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Synonyms: thirstiness, dryness, parched, craving, strong desire, longing, yearning, avidity, hunger, voracity, keenness, eagerness, lust, appetite, passion, love, crave, want, covet, desire, hunger for/after, lust for/after, hanker for/after, have one's heart set on

Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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1401. If There is A God, Why Is There Suffering In the World?

Jeremiah 12:1, Romans 8:18-28

Sermon

Charley Reeb

... store because a teen had shoplifted a packet of crackers. The teenager was a 19 year old student, trying to work his way through school, and he didn’t even have money to buy crackers. But he was hungry. However, his guilt was just as strong as his hunger. He returned to the store to report his crime. The store manager called police and that is when Officer Trimberger showed up. So what did the officer do? He didn’t arrest him; he bought him a bag of groceries. The event would’ve gone unnoticed but ...

1402. An Uppity Woman

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

Kristin Borsgard Wee

... who were fighting the war didn't have any, so she felt it wasn't right for her to have it either. Later in life she decided not to wear socks because the children of workers went without them. She identified with people who suffered from war, hunger, unemployment, or anything that keeps people from being free. Simone Weil wrote these words: "The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him or her, 'What are you going through?'" Some probably thought of her as an uppity ...

1403. Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

Mark 8:1-13

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... a shepherd for Israel like Moses or David, as there is in 6:34, 40 (see comments and notes on these verses). Also, though 6:34 emphasizes that Jesus’ compassion leads him to teach the crowds, in 8:2 his concern for the crowd has to do with their hunger exclusively. That is, this account is much more concerned with Jesus providing a miraculous supply for the people. We note again, as in 6:32, 35, the description of the area as a remote or uninhabited place (8:4, see note). This is surely an allusion to the ...

1404. The Crucifixion

Luke 23:26-43

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Craig A. Evans

... the feet were also affixed to the stake with ropes or nails. Because deterrence was a primary objective, the cross was always erected in a public place. Death came slowly, often only after several days, and resulted from the cumulative impact of thirst, hunger, exhaustion, exposure, and the traumatic effects of the scourging. After death the body was usually left hanging on the cross. Because of the protracted suffering and the extreme ignominy of this manner of execution, it was viewed by the Romans as the ...

1405. Future Glory

Romans 8:18-27

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James R. Edwards

... redemption will have to depend on the external agency of Christ. Is not the past century a standing commentary on this verse? Our knowledge leaps exponentially and our problems no less so. Books proliferate and ignorance abounds, harvests increase and hunger spreads, production grows and poverty deepens. Mechanization makes our lives easier but threatens our worth as persons, and the time it saves us reveals only the meaninglessness of life around us. People live longer but fear growing old, they worship ...

1406. The Lord's Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

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Marion L. Soards

... or restates, here. (1) When you come together to eat, wait for each other. From 11:21 one knows that the Corinthians individually or in small groups are going ahead with their meals. (2) In verse 34a, Paul parenthetically separates satiation of hunger from the community meal or celebration, saying, if anyone is hungry, he should eat at home (cf. 11:22). (3) Paul’s advice aims at preventing condemnation (judgment) that would necessarily ensue from a continuation of the inappropriate gathering in which the ...

1407. Job Speaks

Job 3:1-26

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Gerald H. Wilson

... more attractive than living? Because, he says, life is marked only by sighing and groans. These guttural utterances of pain or depression are more common, he says, than the basic necessities of life: food and water. Rather than responding to Job’s hunger by providing food, God supplies “sighing” instead. What Job feared and dreaded has happened. It is not completely clear whether this means that Job’s scrupulous attention to religious detail in the past was motivated in part by the fear that some ...

1408. Job's Third Reply to Eliphaz

Job 23:1--24:25

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Gerald H. Wilson

... comfort. Verse 10 tells us that the poor labor and go hungry; verse 11 tells us that their work does nothing to relieve their thirst. The law demands that even the ox that grinds at the mill should not be muzzled to prevent it from satisfying its hunger by eating as it labors (Deut. 25:4). The poor, however, are not accorded the same dignity and compassion as the animal. The groans of the dying rise from the city. Job brings this section to a close with a clear statement about the consequences of divine ...

