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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Marion L. Soards
... the word “sign” seems neutral. It refers to a clear indication of God’s presence, power, and will. Nevertheless, exactly what such a “sign” means is determined only in context. One can find “signs” (NIV: “distinguishing mark”) or indicators of God’s approval and disapproval, of salvation and wrath—as one would expect in Paul’s apocalyptic-eschatological point of view. Thus, it is best to allow the text of 1 Corinthians 14 to inform us of the meaning of the word “sign.” According ...
977. 144,000 Sealed
Revelation 7:1-8
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Robert W. Wall
... the seal of the living God to place on the foreheads of the servants of our God, whom we have already identified as a remnant of Christian martyrs, even though their description is true of all believers (cf. 5:10).Surely the seal symbolizes divine approval, even as it symbolized political legitimacy in the ancient world. More to the point, however, is the act of sealing which marks them as a people for God’s redemption (cf. Eph. 1:13–14). The purpose of this moratorium from wrath, then, is to assure ...
978. The Trumpets
Revelation 8:6--9:21
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Robert W. Wall
... of the Abyss. The nature of the descending star is debated, although most modern scholars agree that it is angelic. Like that great angel of destruction, “Wormwood” (8:10–11), this angelic star also comes from heaven on a mission of destruction. Its mission is apparently approved by God since it is given the key, which suggests divine sanction (cf. Matt. 16:19; Rev. 3:7). There is a certain interplay between this angel’s role in opening up the Abyss to release its terrors, and that of the angel who ...
979. The Fall of Babylon
Revelation 18:1-24
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Robert W. Wall
... is sovereign over the affairs of nations. In John’s world, Rome’s political greatness led to its arrogant refusal to submit its aims and purposes to the will of God and to its choosing instead the emperor cultus as the true and approved religion of God. Babylon’s functional atheism is detected in the economic sphere as well. There the merchants of the earth profited from excessive luxuries. The word for excessive (strenos) occurs only here in the NT and lacks any precise equivalent elsewhere. Beckwith ...
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W. H. Bellinger, Jr.
... is available for use, while the unclean breaches the Priestly boundaries and is thus to be avoided as anathema. In these verses God addresses Aaron directly and alludes to instruction given to the Israelites through Moses. Aaron is moving toward full approval as the high priest and mediator. 10:12–15 The rest of this chapter continues with loosely related injunctions for the priests. The material recalls the content of chapters 6–7 and 9, in particular regarding grain and fellowship offerings. This ...
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Mary J. Evans
... to happen in the future was viewed differently from the attempt to discern God’s will for the present. 15:24 Saul failed to recognize the responsibility of the king as God’s regent to direct the people to follow God. By seeking the approval of the people rather than leading them to obey God Saul abdicates as king. D. V. Edelman (King Saul in the Historiography of Judah [JSOTSup 121; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991], p. 321) makes some perceptive points relating to this issue. Saul continues as ...
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Mary J. Evans
... of their livelihood for the next year. Such action could not be tolerated. The situation was different from previous sorties when David had been working directly as Saul’s representative, and it was important to ensure that his actions had God’s approval. Therefore he inquired of the LORD. His makeshift army was understandably wary of moving from the relative security of the Judean hills back into territory where the Philistines had retained control. David did not ignore the fears of his men. He sought ...
983. Jesus at the Temple
Matthew 21:12-17
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Robert H. Mounce
... , Women, and Gentiles. The entire temple area was designated as the hieron. It was in the outer court that the temple authorities arranged booths (called the Bazaars of Annas and belonging to the family of the high priest) to provide animals approved for sacrifice and to exchange foreign currency for coins acceptable for paying the half-shekel temple tax (cf. 17:24). Because most local coins were stamped with pagan symbols, they were not acceptable. Rabbinic tradition held that the temple tax should ...
