.
Luke 22:57

'I DON'T KNOW HIM'

MANY FOLKS SAY THIS WHEN IT IS AN OUTRIGHT LIE BUT THEY ARE COVERING WHAT MIGHT BE A BAD ASSOCIATION AND PERHAPS TROUBLE FOR THEMSELVES, SO THEY LIE. IN THE VERSE WE KNOW LATER PETER REPENTED AND TOLD THE TRuth . HE REALLY DID KNOW HIM AND HE HAD TO REPENT THREE TIMES TO GET IT RIGHT. SEE I John 2:4.
Luke 22:63-64

'GUESS WHO?'

CHILDREN'S PARTY GAME INVOLVING BLINDFOLDS. OTHER GAMES LIKE CHARADES INVOKE THE EXPRESSION 'GUESS WHO?'. IN THE SCRIPTURAL CASE, THESE MEN DID NOT REALIZE THEY WERE SMITING THEIR CREATOR AND, IF HE WISHED HE COULD CALL THEIR NAME, RANK, AND SERIAL NUMBER WITH NO DIFFICULTY.
Luke 24:32

'BY THE WAY'

IN THE VERSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR LOCATION. IN THIS DAY AND AGE IT IS SORT OF A QUESTION AND STATEMENT ALL WRAPPED TOGETHER. I.E., BY THE WAY DO YOU STILL REMEMBER SO AND SO?
Luke 24:32

'HEARTBURN'

WHO AMONG YOU HAS NOT EATEN LATE AT NIGHT OR THE WRONG FOOD AND NOT EXPERIENCED THIS SENSATION. TUM'S HAS GOTTEN RICH BECAUSE OF IT. THE BIBLE HEART BURN IS A DIFFERENT THING, IT APPEARS TO BE A CONFORMATION OF THE TRuth , LIKE HOW YOUR HEART FEELS WHEN YOU WIN A SOUL, GET A PRAYER ANSWERED, OR GET IN A REAL GOOD SONG SERVICE OR REVIVAL. NO WAY TO EXPLAIN IT, YOU JUST HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT. (NOT CHARISMATICALY SPEAKING PLEASE.)
John 1:1-5

'WHAT'S THE GOOD WORD?' OR 'WHAT'S THE LATEST?'

THIS IS ASKED IN THE WAY OF A GREETING ON THE STREET, AND WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY IS WHAT EVER IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE THAT IS GOOD AT THE TIME. LIKE ONLY ASKING FOR THE GOOD NEWS, NOT THE BAD. AS CHRISTIANS WE KNOW THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD AND THE ONLY GOOD WORD WE KNOW IS JESUS BUT THE WORLD CANNOT BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
John 1:27

'NOT WORTHY TO TIE HIS SHOES'

THIS IS USUALLY SAID BY SOMEONE ABOUT SOMEONE THEY ADMIRE HIGHLY OR RESPECT FAR AND ABOVE THEMSELVES. MANY TIMES SPOKEN ABOUT A PERSON YOU ARE TRYING TO EMULATE. THIS IS John IN THE VERSE TALKING ABOUT UNTYING JESUS SHOES AND EXCLAIMING HE IS NOT WORTHY.
John 1:29

'SCAPEGOAT'

THIS IS THE ONE THAT THE BLAME FOR AN ACTION IS PLACED UPON WHEN, IN FACT, THE SCAPEGOAT IS THE INNOCENT ONE. CAN YOU FIND A BETTER DESCRIPTION OF THE LAMB OF GOD WHO HAD TO BE A SCAPEGOAT FOR YOU AND ME?
John 1:46

'COME AND SEE'

WE ALL WANT SOMEONE TO COME AND SEE WHEN WE GET A NEW CAR OR SOME WORLDLY EXPENSIVE PIECE OF JUNK. DO WE ASK ALL THE NEIGHBORS TO COME AND SEE JESUS WHEN WE FIND HIM OR AFTER WE HAVE FOUND HIM, AND HAD SOME TIME TO GROW IN GRACE? WHEN DO WE GET FOLKS TO COME AND SEE OUR SAVIOR?
John 2:4

'MAN OF THE HOUR'

THIS IS THE PERSON THAT IS IN THE LIMELIGHT OR PRESENTLY HAS THE CENTER STAGE. HIS TIME HAS COME OR HIS STAR HAS RISEN. IN THIS VERSE JESUS'S HOUR HAS NOT COME YET AND ALTHOUGH HE WILL BE ON CENTER STAGE IT WILL BE FOR THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND ALL THE UNCLEAN SPIRITUAL THINGS WE CAN NOT EVEN SEE. HIS HOUR WOULD BE SEPARATION FROM THE FATHER AND BECOMING SIN FOR ALL MANKIND AND HIS CREATION (ONE HEAVY LOAD BRETHREN), YET HE TOOK THIS ON HIMSELF WILLINGLY. IF HE IS NOT YOUR MAN OF THE HOUR HE SHOULD BE.
John 2:7

'FILLED TO THE BRIM'

USED IN FAMOUS COFFEE COMMERCIALS. ALSO WHAT WE SAY WHEN WE WANT A FULL PORTION OF WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
John 2:24-25

