Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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501. The King Born in a Manger
Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7
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King Duncan
... ’s largest diamond--all 3,106 carats of it--about 1-1/3 lbs. It happened at the Premier Mine #2, near Pretoria, South Africa, in 1905. Due to the immense value of this enormous diamond, the authorities in charge of its transportation were posed with a huge security problem. How could they get it to their company headquarters in England? They solved their dilemma in an interesting way. Detectives from London were placed on a steamboat that was rumored to carry the expensive stone. The detectives placed a ...
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R. Robert Cueni
... presence of salesmen and money changers in this sacred place. He drives them out. For Jerusalem's religious establishment, that is the last straw. If they had any previous doubts, now they are convinced. Jesus' ministry and message as well as his popularity and personhood pose a serious threat. A final solution to the Jesus problem must be enacted. As Luke tells us, "The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him" (v. 47). Notice, they will not be content ...
503. Am I The Exception
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Michael P. Green
... , which had spread to several of his vital organs. One evening, as Saroyan reflected on his condition and what the future held for him, he placed a phone call to Associated Press. After identifying himself to the reporter who answered his call, he posed a question that revealed the honest, searching sensitivity that had characterized his career. It was a final statement to be used after his death (which occurred later in May of 1981). He said, probably with humor, “Everybody has got to die. But I have ...
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David J. Williams
... ) after the rule of the Hyksos kings, but more likely it meant that the kings chose not to recognize Joseph’s service (cf. Matt. 25:12 for this use of “to know”), either because of his association with the Hyksos or because the number of his people posed a threat. The Egyptian answer to the “Hebrew problem” was to use them as forced labor and to compel them to practice infanticide (v. 19; confined to male children, according to Exod. 1:15f.; cf. Matt. 2:16ff.). 7:20–22 It was at this time that ...
505. Paul Before Agrippa
Acts 25:23--26:32
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David J. Williams
... , it fell to Agrippa to invite Paul to speak, and it was to him especially that Paul addressed his remarks (cf. vv. 2, 13, 19, 27). Though chained, Paul does not appear to have been hampered in his movements and was able to adopt his customary pose (v. 1; see disc. on 13:16). Luke describes him as “defending” himself, though he was not formally on trial. Indeed, Paul uses this same terminology himself (see disc. on 22:1), declaring that he was glad to make [his] defense before the king, who was well ...
506. Hearts
2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1
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James M. Scott
... Corinthians, Second Epistle to the,” ABD, vol. 1, pp. 1148–54 [here p. 1150]). One must agree with M. Thrall (Second Corinthians, vol. 1, pp. 471–80) that there is no necessary connection with Qumran in this section. On the literary-critical problem posed by this section, see M. Thrall, Second Corinthians, vol. 1, pp. 25–36. For the interpretation suggested here, see James M. Scott, “The Use of Scripture in 2 Corinthians 6.16c–18 and Paul’s Restoration Theology,” JSNT 56 (1994), pp. 73–99 ...
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James M. Scott
... the fact that he refuses to accept support from them, in verses 16–18, he must now defend himself against the charge of exploiting the Corinthians by means of his coworkers. In effect, Paul is being accused of a confidence game, in which he himself poses as the selfless apostle (I have not been a burden to you), while his accomplices carry out the actual exploitation. The collection for Jerusalem puts Paul in a difficult and sensitive position (cf. 2 Cor. 8–9). In the previous context he has steadfastly ...
508. The Man of Lawlessness
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12
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David J. Williams
... 11:4. The verb rendered overthrow (anaireō) is a particularly strong one, “annihilate,” and the qualifying phrase, with the breath of his mouth, only here in the NT, underlines the ease of his annihilation—the Lord Jesus will utterly destroy him. As Luther poses it in A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, “A word shall quickly slay him.” Parallel with this and forming with it one clause descriptive of the lawless one is the statement that the Lord will destroy him by the splendor of his coming (see ...
