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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Understanding Series
Donald A. Hagner
... v. 9)—is now accomplished through Christ. For “conscience,” see note on 9:9. An equal number of key manuscripts read “your consciences,” but since the author reserves the second person for his exhortation sections, the reading our consciences is to be preferred. “Acts that lead to death” stands in stark contrast to the service of the living God. The latter is a common Hebraic manner of speaking of God (e.g., Matt. 16:16; 26:63; 2 Cor. 3:3; 1 Tim. 3:15; 4:10; Rev. 15:7; cf. Heb. 3:12; 10:31; 12 ...
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Norman Hillyer
... :23), whereby Christians have been brought into the divine family and thus share in all that such a relationship means (2:4–7). Furthermore, believers are a royal priesthood and a holy nation, phrases quoted from Exodus 19:6; 23:22 LXX, which promise such a standing before God to those who are loyal to his covenant. The priesthood here spoken of is one applying to all Peter’s readers, that is, to believers in general (not to a hierarchy of a select few set apart), as in verse 5, where Christian priestly ...
Understanding Series
Norman Hillyer
... draw upon it (1 Cor. 10:13). On a more positive note, God can make us, frail and liable to sin as we are, fit to stand in his glorious presence without fault, amōmos. The Greek word is a sacrificial term and applied in the OT to perfect animals suitable to be ... in the NT: John 10:28–29, “no one can snatch them out of my hand”; Rom. 14:4, “the Lord is able to make him stand”; 1 Pet. 1:5, “who through faith are shielded (tērein) by God’s power.” See also Eph. 3:20; 2 Tim. 1:12; Heb. 7 ...
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... first against the Egyptians who had struck the Israelites. If it was not Moses’ intention to kill, his action can be interpreted as a sign of his anticipation of the intervening hand of God. If it was his intention to kill the Egyptian, the narrative itself stands against the action as a premature anticipation (see v. 14). In the exodus from Egypt God, and only God, had the right to give or take life. Moses showed in this encounter that he had the courage and desire to deliver the oppressed. He was filled ...
1755. Crossing the Sea
Exodus 13:17--14:31
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... . . . fighting for them against Egypt. The Lord often fought for the people from a storm cloud (v. 24). The clouds were God’s chariot, riding on the wings of the wind (Pss. 18:9–14; 104:3). The Lord fought using the elements of nature against which no army could stand (1 Sam. 7:10; Judg. 5:4–5, 20–21). The Lord’s third action had Moses stretch out his hand staff so that at daybreak the sea went back to its place. The repeated mention of the flow of water in verses 26–28 helps us to picture it ...
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... resolving the quarrel and its deeper issues of belief and witness. The elders, who the text has not mentioned since the selection of the Passover lamb, begin to play an increasingly important role (18:12; 19:7; 24:1, 9, 14). They support Moses by standing with him before the people. Consolidating his base of support, they become witnesses to the provision of water. In the midst of providing, protecting, and creating a new people, the Lord’s risk was that some would not believe. The people remained free to ...
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J. Gordon Harris
... not always follow the rules of Deuteronomy 7 or 20. Instructions are given before each battle, and the soldiers are accountable to follow only those. Obedience is not always gauged by the rules of Deuteronomy. In some ways, Joshua modifies the rules and stands in tension with the ideals of Deuteronomy. As the narrative describes the battles, notice the variation in application of the devoted rules to the victories of the tribes. Additional Notes 5:1–6:27 Kings along the coast heard: The account of Joshua ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... they had a symbolic center that covered them with an aura defining them as the people of God. So it is not surprising that Israel occurs twice in verses 16–17, and the God of Israel twice in verses 21–22. In verse 16, Israel stands for all the returned exiles in their religious and lay groupings. As in 2:1–2, continuity with preexilic Israel had taken an exilic detour. Historically the returnees comprised only three tribes—Judah, Benjamin, and Levi—but for the narrator they were the essential ...