1409. Job's Third Reply to Bildad

Job 26:1--31:40

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Gerald H. Wilson

... in the additional note on 6:27 in §17 with regard to widows and orphans). When the eyes . . . grow weary, death is not far away, since the eyes lose their light and focus as life slips away. Lackluster eyes can also be the result of suffering and hunger, with consequent loss of vitality. The NIV chooses a fairly loose translation in verse 17, if I have kept my bread to myself, that captures the general sense of the Hebrew but does not convey the more specific intention. The “bread” is more literally a ...

1410. Holding to the Lord’s Paths Amidst Threatening Stalkers

Psalm 17:1-15

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Craig C. Broyles

... îtām). Instead of the MT’s “from a world” (meḥeled, NIV of this world), we should probably read “make an end” (ḥadal). Instead of whose reward is in this life, a more literal rendering is, “their portion in life.” You still the hunger of those you cherish is a loose paraphrase. This phrase is more literally, “may you fill their belly with what you have stored up.” The Kethib reading (lit. what is “written” in the main text of the MT), ṣepûneka, could be understood positively ...

1411. Ask, Seek, Knock

Matthew 7:7-12

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Robert H. Mounce

... the time of waiting we learn patience, and the intensity of our desire is put to the test. God, through Jeremiah, told the exiles in Babylon, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jer. 29:13). It is those who “hunger and thirst for righteousness” that are satisfied (Matt. 5:6). Jesus now reasons that since earthly fathers who are less than perfect will not mock a child who asks for food, does it not follow that God will give good things to those who ask? Should his son ...

1412. The Pilgrim’s Thirst for God in a Dry and Weary Land

Psalm 63:1-11

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Craig C. Broyles

... will have widespread effects. Verses 9–10 illustrate with a concrete image the protection God grants his own, as sung in verses 7–8. According to the imagery of the psalm, life and death are determined by the satisfying of one’s thirst (v. 1) and hunger (v. 5) at the sanctuary. If this psalm is a set prayer to be sung by pilgrims or their representative, the confession of trust in verses 9–10 offers assurance that any opponents who would try to prevent their access to the temple will not succeed ...

1413. The Rich Young Man

Matthew 19:16-30

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Robert H. Mounce

... account as told in the Gospel According to the Hebrews (a second-century expansion of Matthew mentioned by several early Christian writers). In that account Jesus rebukes him for claiming to love his brother when many of them are “clothed in filth” and “dying of hunger.” When the young man heard from Jesus that in order to reach his goal (to be perfect; Gk. teleios) he would have to sell his possessions and give the money to the poor (v. 21), … he went away sad (v. 22). Unfortunately, he was very ...

1414. The Helper of Those Who Cannot Help Themselves

Psalm 146:1-10

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Craig C. Broyles

... upside down: in his economy, princes are devalued and the marginal in society are given value. The divine name chosen in verse 5 may aim to awaken the memory of how Yahweh proved to be the God of Jacob, the patriarch who similarly experienced “famine” or “hunger” (Hb. rāʿāb, Gen. 42:5; 43:1) and whose son Joseph was a “prisoner” (39:20; 40:3, 5). When Jacob blessed Joseph, he called Yahweh “your father’s God, who helps you” (49:25). 146:10 The closing verse addresses Zion directly with ...

1415. The Crucifixion

Matthew 27:32-44

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Robert H. Mounce

... ) suggest that victims were nailed to the cross beam through the arms (rather than the hands), with the weight of the body borne by a plank nailed to the upright and the feet twisted back so that both heels could be fastened with a single nail. Death normally came from hunger and exhaustion.

