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
David J. Williams
... he wished to convert (Deut. 23:1; but cf. Isa. 56:3–8), though he may have preferred, like so many others, to remain a God-fearer (see note on 6:5). There was certainly nothing unusual in such a person visiting Jerusalem to worship (v. 27), and we meet him as he was returning home, beguiling the time by reading what may have been a memento of his visit, a scroll containing part of the Old Testament. 8:29–31 The Ethiopian was traveling only slowly. His chariot was probably not the light war chariot but a ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... ] (cf. also v. 17). Notice also the stress on how boldly he had preached … in the name of Jesus in Damascus, making the point, perhaps, that he had been filled with the Spirit no less than they (see disc. 4:13, 29, 31). This account of Paul’s meeting with the apostles may seem at odds with his own account in Galatians 1:18f., but the differences are more apparent than real and arise from the different objectives of the two writers. It was important for Luke to show that Paul was accepted by the apostles ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... salvation, therefore, lay in his obedience. And notice the reference to their being gathered in the presence of God (v. 33). In a sense, this is true of every situation in life, but never more so than when the gospel is being preached. Those who meet in such circumstances do well to remember the company they keep (cf. Matt. 18:20). 10:34–35 This speech is the first recorded preaching of the Good News to the Gentile world. It must be assumed, of course, that these were almost entirely “devout” people ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... (see Josephus, Antiquities 12.119–124; 2 Macc. 4). Josephus called it the third city of the empire after Rome and Alexandria; others are not so sure that it was not the second. It has been described as “a bastion of Hellenism in the Syriac lands … the inevitable meeting point of the two worlds” (G. Dix, p. 33). This mix of cultures had good and bad results. It gave rise, on the one hand, to the literature and art that won Antioch the praise of Cicero (see Pro Archia 4) but, on the other, to the ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... these things, Luke has used the verb in the imperfect. This may mean that the report was repeated as the two met with different groups scattered throughout the city. But the word church is in the singular. There may have been a number of groups meeting separately, but there was only one church. The final note is quite indefinite, but it probably does mean that they remained in Antioch for a long time (v. 28). Additional Notes 14:22 We must go through many hardships: This has sometimes been classed as ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... now lost) in the hope that either the message or the messenger might bring the church back to loyalty to him. And he could not wait any longer for Titus’ return. Thus, full of anxiety and perhaps also physically ill (2 Cor. 1:8ff.), Paul went to Troas hoping to meet Titus there. Here he preached “the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door” to him there (2 Cor. 2:12; see disc. on 14:27). But his heart was not in it. He could not rest until he had heard from Titus. When Titus failed ...
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... somewhat diminished, but it remained an important center of trade and industry. In honor of its past greatness, the Romans had declared it a free city within the province of Syria. 21:4 Paul used the time spent in unloading the ship to meet with the disciples. His week in Tyre probably included a meeting, as at Troas, for the celebration of the Lord’s Supper (cf. 20:7–12). We need not take his seeming lack of haste to mean that he had given up all hope of reaching Jerusalem in time for Pentecost (cf. 20 ...
2008. Paul Before Agrippa
Acts 25:23--26:32
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... the “apostle to Gentiles.” Festus himself had found no crime in Paul deserving death (v. 25). It was unreasonable, however, that he should send him to Rome without an explanation of the charges against him (v. 27), and he hoped that as a result of this meeting Agrippa could help him to find something to say. It might seem from this that the procurator was not bound to write. But of course he was. A statement of the charges would have had to be sent to the emperor with the appellant. But Festus was ...
2009. Final Greetings
Colossians 4:7-18
Understanding Series
Arthur G. Patzia
... Tim. 4:10). 4:15–16 These verses provide some interesting information about church life in the first century: First, it is another example of early Christians gathering in homes for their meetings (cf. Acts 12:12; 16:40; Rom. 16:5; 1 Cor. 16:19; Philem. 2). It was not until the late third century that Christians began to meet in places expressly set aside for worship. Paul sends his greeting to such a house congregation in Laodicea, which met in Nympha’s home. Second, it shows that the churches enjoyed ...