1759. Bread Upon the Water
Ecclesiastes 9:13--12:8
Understanding Series
Elizabeth Huwiler
... for those with social power to use it badly (9:17; 10:5). On the other hand, 10:6 implies that fools and the rich are a contrasting pair. Thus, folly is properly associated with poverty and wisdom with wealth. Further, 10:16–17 correlate social standing with decorous behavior. In any case, a king or ruler’s power is such that the prudent one will be circumspect not only in behavior (10:4) but even in thought and solitary speech (10:20). Throughout this section, there is an advantage to wisdom, skill ...
Understanding Series
Tremper Longman III
... tall and 18 feet around. On top of the pillars were capitals that themselves were seven and a half feet tall and carefully designed like lilies. It is uncertain whether these pillars were connected to the temple structure or free standing, but their removal would be psychologically staggering. After all, they were named Jakin (“he establishes”) and Boaz (“by strength”), names that would indicate establishment. The Sea was equally formidable and symbolically significant (1 Kgs. 7:23–26). It was a ...
Understanding Series
Elizabeth Achtemeier
... 13). God’s work—and ours; both are necessary for salvation. According to this passage in Joel, and indeed, throughout the Scriptures, is it only because of the character of our God that we have this possibility of turning and transformation, and finally of standing in the day of the Lord. We can return to God from our apostasy, according to verse 13, only because God is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. We do not deserve God’s acceptance of our turning, but God receives ...
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Elizabeth Achtemeier
... Lord given to Micah concerned Samaria and Jerusalem, the capital cities of the north and south. The capitals, however, are intended to stand for their entire kingdoms. While Micah’s ministry is carried on in the south, in Jerusalem, and while he has only one ... v. 4), verse 7. The NIV reads temple gifts instead of the Hebrew text’s “harlot’s hires,” but the latter stands in parallelism with images, verse 7a, and the thought is that the pagan idols have been manufactured with money secured from payment ...
1763. Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
Habakkuk 2:2-20, Habakkuk 1:12--2:1
Understanding Series
John Goldingay
... task is to discern, by means of a more far-seeing form of perception, when Yahweh is bringing trouble and to warn the city so it can respond by changing its ways so that Yahweh may relent (e.g., Ezek. 3:17–21; 33:1–20). Habakkuk is thus standing at his watch like a lookout. But there the metaphor breaks down, because he is not waiting to discover what will happen but waiting to discover how Yahweh will respond to his questioning (it breaks down in a different way in Isa. 62:6–7, where the metaphorical ...
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Pamela J. Scalise
... battle, the promise of theophany follows. On that day, having gone out from the heavenly court, the Lord’s feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. The elders of Israel had seen the Lords “feet” above them as they ... rivers flowing out of the garden of Eden are also part of the biblical background of verse 8 here. The temple had a large source of standing water, the bronze sea, and the city had one constant spring that flows to this day, the Gihon. Zechariah 13:1 has already promised a ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... in my hands, like I was going to start crying. I heard somebody come up to me, and it was little Timmy Berra, Yogi’s boy, standing there next to me. He tapped me on the knee, nice and soft, and I figured he was going to say something nice to me--you know ... But then his comedy fell out of favor and he was forced into retirement. After retiring, it’s said that Sam Mayo would stand outside of music halls listening to the applause given to other performers and tears would run down his cheeks. (3) We read that ...
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King Duncan
... it to church. I’m a law abiding citizen. What more do you want out of me?” Christ is asking for much more. He is calling us to a life of service. He is calling us to make a difference in someone’s life. He is calling us take a stand, to make a witness in our homes, in our personal relationships, on the job, in our civic and political affairs. There is no middle ground. It is a matter of personal integrity. It is a matter of saying “yes” to Christ--of making a personal commitment of our life to ...
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J. Ramsey Michaels
... Jesus can say: “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going.… I pass judgment on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me” (8:14, 16; contrast 5:31). Jesus’ words are self-authenticating precisely because they are not his own. They are words that the Father commanded him to speak (cf. Deut. 18:18). Sandwiched between Jesus’ final references to the testimony of the ...