'READ YOU LIKE A BOOK' OR 'KNOW YOU LIKE A BOOK'

OLDER FOLKS HAVE A HABIT OF SAYING THIS TO YOUNGER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH THINGS BEFORE AND THEY RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS ON THE YOUNGER PERSON. THIS USUALLY GIVES THEM THE EDGE ON PROPHECY WHEN IT COMES TO THE YOUNGER PERSON'S ACTIONS. HENCE THE PHRASE, I CAN READ YOU LIKE A BOOK. I.E., I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST KNOWS WHAT IS, IN ALL MEN AND EXACTLY WHAT THEY WILL DO IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION AT ALL TIMES. HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING HE KNOWS WHEN YOU'RE AWAKE,OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN BAD OR GOOD, ETC.
John 3:1-2

'BETTER LATE THAN NEVER'

WHEN THE PERSON WE ARE WAITING FOR FINALLY SHOWS UP ALBEIT PAST THE APPOINTED TIME WE SAY THIS. NICODEMUS CAME TO JESUS "LATE" AT NIGHT BUT HE DID FINALLY COME TO HIM. I.E., BETTER LATE THAN NEVER WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SOUL.
John 3:3

'BORN AGAIN'

USED EVERYWHERE IN THE NEWS MEDIA TO LESSEN THE REAL MEANING OF A SPIRITUAL REBIRTH BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU SEE IT IN AD CAMPAIGNS, DRUG REHABILITATIONS, EVEN THE CATHOLICS ARE USING IT. PROBABLY JIMMY CARTER BROUGHT THE TERM INTO THE LEAST FAVOR WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE.
John 4:34

'MY MEAT'

THE THING YOU ARE GOOD AT DOING, THE THINGS YOU CAN DO WELL. THE BIBLE USES IT INTERCHANGEABLY WITH Job OR TASK.
John 5:22-23

'YOUR HONOR' OR 'HONORABLE JUDGE SO AND SO'

WHAT THE Judges OF OUR COUNTRY ARE CALLED AND WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GIVE THEM. GOD THE FATHER IS DUE HONOR, EVEN WHEN HE Judges IN WHAT THE WORLD WOULD CALL HARSHNESS. GOD IS TO BE HONORED IN ALL.
John 6:70

'YOU DEVIL!'

AN ACCUSATORY STATEMENT DIRECTED AT SOME PERSON YOU THINK HAS EARNED THIS NAME. THE BIBLE CASE IS A SITUATION WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WAS EXPOSED TO THE DISCIPLES AS WHO HE REALLY WAS (A DEVIL).
John 7:33

'A LITTLE WHILE'

SMALL PERIOD OF TIME.
John 8:4

'CAUGHT IN THE VERY ACT'

THIS IS LIKE BEING CAUGHT 'RED-HANDED' UNLESS YOU HAVE A 'SILVER TONGUE' YOU ARE GOING TO 'PAY THE PIPER'. OF COURSE IN THE WORD OF GOD YOU FIND IT WILL MEAN NOTHING. NO MATTER HOW WELL YOU SPEAK, YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ACCOUNT INDIVIDUALLY FOR YOUR SIN WHETHER A MAN CAUGHT YOU OR NOT.
John 8:53

'WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?'

MANY PEOPLE THINK TOO HIGH OF THEMSELVES, AND BY THEIR ACTIONS SHOW THAT THEY ARE NOT NEARLY WORTHY OF THE RESPECT THEY THINK THEY SHOULD GET. PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO FILL A POSITION THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO FILL, CAN ELICIT THIS RESPONSE. IN THE VERSE WE FIND PEOPLE TRYING TO COMPARE THEMSELVES TO ABRAHAM, WHO WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIS ONLY SON TO GOD FOR AN OFFERING, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WILLING TO GIVE AN OFFERING LIKE THIS? WELL, IF NOT THAN WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
John 9:4

'MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES'

THIS IS A BASIC TRuth ABOUT THE CROP OF HAY BUT THE SAYING ON THE STREET CARRIES WITH IT MORE THAN JUST THIS ONE THING. IT CROSSES OVER TO EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE, LIKE THE HAY MUST BE DONE WHEN DRY AND SUNSHINY, SO MUST A HOUSE BE PAINTED WHEN NOT RAINING OR THE CLOTHES HUNG OUT TO DRY THE SAME WAY. EVERYTHING HAS A TIME FOR IT TO BE DONE IS THE BASIC MEANING, AS IN THE SCRIPTURE YOU MUST WORK FOR JESUS NOW. WHEN HE COMES ALL THE WORK WILL BE STOPPED. THIS IS THE TIME TO PUT OUT THE LABOR FOR SPIRITUAL THINGS, WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE. PRAY FOR LOST LOVED ONES NOW WHEN THEY ARE DEAD AND IN HELL IT WILL BE WAY TOO LATE. SEE ALSO Proverbs 27:23 IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE REFERENCE ON HAY.
John 9:21

'HE IS OF AGE'