1416. Jesus Clears the Temple

Mark 11:12-19

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... spring before the leaves. Since the tree has leaves but no figs it means that it will produce no fruit. The note in verse 13 that it was not the season for figs means that Jesus cannot have expected really to find any ripe figs with which to satisfy his hunger, and that his word in verse 14 is not an impulsive act of pique. Rather, the tree’s leaves promise fruit, but the absence of green fruit means that the tree’s appearance is deceptive. It is this that Jesus uses as a symbol for the temple: it has ...

1417. Blessings and Woes

Luke 6:17-26

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Craig A. Evans

... of the sermon is found in the four “beatitudes” (or blessings) introduced with the adjective blessed (vv. 20–22) and the four “woes” introduced with the interjection woe (vv. 24–26). On the one hand, Jesus teaches his disciples that though they are poor and hunger now, they really are rich because the kingdom of God belongs to them; though they weep and men hate and insult them, the day will come when they will laugh and receive a great reward in heaven. The last part of v. 23 summarizes why ...

1418. Saul and the Witch of Endor

1 Samuel 28:1-25

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Mary J. Evans

... hopelessness. Compounded by lack of food during his clandestine expedition, this led to his collapse. 28:21–25 The woman, perhaps frightened by Saul’s reaction to the night’s events and unable to do anything to relieve his despair, sought to relieve his hunger. The fear that she would be blamed if Saul died at this point must have added force to her persuasive powers. Eventually Saul’s attendants added their voices to hers, and he was persuaded to eat. The meal of meat with unleavened bread is ...

1419. Listening and Doing

James 1:19-27, James 1:1-18

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Peter H. Davids

... s Magnificat (Luke 1:53). A similar theme occurs in 1 Enoch. More importantly, the Lukan beatitudes express it clearly (Luke 6:20–26): 20 Looking at his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23 “Rejoice in that day ...

1420. Faith and Deeds

James 2:14-26, James 2:1-13

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Peter H. Davids

... . 35:10) but also very much a part of the intertestamental period; e.g., 1 Enoch 108:7–15; Psalms of Solomon 5; Gen. Rabba 71:1. See further E. Bammel, “Ptōchos,” TDNT, vol. 6, pp. 895–98; R. Sider, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger (Downers Grove, Ill: Inter-Varsity Press, 1977), pp. 59–86; R. Foster, The Freedom of Simplicity (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981), pp. 15–51. The promise of the kingdom of God to the poor is found throughout the New Testament, e.g., Matt. 5:3, where “poor in ...

1421. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:1-6, James 4:13-17, James 5:7-12, James 5:13-20

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Peter H. Davids

... (October–November) before sowing. After the sowing he waited for the spring, or later, rains (March–April) to ripen the crop. All this time his food supplies were getting lower; it was not uncommon for food to be rationed and the children to be crying from hunger during the month or two before harvest. The later the rains, the worse it was. But with his life in his hands he had to wait for conditions outside his control. 5:8 Christians also must be patient. Like the farmer, the Christian bets his or ...

1422. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:7-12, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:13-20

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

1423. Praying for Endurance and Healing

James 5:13-20, James 4:13-17, James 5:1-6, James 5:7-12

Understanding Series

Peter H. Davids

1424. The Widow of Zarephath

1 Kings 17:7-24

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... presence to hide in an inhospitable area east of the Jordan where, we deduce, there is no normal food supply. God has saved him from Ahab and Jezebel, it is implied (v. 3, cf. 18:4; 19:1–2), but under normal circumstances he will now die of hunger. God is, however, able to provide for him; God controls not just the rain but the whole natural order, including the ravens (v. 4). God is ever present to speak the word (v. 2)—and the word brings life. And so, as the Israelites had once been the beneficiaries ...

1425. Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

2 Kings 8:7-15

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Iain W. Provan

... . We should distinguish this general state of famine from the famine in the city of Samaria (6:25 and 7:4), which seems to be a result of, rather than a circumstance preceding, the siege. The implication is that before the seige the city itself had not been suffering from hunger to the same extent as the rest of the country. 8:4 Gehazi: Why Gehazi is to be found talking with the king is never made apparent. Nor is it clear whether, in spite of the events of ch. 5, he is still the servant of the man of God ...

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