Understanding Series
J. Ramsey Michaels
... ). The terms of the discussion are almost totally changed. It is not a question of what Moses did in the time of the Exodus but of what God is doing right now. It is not a question of manna from the sky but of a flesh-and-blood person who stands before them—Jesus, the son of Joseph (cf. v. 42). Jesus does not merely give bread (or a miraculous sign) from heaven. He is that bread; in all that he says and does, he is God’s miraculous sign. The crowd, not ready to grasp this distinction, still asks him ...
1769. Jesus Prays for His Disciples
John 17:1-5, John 17:6-19, John 17:20-26
Understanding Series
J. Ramsey Michaels
... to the larger group as well. Verses 20–23 simply make the extension explicit and bring to particular focus for the church the themes of unity and mission. The transition from the disciples to the later church is made inevitable by the fact that the prayer stands within a Gospel. Its primary theme must be Jesus and the disciples as they appeared on the stage of history, yet at the same time there must be bridges from this past history to the Gospel writer’s own day and his own churches. Usually these ...
Understanding Series
J. Ramsey Michaels
... this point until Pilate places the inscription “Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews” on Jesus’ cross and insists that it stand as written (19:19–22). The title king of the Jews occurs first in Pilate’s opening question to Jesus (v. ... 41; 15:22), but he pronounces Caiaphas, and those he represents, guilty of a greater sin (v. 11b). The reason is not that they stand outside God’s sovereignty but that (as they are seen in this Gospel) they are arrayed on the other side altogether, with their “ ...
Understanding Series
F. F. Bruce
... practice and teaching alike. Christ endured the cross to free believers from sin and to reconcile them to God (Rom. 6:7; 2 Cor. 5:18–21); those who deliberately indulge in sin and repudiate the will of God deny all that the cross of Christ stands for. Paul had warned the Philippian Christians against such people before—whether by word of mouth or in writing we cannot say. If he now repeats his warning, it is because he knows it to be necessary. Such people were exerting their influence in many churches ...
1772. God’s Love and Ours
1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1-12
Understanding Series
Thomas F. Johnson
... of love, and in so doing he lays the fourth stone in the foundation of support for the community’s confidence in their spiritual standing. They can be confident because they are loved. This is something they have come to know (perfect tense, egnōkamen) and have come ... the writer’s eight This is how we know statements (2:3, 5; 3:16, 19, 24; 4:2, 13). They reassure the readers of their spiritual standing before God (we know him, 2:3; we are in him 2:5; we belong to the truth, 3:19; he lives in us, 3:24; we ...
Understanding Series
Thomas F. Johnson
... Their lives reflect the truth, both in doctrine (i.e., they accept Jesus as having come in the flesh, 2 John 7) and in practice (they love one another, 2 John 5–6; 3 John 5). If this truth, which is opposed by the schismatics, could stand up and testify, it would approve Demetrius as a friend and brother. Demetrius is also well known to the Elder himself and to his community, probably meaning the home-base church in Ephesus (see the Introduction for more on the historical background to these letters). The ...
1774. Adam and Eve
Genesis 2:4-25
Understanding Series
John E. Hartley
... from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (3:6–8) C′ God interrogates the man and the woman (3:9–13) B′ God pronounces punishments (3:14–21) A′ God expels the couple from the garden (3:22–24) At the center (D) stands the report of these humans’ deciding to disobey God. The interchange among the man, the woman, and the serpent provides dramatic movement, and it captures how motivation to disobey God rises from an inversion of the order of responsibility that God had established. In act ...
1775. The Flood
Genesis 6:1-8:22
Understanding Series
John E. Hartley
... ) D The waters rise (7:17–24) E God remembers Noah (8:1a) D′ The waters recede (8:1b–5) C′ The waters dry up (8:6–14) B′ God instructs Noah to leave the ark (8:15–19) A′ Noah sacrifices (8:20–22) God’s remembrance of Noah stands at the center (8:1a) of this arrangement. This pattern also augments the theme of the ebb and flow of the waters (Wenham, Genesis 1–15, p. 157). 6:9–10 Noah’s toledoth heads the account of the cataclysmic flood. Verse 9 identifies him as a righteous man ...
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