WE USED TO SAY A BOY WAS A MAN AT 21 OR HE HAS COME OF AGE AT 21 BUT THEY HAVE LOWERED IT TO 18 IN MANY STATES. THIS IS THE SUPPOSED ARRIVAL AT MANHOOD. HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK OR FEND FOR HIMSELF.
John 12:6

'CAUGHT HOLDING THE BAG' OR 'HE GOT LEFT HOLDING THE BAG'

AN EXPRESSION THAT IS USED TO SHOW THAT THE PERSON WITH THE BAG IS THE GUILTY PARTY. ALTHOUGH IT IS ONLY SHOWING THE BAG HOLDER IN THIS VERSE IT ALSO TURNS OUT HE WAS THE GUILTY PARTY. READ ALSO John 13:29 AND Matthew 27:3-5 TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GUY WHO GETS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. MANY TIMES IN THE WORLD THE OLDER GUY WILL LEAVE THE YOUNGER TO BE HOLDING THE BAG FOR HIS CRIME. THIS SITUATION ALSO WORKS WITH THE SMARTER GUY AND THE DUMBER, WITH THE DUMBER WINDING UP HOLDING THE BAG. THE MORAL IS DON'T YOU BE HOLDING THE BAG AND GET CAUGHT GUILTY WITHOUT JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THE PAYMENT.
John 13:8

'FOR PETE'S SAKE'

USUALLY A PHRASE OF EXASPERATION WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING DONE OR ARE HAVING SOMEONE DO SOMETHING FOR YOU. THIS PHRASE IS SUPPOSED TO INVOKE SOME SPECIAL MOVEMENT IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT BECAUSE YOU INVOKED IT, KIND OF LIKE MAGIC; SOMETIMES JUST SAID IN DISGUST, BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN UP. IN THE TRuth OF THE MATTER, IN THE BIBLE WE SEE THAT THE LORD WASHED PETER'S FEET FOR HIS SAKE. I.E., WITHOUT THE WASHING, PETER WOULD HAVE NO PART IN HIM, SO IT WAS 'FOR PETE'S SAKE'.
John 13:26

'SOP'

WHAT SOUTHERNERS DO WITH THEIR BREAD AND THE LEFT OVER GRAVY. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT JESUS DIPPED IN WHAT BUT IT IS CALLED A SOP AND IT WAS DIPPED. IN ALL PROBABILITY IT WAS BREAD DIPPED IN SOME KIND OF LIQUID.
John 15:1-6

'DRYING UP ON THE VINE'

TO QUIT DOING WHAT YOU USED TO DO, TO SLOW DOWN FROM WHAT YOU HAD BEEN DOING. SAME AS THE BIBLE.
John 15:5

'WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING'

MANY TIMES IN THE WORLD THIS IS SAID TO INTIMIDATE THE PERSON HEARING IT SO AS TO CONVINCE THEM THEY CAN NOT FUNCTION OR LIVE WITHOUT THE PERSON THAT SAYS THIS. WE DO KNOW THAT MANY TIMES IN THESE CASES THE REVERSE IS USUALLY TRUE THAT IS, THE PERSON BEING BEAT DOWN IS FULLY CAPABLE OF DOING A VERY GOOD Job ON THEIR OWN. WHEN JESUS SAYS THIS TO A CHILD OF GOD, THAT CHILD BETTER TAKE HEED (AS HE SAYS IT TO ALL) BECAUSE IT IS TRUE, WITH OUT ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT.
John 17:21-26

'ITS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, BUT WHO YOU KNOW THAT COUNTS'

THE WAY THE WORLD DESCRIBES THE UPWARD MOBILITY IN LIFE. MANY TIMES THIS IS HOW YOU GET A Job OR POSITION, OR CONTRACT, ETC. OF COURSE IN SALVATION WHAT YOU KNOW IN THE WAY OF BAPTISM OR SACRAMENTS OR WHATEVER MEANS NOTHING IF YOU DON'T KNOW JESUS. ADDED TO THIS SAYING SHOULD BE THAT NOT ONLY WHO YOU KNOW COUNTS BUT WHO KNOWS YOU! John 10:27
John 18:18

'COLD AS HELL'

THIS IS A STRANGE SAYING AND I CERTAINLY DON'T CLAIM TO HAVE IT FIGURED OUT, BUT HERE IS MY BEST SHOT. THE FACT THAT HELL WILL HAVE THE MOST EXTREME HOT TEMPERATURE THERE IS SEEMS TO BRING TO THE LIPS OF THE LOST FOLKS THE PHRASE COLD AS HELL IN THE SENSE OF SHOWING THE EXTREME COLD THAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING. I KNOW THAT THE COLD IS NOT AS COLD AS THE HOT OF HELL BUT THE WORLD SAYS THIS AND I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT. IN THIS VERSE WE HAVE PETER SITTING AT A FIRE WHEN IT IS VERY COLD, PERHAPS THE COALS THEY SAW REMINDED THE FOLKS OF HELL, WHEN THEY SAID HOW COLD IT WAS???????
John 18:38

'TELL ME THE TRuth !' OR 'WHAT'S THE TRuth '