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William Nelson
... to the guilty individual (Deut. 24:16; 2 Kgs. 14:1–6); this was affirmed by Jeremiah and Ezekiel as well (Jer. 31:29–30; Ezek. 18). According to those passages, the wives and children should not have been killed. Nevertheless, the biblical writer may have approved of this retribution. If so, it does not mean that readers today must agree; it is appropriate to be outraged at the slaughter of the innocents. Some Christians would go even further to argue that in the light of Jesus Christ, we should have a ...
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Larry W. Hurtado
... tragic history of anti-Jewish feeling that has characterized too many periods of Christianity. Mark goes so far as to portray the crowd as favorable to Jesus, making it more difficult for the religious establishment to take action against him (v. 12). Though Mark plainly approved of the gospel being preached to Gentiles (e.g., 13:10) and was critical of the religious practices of Judaism (e.g., 7:1–4), he was not anti-Jewish and must have intended his readers to attribute the rejection of Jesus by Israel ...
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Craig A. Evans
... s preaching and in accepting his baptism for the remission of sins, people were acknowledging what God had done to establish righteousness in the world of human beings and to enable them to attain it in his sight. Their actions, in effect, rendered a verdict of approval on God’s plan of salvation” (p. 676). 7:32 We played the flute … we sang a dirge: Playing the flute and dancing probably allude to the celebration at a wedding. It is a happy and festive occasion. Singing a dirge and weeping allude to ...
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Craig A. Evans
... out the sellers and money changers. Indeed, quite possibly Jesus’ action not only did not provoke antagonism from most of the religious figures (although his action surely was upsetting to the merchants), but it may have actually been looked upon with secret approval. Seen in this light, it becomes understandable how Jesus could assault the temple and then not only escape arrest but continue teaching in the temple precincts. 19:47–48 Following his dramatic entry, Jesus began to teach every day in the ...
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Craig A. Evans
... time there would be a resurrection which would bring about the reunion of soul and body. (Perhaps this is how Paul’s statements in 2 Cor. 5:8 and 1 Thess. 4:13–17 are to be harmonized.) The effect of his answer is seen in the approving response of some of the teachers of the law, who no doubt were pleased that the Sadducees had been answered so well. Additional Notes 20:27 Sadducees: The name is apparently derived from Zadok (2 Sam. 8:17). “They were priestly and lay aristocrats” (Fitzmyer, p. 1303 ...
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Craig A. Evans
... to him by the disciples were examples of what he had actually been talking about. Had Jesus actually advocated armed combat two swords could scarcely have been “enough” (although one will be enough in 22:49–50!). Moreover, had Jesus’ remark been one of approval, then we might have expected his reply to be in the plural, “They are enough.” On the contrary, Jesus’ answer must be seen as a word of frustration whereby he cut the conversation short. Jesus may have intended his comment to be tinged ...
990. Saul Pursues David
1 Samuel 23:7-29
Understanding Series
Mary J. Evans
... of their livelihood for the next year. Such action could not be tolerated. The situation was different from previous sorties when David had been working directly as Saul’s representative, and it was important to ensure that his actions had God’s approval. Therefore he inquired of the LORD. His makeshift army was understandably wary of moving from the relative security of the Judean hills back into territory where the Philistines had retained control. David did not ignore the fears of his men. He sought ...
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James M. Scott
... 5). The NIV translates verse 9b to see if you would stand the test. A more literal translation would be “in order that I might know your character” (cf. Phil. 2:22). Paul was subjecting the Corinthians’ character to examination and approval, by seeing whether they would comply with his directive to punish the offender and thereby reaffirm Paul’s apostolic authority. Whereas in the previous context Paul has been handling accusations leveled against his own character by the Corinthians, Paul now turns ...
992. Faith and Deeds
James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13
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Peter H. Davids
... James does, except to refute such a separation (e.g., Rom. 6–8). Therefore, though Paul uses “alone” with ritual works (Rom. 4:16), James uses it with faith to show its illegitimate total separation from action. James’ point is that God will not approve a person just because he or she is very orthodox or can pass a test in systematic theology. He will declare someone righteous only if this faith is such that the person acts on it and produces the natural result of commitment, obedient action. With ...