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Gordon D. Fee
... and the humiliation of the shamefulness of crucifixion. Only in this context can one accurately hear the two imperatives, which are actually the two sides of a single reality. Determining a precise meaning for the expression do not be ashamed poses some difficulties. The word frequently refers to “deserved” humiliation or disgrace, but more often it is “undeserved” humiliation and, especially for the biblical writers, humiliation from which one hopes for divine vindication (e.g., Ps. 25:1–3). At ...
510. By Faith
Hebrews 11:1-40
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Donald A. Hagner
... consonants (mṭh) vocalized differently. The Masoretes of the early Middle Ages chose the vowels for “bed,” and so it has come to us in our Hebrew Bibles. The physical object leaned upon is of little significance; what matters is the attitude and pose of worship that points to Jacob’s faith. 11:22 Joseph’s faith can be abundantly illustrated from a variety of episodes in his life. Understandably he became much celebrated for the character of his life (e.g., Philo, On Joseph; Testament of Joseph ...
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Norman Hillyer
... spots, blots, blemishes, stains” (KJV, NEB, Phillips, RSV). Jude is warning, either that the false teachers are like treacherous reefs and can shipwreck one’s faith (1 Tim. 1:19), or that these immoral men pollute the fellowship meals by their very presence. These men pose a dangerous threat at your love feasts. This is the earliest mention of the love feast (agapē). In the early days the agapē was a meal of fellowship in the house-churches on the Lord’s Day. The meal was shared by all the members ...
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James K. Bruckner
... s personal “water boy.” They challenged the Lord as if the Lord were a false god, suggesting that if they were still thirsty, then the Lord was not really there (v. 7). The quarrel degenerated to accusations that bordered on death threats. The people posed an accusatory rhetorical question: “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” This question implied that Moses intended to kill them from the beginning. Moses feared for his life in crying out ...
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James K. Bruckner
... to God. God’s jealousy is not like human jealousy, but rather has an ultimate truthful grounding in God as the Creator and redeemer. It requires that human beings, who are created and redeemed, tell the truth about their situation and not pose as creators of their own redeemer. The homonym qannaʾ means “possession” in its noun form (see comment on 15:16). God is rightly jealous, because the people “belong to” God, who has “paid for” or “purchased” the people, even though they pretend ...
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James K. Bruckner
Introduction to the Tabernacle: The thirteen chapters that describe the tabernacle have posed a challenge for interpreters since the time of Philo (d. 50 A.D.). In The Life of Moses Philo gave a symbolic reading that has influenced interpretation to the present day. For him, the tent of meeting represented the spiritual world and the courtyard signified the material world. The colors ( ...
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Cheryl A. Brown
... Lord’s similar command to Israel at the renewal of the covenant after the incident of the golden calf (Exod. 34:10, 12–13). The following phrase, Why have you done this? is more precisely translated “What is this you have done?” calling to mind the question posed to Eve in the garden of Eden after she and Adam willfully rebelled against the Lord (Gen. 3:13). The sin of Israel stands close to that of Adam and Eve, in that God’s purpose of bringing restoration of shalom to the world through a people ...
516. Jephthah
Jud 10:6–11:40
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Cheryl A. Brown
... in lieu of armed conflict. His is the only story with this element, and throughout the whole dialogue (virtually monologue) Jephthah speaks and acts more like a king than does any other judge. He sent envoys in his name (v. 12), who posed the question in terms (first person singular) elsewhere used by a king (v. 13). Jephthah argued his point from three perspectives. First, he denied that the Israelites had ever set their sights on anyone’s land; they always respected international boundaries (vv ...
517. Bringing Back the Ark
1 Chronicles 13:1-14
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Louis C. Jonker
... the Samuel version of this narrative, selecting such material as supported his cause. The information in 1 Sam. 4–6 was omitted by the Chronicler, and he has concentrated his version on 2 Sam. 6. In terms of the Chronicler’s version 1 Chron. 14 poses a problem for biblical scholarship, since it is seemingly unrelated to the previous (1 Chron. 13) and following (1 Chron. 15–16) chapters. It furthermore quotes from 2 Sam. 5, although 2 Sam. 6 has been quoted already in 1 Chron. 13. John Wright concludes ...