CUT THROUGH THE CHAFF AND LET'S GET DOWN TO THE FActs SO WE CAN MAKE A DECISION BASED ON WHAT'S SO AND WHAT'S NOT SO. TRuth IS NAKED, IT COMES WITH NO CLOTHES OR VENEER, IT MUST BE TAKEN AS IT STANDS. MANY TIMES YOU HEAR THAT THE TRuth HURTS AND IT DOES, BUT TO SOFTEN IT OR ALTER IT IN SOME WAY CHANGES ITS NATURE AND IT NO LONGER IS THE TRuth .
John 19:13

'PAVEMENT'

WHO SAID THE BIBLE WAS NOT UP TO DATE? HERE WE ARE IN A SECTION OF THE BIBLE ALMOST 2000 YEARS OLD AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PAVEMENT. ANTIQUATED, OUTDATED, OLD FASHIONED, IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. READING IT WILL MAKE YOU WONDER WHY THE WORLD CAN'T EVER CATCH UP.
John 19:30

'DEAD-RIGHT'

THIS EXPRESSION IS USED WHEN A PERSON IS EXACTLY RIGHT ABOUT A GIVEN SITUATION OR PROBLEM. IN JESUS'S CASE, HE DIED EXACTLY 'RIGHT', HE WAS SINLESS AND PERFECT BUT HE DIED NEVERTHELESS. HE WAS DEAD RIGHT!
John 20:25

'SHOW ME!'

A FAMOUS MISSOURI SAYING MEANING THAT I WON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME UNTIL I CAN SEE IT (WHATEVER IT MAY BE). THOMAS GOT HIS 'DOUBTING THOMAS' TITLE FROM THE FACT HE HAD TO BE SHOWN THE PIERCED HOLES IN THE LORD'S BODY SO HE COULD BELIEVE.
John 20:25

'SEEING IS BELIEVING'

PEOPLE HEAR THIS ALL THEIR LIFE SO IT MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM TO TRUST THINGS THEY CAN'T SEE, HEAR, FEEL, TASTE, OR TOUCH. ALTHOUGH THE "RESULTS" OF SPIRITUAL THINGS MAY BE SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE, THE SPIRITUAL PART OF IT CAN NOT BE. AMERICA IS FILLED WITH THE NEED TO SEE OR EXPERIENCE THINGS TO BE ABLE TO BELIEVE IN THEM, PROBABLY WHY IT IS GOING DOWN THE TUBES SO FAST. A CHRISTIAN BELIEVES IN JESUS CHRIST MORE THAN HE DOES IN HIMSELF AND HE CAN'T SEE JESUS EXCEPT BY FAITH. A LOST MAN ONLY BELIEVES IN HIMSELF BECAUSE HE CAN SEE HIMSELF, HENCE SEEING IS BELIEVING. THOMAS FINALLY BELIEVED TOO.
John 21:9-17

'HAUL HIM OVER THE COALS'

THIS IS WHAT IS SAID WHEN A PERSON GETS A BAD REAMING OUT OR DRESSING DOWN. A VERY HARD REBUKE OVER SOME TRANSGRESSION WILL GET YOU THIS PHRASE. THE COALS ARE IN VERSE 9 AND THE REAMING OUT TAKES PLACE IN A FEW VERSES LATER AND IF YOU DON'T THINK IT WAS A CHEWING OUT OVER THE COALS THAN DON'T FORGET WHO ALL IS THERE AT THE FIRE AND THE FACT THAT HE (PETER) HAD DENIED HIM (JESUS) THREE TIMES WITH CURSES IN FRONT OF ANOTHER FIRE JUST A SHORT WHILE BACK.
John 21:15-17

'CALLED ON THE CARPET'

SIMILAR TO THE PHRASE ABOVE BUT IN THIS CASE IN THE WORLD YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA WHAT YOU ARE BEING CALLED FOR. YOU CAN BE HAULED OVER THE COALS UNEXPECTEDLY AND NEVER SEE IT COMING BUT A CALL GIVES YOU A LITTLE ADVANCED WARNING.
Acts 2:27

'YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN'

THERE ARE THREE OF THESE PHRASES IN THIS BOOK AND OF COURSE THIS IS THE ONE THAT REALLY INVOLVES A 'GOOD MAN'. THE LORD JESUS WAS THE ONLY REALLY GOOD MAN THERE EVER WAS AND HE DID NOT STAY DOWN IN HELL VERY LONG. I THOUGHT BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE RAPTURES IN THE BIBLE THAT I WOULD PUT THREE OF THESE COMING UPS IN THE BIBLE IT WILL MAKE SOME OF THE BRETHREN THINK A LITTLE BIT, I HOPE.
Acts 3:8

'HOP, SKIP, AND A JUMP'

OUR WAY OF SAYING A SHORT DISTANCE. THE MAN WHO WAS CRIPPLED AND THEN GIVEN THE ABILITY TO WALK WENT A SHORT DISTANCE INTO THE TEMPLE.
Acts 4:3

'HOLD ON'

TO WAIT! THERE IS SOME DELAY THAT YOU MUST SIT AND DO NOTHING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
Acts 4:10