2010. Final Instructions
1 Thessalonians 5:12-28
Understanding Series
David J. Williams
... Cor. 4:8–11), for God is always there. As in verse 17, so here, there is the implied qualification: “to the Lord.” Compare Paul’s thanksgiving for joy “in the presence of our God” in 3:9. His love and his power give the strength to meet every situation in life. The thanks are not for the circumstances but for the fact that in all circumstances the Lord is there. The same association of thanksgiving with prayer in these verses occurred earlier in 1:2 and reappears in Philippians 4:6. According to ...
2011. Melchizedek the Priest
Hebrews 7:1-10, Hebrews 7:11-28
Understanding Series
Donald A. Hagner
... by its recipients. They are sustained by the continual intercession of Jesus on their behalf. On this point the author is in agreement with Paul (Rom. 8:34; cf. 1 John 2:1). 7:26 The words meets our need are an interpretation of the literal “it was fitting.” The inference that Jesus is able to meet our needs is a correct one, but the emphasis here falls rather upon the superior character of Jesus and hence the superior character of his work, as the following verses show. That he is holy by itself ...
Understanding Series
Donald A. Hagner
... by its recipients. They are sustained by the continual intercession of Jesus on their behalf. On this point the author is in agreement with Paul (Rom. 8:34; cf. 1 John 2:1). 7:26 The words meets our need are an interpretation of the literal “it was fitting.” The inference that Jesus is able to meet our needs is a correct one, but the emphasis here falls rather upon the superior character of Jesus and hence the superior character of his work, as the following verses show. That he is holy by itself ...
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... setting behind a red-leafed or berried bush, etc.) is beside the point. Rather, this miracle hints at the pillar of fire of God’s presence in the exodus and the fire of the “dwelling” (Shekinah) glory that would later descend on the tent of meeting and the tabernacle. Moses turned in verse 3 to see. The rabbis said that God’s presence was lowly to make possible a personal encounter with Moses. (This theophanic move foreshadows incarnation.) When the LORD saw that he turned to look, God called to him ...
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... would be with his mouth, and Moses would speak to Aaron. Aaron would speak for him, at least until Moses grew into God’s original plan for him to speak himself. In the second half of Exodus 4 Moses moves closer to his first meeting with Pharaoh through five brief, but significant, encounters. Additional Notes 4:1 On the Lord’s willingness to develop new strategies in relation to Moses’ concerns and the real openness of the future because of the uncertainty of human behavior, see Fretheim, Exodus, pp ...
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... This third narrative closes with the hope that the Lord’s reputation, built at the sea, would cause the nations they are soon to meet to be as still (“silent”) as a stone. Joshua 2:9–11 records this kind of effect (see also Num. 22:3). This ... hands established (v. 17) These look forward to both Mt. Sinai (Horeb) and Mt. Zion (Jerusalem). At Sinai the people would meet the Lord and receive instructions for building the tabernacle, which means “dwelling.” This dwelling of the Lord moved with them to ...
2016. The Table
Exodus 25:23-30
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
I Will Dwell Among Them: Table · The Lord instructed Moses to make a table, a lampstand, and an incense altar. The ark and its covering were the only items in the holiest place of the tent of meeting. The table, lampstand, and incense altar were the only furnishings in the holy forecourt of the tent, providing light, food, and good fragrance. The table had plates, dishes, pitchers, and bowls that likely held the bread, incense, oil for the lamps, and probably wine for the daily libation (29:40). ...
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... 30 includes instructions essential to priestly service in the tabernacle: making the gold incense altar for the tent of meeting (vv. 1–10); collecting the tabernacle census tax (vv. 11–16); making the bronze basin for the courtyard (vv. 17 ... the entrance to the ark of the Testimony, the Ten Commandments, and the atonement cover. It was also one of the sensory aspects of meeting with the Lord (v. 7). The text does not describe incense as a means of prayer, but it has been traditionally understood as a ...