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James K. Bruckner
... of the golden calf. By building the tabernacle they participated in the restoration of hope. These chapters tell the truth about the dependence of love and reconciliation on mutual labor and attention to detail. The Lord met the excellent work of the people with approval, “moving into” their camp to “tabernacle” in their midst. Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting. Moses had to wait for an invitation to enter and speak with the Lord, as on the mountain (24:15–16). God gives this invitation in ...
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Christopher J. H. Wright
... the literary account of the request in 1 Samuel obviously echoes the Deuteronomic phraseology, the Deuteronomic law is not itself negative or hostile to the people’s request. There is no harm in asking. The people ask other things of God that meet with approval (e.g., 12:20; 18:16f.). If the request for a king had been intrinsically incompatible with theocracy, it would doubtless have received a resounding rejection in the language of chapter 7. Yahweh is Israel’s supreme judge, but that does not rule ...
995. Law Courts
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
... the literary account of the request in 1 Samuel obviously echoes the Deuteronomic phraseology, the Deuteronomic law is not itself negative or hostile to the people’s request. There is no harm in asking. The people ask other things of God that meet with approval (e.g., 12:20; 18:16f.). If the request for a king had been intrinsically incompatible with theocracy, it would doubtless have received a resounding rejection in the language of chapter 7. Yahweh is Israel’s supreme judge, but that does not rule ...
996. The King
Deuteronomy 17:14-20
Understanding Series
Christopher J. H. Wright
... the literary account of the request in 1 Samuel obviously echoes the Deuteronomic phraseology, the Deuteronomic law is not itself negative or hostile to the people’s request. There is no harm in asking. The people ask other things of God that meet with approval (e.g., 12:20; 18:16f.). If the request for a king had been intrinsically incompatible with theocracy, it would doubtless have received a resounding rejection in the language of chapter 7. Yahweh is Israel’s supreme judge, but that does not rule ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... representation of the Israel of God. 6:6–12 The text continues with the actual letter, with its direct address to Tattenai and his “inspectors” (REB). The edict of Cyrus was allowed to stand, and Tattenai’s policy of noninterference (5:5) was approved, with the added ruling that the investigation was not to be continued. There is a happy contrast with the experience of 4:24, where a (later) royal command stopped the Jerusalem building program (4:21, 23). Not only was an administrative stoppage ...
998. The Passover
Ezra 6:19-22
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... representation of the Israel of God. 6:6–12 The text continues with the actual letter, with its direct address to Tattenai and his “inspectors” (REB). The edict of Cyrus was allowed to stand, and Tattenai’s policy of noninterference (5:5) was approved, with the added ruling that the investigation was not to be continued. There is a happy contrast with the experience of 4:24, where a (later) royal command stopped the Jerusalem building program (4:21, 23). Not only was an administrative stoppage ...
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Timothy S. Laniak
... to eradicate people who were “not in the king’s best interest to tolerate,” that is, “if it pleases the king.” Esther is also taking advantage of the conventions of the court to promote her own cause without the king’s awareness but with his formal approval. 5:9–14 Haman left happy and in high spirits (v. 9) after the first banquet with the good news that he was included in this private banquet with the royal couple. Yet seeing Mordecai’s insolence once again at the gate triggers his anger ...
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John Goldingay
... involved. The Preacher has recently taken up some of the Ambassador’s scathing words in 1:10–20, and these included Yahweh’s anger at prayers that were made without effective action to ensure that the society was the kind of which Yahweh approved. Suppose that the community consisted of the sort of people we have been reading about, living in true continuity with that presupposed by the Ambassador. Putting prayers on their lips is then to risk making their situation worse (as happened in connection ...
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