'YOU ALL' OR 'Y'ALL'

SOUTHERN EXPRESSION FOR ALL OF YOU. MEANS ANYONE YOU ARE TALKING TO AT THE TIME. SHORTENED BECAUSE SOUTHERN PEOPLE HAVE A HABIT OF SAYING LESS TO CONSERVE ENERGY. THE NORTHERN FOLKS ARE A BUNDLE OF ENERGY SO IT IS NOT VERY COMMON ABOVE THE MASON DIXON LINE. DON'T GET UPSET FOLKS PEOPLE REALLY ARE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, NO MATTER WHAT THE NEWS MEDIA SAYS. IF YOU THINK FOLKS IN HAITI THINK LIKE THOSE IN DETROIT YOU ARE SADLY MISTAKEN TRY A LITTLE TRAVEL TO BROADEN YOUR OUT LOOK ON LIFE.
Acts 5:1-11

'A DYING TRuth '

IN THE SCRIPTURE EXAMPLE, THE ILLUSTRATION IS THAT TWO PARTIES DIE BECAUSE THEY "DID NOT" TELL THE TRUth . THE WORLD USES IT TO ILLUSTRATE THAT SOMETHING IS "REALLY" THE TRUTH . A RE-EMPHASIZING OF AN ALREADY ACCEPTED TRuth , PERHAPS EVEN A WILLINGNESS TO DIE FOR THE TRUTH . HENCE A DYING TRuth .
Acts 5:6

'THAT ABOUT WINDS IT UP' OR 'THAT WRAPS IT UP'

THIS IS SAID AT THE FINISH OF SOMETHING, LIKE A NEWS CAST OR SPORTS CAST. POSSIBLY WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED A LONG HARD PROJECT. THE FINISH OF THIS MANS LIFE WAS WHEN THEY WRAPPED HIM UP WHICH WAS THE PROCEDURE OF THE DAY WITH A DEAD BODY. I.E., THEY WRAPPED HIM UP IN LINEN LIKE THE "MUMMIES" YOU SEE IN THE HORROR MOVIES. THIS IS ALSO A GOOD PROOF TEXT WHEN YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT THE SHROUD OF TURIN IS A HOAX. THE JEWS DID NOT LAY A CLOTH ON THE BODY THEY WRAPPED THEM UP IN A CIRCULAR FASHION.
Acts 5:21

'THE SENATE'

SOMETIMES WE WISH THIS WORD DID NOT EXIST, WITH THE WAY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE PERVERTED THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WE HAVE. WE STILL HAVE THE GREATEST COUNTRY BUT THE POLITICIANS HAVE BEGUN TO THINK IT IS THEIR COUNTRY TO RUN AS THEY "WILL" INSTEAD OF THE "WILL" OF THE MAJORITY.
Acts 5:34

'GIVE ME A LITTLE SPACE'

WHEN THE TRIALS OF LIFE BEGIN TO GET A BIT OVERWHELMING WE SAY, "GIVE ME A LITTLE SPACE". I.E., I NEED A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM. IN THIS VERSE WE FIND GAMALIEL SUGGESTING TO THE COUNCIL TO GIVE THE APOSTLES A LITTLE SPACE TO SPEAK. THE SENSE HERE IS IF THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH YOU CAN'T STOP THEM ANYWAY AND IF THEY ARE NOT THEY WILL HANG THEMSELVES WITH THEIR OWN ROPE. GIVE THEM THE SPACE TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
Acts 5:38

'LET THEM ALONE'

THIS REALLY NEEDS NO EXPLANATION.
Acts 6:15

'HE HAD THE FACE OF AN ANGEL'

OR WE SOMETIMES SAY HE HAS A BABY FACE. JUST A LOOK OF INNOCENCE THAT ADULTS USUALLY DO NOT HAVE. THE APPEARANCE OF CHILDLIKE WITHOUT GUILE OR HARDENED BY YEARS OF SIN. STEVEN HAD THIS KIND OF FACE BECAUSE HE HAD VISION ENOUGH TO SEE ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN AND WAS LOOKING AT JESUS. THIS WILL LIGHT UP ANY FACE.
Acts 7:1-60

'STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HARM ME'

A RETORT THAT CHILDREN STILL USE TO OFFSET THE UGLY NAMES THEY ARE BEING CALLED. A WAY TO ANSWER BACK FOR THE HURT THEY ARE RECEIVING FROM OTHER CHILDREN. THIS SAYING INVOLVES THE WHOLE CHAPTER SO I PLACED THE REFERENCES ACCORDINGLY. AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER YOU WILL SEE THE BONES BREAKING.
Acts 7:30

'GREAT BALLS OF FIRE'

A SONG TITLE POPULARIZED BY A ROCK AND ROLL PERSON OF THE 50'S. ALSO AN EXCLAMATION OF SURPRISE OR ASTONISHMENT. THE BUSH APPEARED TO MOSES ON FIRE MOST BUSHES HAVE A CIRCULAR SHAPE HENCE THE GREAT BALL OF FIRE IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. THIS IS NOT TO FORGET THAT MOSES WAS LIKE ANY ONE OF US, IN THE SENSE THAT IF WE WERE WALKING AROUND A MOUNTAIN AND WE FOUND A BUSH ON FIRE THAT WAS NEVER CONSUMED WE WOULD BE A "LITTLE" SURPRISED.
Acts 7:51