2018. The Golden Calf
Exodus 32:1-33:6
Understanding Series
James K. Bruckner
... and God relents concerning the disaster C 32:15–29 Confrontations through Moses’ leadership D 32:30–35 The plague: Will God forgive them? D′ 33:1–6 God will not go with them. How will the Lord be present? C′ 33:7–11 Face to face: Tent of meeting B′ 33:12–17 Moses intercedes again and God decides to dwell with Israel A′ 33:18–23 God’s glory: God will be gracious Exodus 34 provides for Israel’s restitution and future with the Lord. The self-revelation of God occurs in a new way in ...
Understanding Series
J. Gordon Harris
... dies without a son. Two requirements qualify daughters for inheriting their father’s land: the father must not disqualify his claim by joining in a rebellion, and the daughters must marry inside their father’s tribe (Num. 36:1–11). These daughters meet both conditions. They argue that their father had not committed treason with the sons of Korah. As well, Zelophehad’s daughters married cousins on their father’s side (Num. 36:11). The inheritance, therefore, went to the daughters and so remained in ...
2020. Othniel
Judges 3:7-11
Understanding Series
Cheryl A. Brown
... stories are clearly brought together within a common framework created by the Deuteronomic editor to drive home his message about Israel’s downward spiral of sin and God’s unfathomable and unfailing grace that meets their sin at every point. One interesting feature of Othniel’s story is that we do not meet him here for the first time; we have already gotten a glimpse of him in action (1:13–14), though hardly so. He is presented as the paradigmatic judge. Significantly, the elements commonly found ...
2021. Deborah
Judges 4:1-24
Understanding Series
Cheryl A. Brown
... now lying motionless on the ground and Jael standing over him, the hammer still in her hand, all movement of the story has stopped, the action frozen, as it were. But quickly it picks up again as Barak rushes by in pursuit of Sisera. Once again, Jael went out to meet a man passing by her tent. And once again she invited a man in. Just when we might begin to get a little uncomfortable, not knowing if the same fate awaited Barak, Jael added, I will show you the man you’re looking for. So once again, a man ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... but not consummated with expected divine blessing, and this tension underlies Nehemiah’s prayer. As Zechariah had intimated about sixty years before, the condition for full restoration was a spiritual return to God in repentance (Zech. 1:2–6). Nehemiah strove to meet this condition representatively in his prayer. In verse 10 Nehemiah ventured to argue that God was committed to the covenant people as a master to his servants (the “Lord” of v. 11), and so God was obliged to help them. Comparison with ...
2023. Ezra Reads the Law
Neh 7:73b–8:18
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... in an open square near the Water Gate on the east side of the city, a little down the slope and inside the line of the old wall that Nehemiah discarded (3:26). Not only did the adult males of the community attend the meeting, as in Ezra 10:9, but also their wives and children old enough to understand. Verse 3 summarizes Ezra’s six-hour reading of the Torah, and then verses 4–8 describe it in more detail. Persons identified by name but not by their social status or their role on ...
Understanding Series
Leslie C. Allen
... , perhaps blocked by the satrapy treasurer. Exodus 30:11–16 set a precedent in the Torah for this new prescription, stipulating a tax of half a shekel for the sanctuary at the time of a census. Here this becomes an annual tax to meet contemporary needs. “For the service of the Tent of Meeting” in Exodus 30:16 now becomes for the service of the house of our God. Verse 33 carefully defines how the funds are used to maintain the ongoing routine of temple worship. 10:34 The fifth clause is an example of a ...
Understanding Series
Timothy S. Laniak
... falling”; he is falling before Mordecai. Haman’s “rise” to power in 3:1 was “over” the other officials. Mordecai’s rise to power will be at the expense of Haman’s. Power is a limited commodity in the Persian court. In Haman’s earlier meeting with his family and friends, there was a shared sense of happiness over what would take place before the queen’s banquet. The events of the day destabilized Haman’s position and shook any merriment out of him. Before he could absorb the impact of ...
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