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Leslie C. Allen
... the MT banayw (his sons) to a name, “Binnui,” with the NRSV, REB, and NJB (see BHS), as also in 2:40. See the discussion of both cases in Barthélemy, Critique textuelle, vol. 1, p. 527. The reference to the sons of Henadad . . . Levites poses a problem. In the Heb. this material dangles at the end of the sentence, unattached to what precedes. The NIV and NRSV have integrated it into the sentence by placing it earlier. It evidently originated as a marginal comment relating to the association of Henadad ...
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Leslie C. Allen
... 9. The rams of verse 19 were not the only sacrifice offenders had to make on behalf of the holy community—nor were the wives. With the wives went the children of the now illicit unions. An empathetic reading of the story leads us to the challenge Jesus posed to his followers in Mark 10:29–30 (also Matt. 19:29–30; Luke 18:29–30) as a biblical parallel, to the call that sometimes comes to believers to leave children and other family members for the sake of Jesus and the gospel. Additional Notes 10:1 ...
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Roland E. Murphy
... ; and Amenemope 19.13 (ANET, p. 423). 27:2 Synonymous parallelism. Self-praise can hardly be objective, but one can normally trust praise from others as being honest. 27:3–4 Style (juxtaposition, comparison) unites these verses, although the thoughts are different. Difficulties are posed in verses 3a and 4a and the greater difficulty in verses 3b and 4b. Thus, physical burdens (stone and sand) are not as great as the provocation a fool can cause. Similarly in verse 4, but it is not clear if these emotions ...
521. I Am a Rose of Sharon
Song of Songs 2:1-17
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Elizabeth Huwiler
... verse in context? Does “for us” suggest that the verse belongs to both lovers, or to one of them speaking on behalf of both? Does the verse urge an audience to leave the two so that they can be alone? Might the foxes then be those who pose a threat to the fruition of their sexual relationship (brothers, city guards)? Or does the first-person plural suggest that a group is speaking, perhaps to the lovers? If so, why would the lovers be expected to safeguard more than one vineyard? Might the chorus be the ...
522. A Message About Babylon
Jeremiah 50:1--51:64
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Tremper Longman III
... JBL 110 [1991], pp. 117–22). Verses 44–46 are nearly an exact duplication of 49:19–21 except that Babylon is its target rather than Edom. The oracle pictures God like a lion emerging from the thickets of the Jordan into cultivated land where it will pose a danger to civilization. Babylon is the rich pastureland, and God the lion will chase its inhabitants out in a flash. It has no leader (shepherd) who can resist him as he directs the Persian army toward them. Many will die (the young of the flock ...
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Elizabeth Achtemeier
... ’s oracles to his own people (Jer. 46–51; Ezek. 25–32). Here in Amos, however, the prophet begins with the announcement of judgment on the foreign peoples immediately surrounding Israel, and his purpose in doing so is entirely theological. These foreign nations posed no serious threat to Israel’s life in the time of Jeroboam II, although that king may have carried on sporadic border warfare with the Arameans on the northern border of Gilead (1:3) and with the Ammonites on the southern border of ...
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Pamela J. Scalise
... to Joshua and to Zechariah’s audience as men symbolic of things to come, especially God’s promise to bring my servant, the Branch. The audience of the book knows that messianic hopes had not been fulfilled in Zerubbabel. In this verse God answers the question posed in Psalm 89:49, “O Lord, where is your former great love, / which in your faithfulness you swore to David?” As the people wait in hope, they can recognize in the generations of priests serving at the temple a God-given guarantee that the ...
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... from birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me” (Ps. 51:5), surfaces here in the disciples’ initial question and again in the Pharisees’ verdict on the man at the end of their series of interrogations (v. 34). Even though Jesus rejects the alternatives posed by the question and shifts the focus from the cause (i.e., origin) of the man’s affliction to its purpose (v. 3), the fact that the man was not only blind but blind from birth remains a highlight of the narrative. This is what sets ...
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