'LIKE FATHER LIKE SON'

CHILDREN ARE ALMOST ALWAYS A DIRECT REFLECTION OF THEIR PARENTS. JUST A PHRASE OR SAYING THAT PEOPLE USE TO JUSTIFY OR EXPLAIN WHAT THE SON IS DOING WHETHER IT IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
Acts 7:58

'HE IS STONED'

A DRUG EXPRESSION THAT MEANS THE PERSON'S BRAIN IS OUT OF GEAR AND HE IS NOT IN CONTROL OF HIS FACILITIES. SOMETIMES USED WITH AlCOHOL, BUT MOSTLY SOME KIND OF INJECTABLE DRUGS. THE SCRIPTURE OF COURSE IS LITERAL.
Acts 7:59

'ROCKED TO SLEEP'

ALL THE BABIES OF THE WORLD WERE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER ROCKED TO SLEEP. IN ALL PROBABILITY THEY WERE IN A LAP OR IN A CRADLE, NOT LIKE STEPHEN ROCKED TO DEATH WITH ROCKS LITERALLY.
Acts 9:3-5

'I SEE THE LIGHT'

THIS IS UTTERED WHEN THE PERSON HAS UNDERSTANDING OF THE MATTER. PAUL COULD TRULY SAY THIS BECAUSE HE SAW LITERAL LIGHT THAT WAS 'THE TRUE LIGHT' AND WAS THEN GIVEN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HE HAD BEEN DOING AND TO WHOM HE HAD BEEN DOING IT TO. I.E., PERSECUTING THE BODY OF CHRIST. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE PAST TENSE "SAW" THE LIGHT.
Acts 9:25

'HE WAS A BASKET CASE' OR 'HE IS A BASKET CASE'

THIS PHRASE IS USED WHEN A PERSON IS ON THE EDGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN OR HAS JUST HAD ONE. THEY ARE USUALLY SUCH A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WRECK THAT YOU CAN JUST PUT THEM IN A BASKET AND THEY WILL BE FINE. (PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY PUT FOLKS IN BASKETS, WE JUST SAY THIS). POOR PAUL WAS LITERALLY A BASKET CASE, BECAUSE HIS CASE (SITUATION) CALLED FOR A BASKET TO GET HIM OUT OF HIS TROUBLE. THE WORLD, WHEN THEY GET IN TROUBLE, USES PAUL'S SITUATION TO ILLUSTRATE THEIRS.
Acts 9:32

'QUARTERS'

MANY CITIES ARE STILL DIVIDED INTO WHAT ARE CALLED QUARTERS OR AREAS OF SPECIFICS, LIKE INDUSTRY OR HOUSING AREAS. WE STILL HAVE IN NEW ORLEANS WHAT IS CALLED THE FRENCH QUARTER. MILITARY HOUSING IS ALSO CALLED QUARTERS, AS IS THE FAT QUARTERS IN QUILTING.
Acts 10:16

'THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM'

WE SAY THIS IN THE MANNER OF TRY TRY AGAIN UNTILL YOU GET IT. THE FACT THAT IT TAKES THREE TRIES TO GET IT IS WHY THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM. I.E., WE ACCOMPLISHED THE TASK ON THE THIRD TIME.
Acts 11:4

'REHEARSED'

WHAT EVERYONE DOES SO THEY CAN GET THEIR PART OR SPEECH OR WEDDING VOWS OR WHAT HAVE YOU CORRECT. EXACTLY AS PETER DID IN THIS VERSE.
Acts 11:29

'RELIEF'

WHAT WE GET WHEN WE HAVE TROUBLE MEETING OUR BILLS, ALSO A MILITARY TERM. HELP IN SOME FORM WHETHER IT IS MONEY OR FOOD, WHEN IT COMES TO US AND WE GET SOME RELIEF FROM THE SITUATION WE ARE IN. IT IS ALSO A RELIEF TO SEE IT COMING MANY TIMES WHEN WE ARE ON THE BOTTOM LOOKING UP.
Acts 15:32

'CONFIRMED'

WHAT MANY RELIGIONS DO TO BABIES. WE ALSO CONFIRM TRAVEL PLANS, WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS ETC. TO SHOW MEMBERSHIP IN SOME GROUP. IN THE VERSE SHOWN IT IS USED IN THE SENSE OF STRENGTHENING.
Acts 17:21

'SPENT THEIR TIME' OR 'SPENT YOUR TIME'

HOW YOU USE WHAT GOD GIVES YOU. TIME IS SPENT JUST LIKE MONEY, YOU HAVE SO MUCH ALLOTTED TO YOU AND WHEN IT IS SPENT IT IS GONE AND UNRECOVERABLE. SPEND IT WISELY.
Acts 17:23

'TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER'

THIS VERSE IS THE WORLD'S EXAMPLE FOR THEIR ALTARS OR THEIR LARGE STONE SHRINE LIKE THE ONE IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Acts 18:19-22

'I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT OR IT'

WHEN A PERSON RUNS OUT OF TIME AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING YOU CAN'T QUITE FINISH (BUT WANT TO) YOU USE THIS SAYING. YOUR EXPECTATIONS ARE TO RETURN AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT. PAUL RAN INTO THE SAME TIME AND DISTANCE RESTRAINTS THAT ALL MEN HAVE AND HAD TO DO THE SAME THING ON OCCASION.
Acts 19:13

'EXORCIST', 'EXORCISM', OR 'EXORCISTS'

ALL THE TERMS ARE CLOSELY RELATED AND MEAN THE CASTING OUT OF SOME UNCLEAN SPIRITUAL BEING THAT HAS TAKEN UP RESIDENCE IN SOME HUMAN HOST. ROMAN CATHOLICS CLAIM TO BE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD AND PERHAPS THEY ARE. IF THE SAYING BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER HAS ANY VALIDITY AT ALL, THEY OUGHT TO BE REAL FAMILIAR WITH UNCLEAN SPIRITS. EVERYONE REMEMBERS THE FAMOUS MOVIE BY THE SAME NAME AND COUNTLESS TAKEOFFS FROM IT. THE BIBLE IS STILL THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR OUR SPEECH AND WHY WE SAY WHAT WE SAY.
Acts 20:7

'BREAK BREAD'

OLD ENGLISH WAY OF SAYING LET'S HAVE SUPPER OR LUNCH OR WHAT HAVE YOU. I.E., DINNER IS SERVED.
Acts 20:11

'YOU DESERVE A BREAK TODAY'

FAMOUS HAMBURGER SLOGAN HEARD AROUND THE WORLD. IT MEANS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO COME TO MCDONALD'S AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT. I.E., YOUR BREAK IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH FOOD. IN THIS VERSE WE FIND PAUL HAVING FOOD WITH THE BRETHREN UPON THE FIRST 'DAY' AND HE WAS TO 'BREAK' IT. LOOK AT Jeremiah 30:8 WHERE GOD IS GOING TO GIVE HIS CHILDREN A 'BREAK TODAY' BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FOOD IN THIS PASSAGE. YOUR TURN TO FIGURE IT.
Acts 20:24

'IT WAS VERY MOVING', 'IT MOVED ME' OR 'I WAS MOVED BY THAT'

NOT A PHYSICAL MOVE NECESSARILY, BUT AN EMOTIONAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL MOVE. MOVED BY A SAD STORY OR AN EVENT THAT HAS THE POWER TO CONVINCE YOU TO CHANGE YOUR POSITION. HOPEFULLY IF YOU ARE READING THIS BOOK THERE WAS A TIME IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WERE MOVED BY THE HOLY GHOST OF GOD TO RESPOND TO A GOSPEL MESSAGE AND GET SAVED THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY "MOVING EXPERIENCES" THAT REALLY MEANS ANYTHING.
Acts 20:29

'WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING'

SOMEONE TRYING TO PRETEND TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE NOT. TRYING TO TRICK YOU BY CONVINCING YOU THEY ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THEY REALLY ARE. I.E., A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRETENDING TO BE A CHRISTIAN. A MORMON PRETENDING TO BE A SOUL WINNER. A CHARISMATIC PRETENDING TO BE SPIRITUAL. A CAMBELLITE PRETENDING TO BE SAVED. THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE WANTING TO HELP YOU. THE ALCOHOL, FIREARMS, TOBACCO PEOPLE COMING TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR PROPERTY.
Acts 20:35

'IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE'

WE HAVE ALL BEEN TOLD THIS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WANTED SOMETHING WE COULDN'T HAVE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.
Acts 21:2

'ALL ABOARD', 'BOARD', OR 'BOARDING PLATFORM'

WHAT THEY SAY WHEN IT IS TIME TO GET ON A PUBLIC CONVEYANCE OF SOME KIND OR ANOTHER. I.E., TRAIN, PLANE, BOAT, TRAM, OR TROLLEY, ETC.
Acts 21:13

'BREAK MINE HEART'

CHILDREN WILL DO THIS AS WELL AS SOURED MARRIAGES OR FRIENDS GONE BAD. ALSO WORKS AS IN PAUL'S CASE WHERE YOU HAVE LOVED ONES CRYING OVER YOU AND YOU CARE DEEPLY OVER THEIR FEELINGS BUT YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO EVEN IF IT IS CONTRARY TO YOUR LOVED ONES FEELING OR WISHES.
Acts 21:40

'LICENCE' OR 'LICENSE'

THIS IS WHAT WE GET WHEN WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING, IT IS THE WRITTEN PERMISSION TO DO THAT THING. MARRIAGE, HUNTING, FISHING, BUILDING PERMITS, ETC..
Acts 24:5

'HE IS A PEST'

AN IRRITATING TYPE OF FELLOW.
Acts 24:5

'RINGLEADER'

THE MAN IN THE CENTER OF A CIRCUS IS CALLED THIS AS WELL AS THE GUY LEADING A GANG OR PACK OF BAD GUYS. HE IS THE CENTER OF THE RING.
Acts 24:23

'LIBERTY'

WHAT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS GET WHEN THEY GET IN A NEW PORT. IT IS FREE TIME NOT TAKEN FROM THEIR VACATION OR LEAVE TIME. FREEDOM TO COME AND GO UNHINDERED. USUALLY CONCERNS SAILORS AND SHIPS, AND THE MEN'S FREEDOM TO BE OFF OF THE SHIP. IN PAUL'S CASE HE HAD FREEDOM TO MOVE ABOUT.
Acts 24:25

'NOT NOW BUT LATER'

THE WORLD'S MOST USED EXCUSE THAT KIDS FOIST ON THEIR PARENTS TO KEEP FROM DOING SOMETHING WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. POOR FELIX IN THIS VERSE DID NOT REALIZE HIS ETERNAL DESTINY RESTED ON DOING SOMETHING NOW NOT LATER THE BIBLE DOESN'T RECORD IF HE EVER GOT SAVED BUT EXPERIENCE TEACHES THOSE THAT PUT THE LORD OFF MANY TIMES KEEP DOING IT UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE. DON'T YOU BE SOMEONE WHO HAS PUT OFF THE FREE GIFT OF GOD UNTIL LATER BECAUSE LATER MAY NEVER COME.
Acts 25:11

'APPEAL'

WHEN WE ASK A HIGHER COURT TO LOOK AT OUR PROBLEM WE SAY WE ARE APPEALING OUR CASE. (OUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.)
Acts 26:1

'SPEAK FOR THYSELF' OR 'SPEAK FOR YOURSELF'

THE WORLD USES THIS PHRASE WHEN YOU ARE TELLING A STORY AND YOU INCLUDE THE OTHER PARTIES IN THE STORY. THEY DON'T LIKE HOW YOU ARE TELLING IT, SO THEY SAY 'SPEAK FOR YOURSELF. THE MEANING BEING WHEN YOU ARE DONE THEY ARE GOING TO TELL THEIR STORY THE WAY THEY WANT TO TELL IT AND NOT TAKE YOUR VERSION OF THE THING. AGRIPPA IS GIVING PAUL A CHANCE TO TELL HIS OWN STORY AND NOT THE ONE HE HAD ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY OTHERS. I.E., A CHANCE TO DEFEND ONE'S SELF WITH YOUR OWN WORDS.
Acts 27:15

'BEARING'

THIS IS THE HEADING THAT A SHIP IS ON.
Acts 27:29-32

'THE CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH THE SHIP' OR 'THE CAPTAIN IS THE LAST ONE OFF THE SHIP'

EVERYONE ON THE SHIP IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CAPTAIN AND THEIR SAFETY COMES FIRST. HE MUST BE THE LAST ONE OFF OF THE SHIP TO ENSURE ALL THE OTHERS ARE SAFE OR HE MUST GO DOWN WITH IT. THE TRADITION MUST HAVE STARTED EARLIER THAN PAUL BUT HE RECORDS IT SO IT STANDS HOWEVER BECAUSE OF THEIR OBEDIENCE TO GOD THROUGH PAUL, ALL WERE SAVED AND BROUGHT TO LAND UNHARMED. PERHAPS BEFORE PAUL IT WAS EVERYMAN FOR HIMSELF, AND THE CAPTAIN LEFT FIRST. HOWEVER, IT NOW IS CAPTAIN LAST, PASSENGERS FIRST, WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON TOP OF THE LIST.
Acts 27:31

'DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP'

DURING THE BATTLE OF 1812, COMMODORE OLIVER PERRY HOISTED ALOFT A FLAG WITH THESE WORDS SEWN ON IT. THESE WORDS WERE ALSO SPOKEN BY CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE AT HIS DEATH. PAUL TOLD THESE MEN TO STAY IN THE SHIP (SOME HAD ALREADY LET DOWN THE LIFE BOAT) IF THEY WANTED TO STAY ALIVE. GOD HAD ALREADY REVEALED TO PAUL, THAT IF THE MEN WOULD STAY WITH THE VESSEL NO HARM WOULD COME TO THEM. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH IN ALL COAST GUARD MANUALS THEY WILL TELL YOU TO ALWAYS STAY WITH THE SHIP EVEN IF IT ROLLS OVER BOTTOM UP, AS LONG AS IT IS FLOATING YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO BE SEEN AND RESCUED.
Acts 28:6

'THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS'

REAL POPULAR WITH CHRISTIANS WHO SEEM TO DO IT ALL THE TIME. SHOULDN'T REALLY NEED AN EXPLANATION.
Acts 28:15

'TAVERN'

THE WORLD'S WORD FOR A PLACE THAT SELLS ALCOHOL OF SOME KIND. IN PAUL'S TIME THE WORD STOOD FOR AN INN OR MOTEL MORE A PLACE OF REST THAN REFRESHMENT BUT IT DID PROVIDE BOTH.