Questionable: Isa. [[9:5|bible.23.9.5]] (?);
"Some have ground great difficulty in the references to armor, buckler, shield, sword and helmet, but even in our day of advanced weapons of warfare it is interesting to learn that in some parts of the world conflict is going on with primitive weapons. (And how else could an ancient writer have described warfare? They knew nothing of planes and guns.)"
Ref-0171, p. 221.
"Jewish marriage included a number of steps: first, bretrothal (which involved the prospective groom's traveling from his father's house to the home of the prospective bride, paying the purchase price, and thus establishing the marriage covenant); second, the groom's returning to his father's house (which meant remaining separate from his bride for 12 months, during which time he prepared the living accommodations for his wife in his father's house); third, the groom's coming for his bride at a time not known exactly to her; fourth, his return with her to the groom's father's house to consummate the marriage and to celebrate the wedding feast for the next seven days (during which the bride remained closeted in her bridal chamber)."
Ref-0079, p. 67. "First, the father of the groom made the arrangements for the marriage and paid the bride price [Acts [[20:28|bible.65.20.28]]; Eph. [[5:25-27|bible.70.5.25]]]. The timing of the arrangement varied. Sometimes it occurred when both children were small, and at other times it was a year before the marriage itself. Often the bride and groom did not even meet until their wedding day. The second step, which occurred a year or more after the first step, was the fetching of the bride. The bridegroom would go to the home of the bride in order to bring her to his home [John [[14:3|bible.64.14.3]]; 1Th. [[4:13-18|bible.73.4.13]]]. In connection with this step, two other things should be noted. First, it was the father of the groom who determined the timing [Mtt. [[24:36|bible.61.24.36]]]. Second, prior to the groom's leaving to fetch the bride, he must already have a place prepared for her as their abode [John [[14:2|bible.64.14.2]]]. This was followed by the third step, the wedding ceremony, to which a few would be invited [Rev. [[19:7|bible.87.19.7]]]. Prior to the wedding ceremony, the bride underwent a ritual immersion for ritual cleansing [1Cor. [[3:12-15|bible.67.3.12]]; Rev. [[19:7-8|bible.87.19.7]]]. The fourth step, the marriage feast, would follow and could last for as many as seven days. Many more people would be invited to the feast than were to the marriage ceremony [Mtt. [[22:1-14|bible.61.22.1]]; Mtt. [[25:1-13|bible.61.25.1]]]. In the Marriage of the Lamb all four of these steps of the Jewish wedding ceremony are evident." pp. 162-163. See
Ref-0220, pp.164-169 for an extensive treatment with references.
[[HebrewStrongs:h7620]] - shabuwa "Each year of [the Babylonian] captivity represented one seven-year cycle in which the seventh or Sabbath year had not been observed. Thus it is clear that the context refers to years, not days."
Ref-0044, p. 118. "the Hebrew word shabua is found only in one other passage of the book (Dan. [[10:2-3|bible.27.10.2]]), where the prophet states that he mourned and fasted 'three full weeks.' Now here it is perfectly obvious that the context demains 'weeks' of days. . . And significantly, the Hebrew here reads literally 'three sevens of days.' Now if in the ninth chapter, the writer intended us to understand that the 'seventy sevens' are composed of days, why did he not use the same form of expression adopted in chapter ten?"
Ref-0050, p. 243 quoting McClain. "There are four good reasons for believing that the “seven” intended here is a period of seven years: (1) Daniel has just been concerned about years (vv. Dan. [[9:1-2|bible.27.9.1]]). (2) It is impossible to fit the events of verses 24–27 into 490 days or weeks. (3) In the only other place where Daniel uses the word week, he qualifies it by adding the word days (Dan. [[10:2-3|bible.27.10.2]]). (4) Finally, the fact that verse 27 speaks of a covenant being broken at the half-way point of the seventieth seven agrees well with Dan. [[7:25|bible.27.7.25]], Dan. [[7:12|bible.27.7.12]]:Dan. [[7:7|bible.27.7.7]], and Rev. [[12:14|bible.87.12.14]], which speak of three-and-one-half years as one-half of a week."
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"Wesley had been seeking to lead a methodical life of devotion (origin of the word 'Methodist'). After studying theology at Oxford, he set out to do missionary work in America, although he had not yet come to any assurance of his own salvation. But on May 24, 1738, God spoke to him two different times through verses from the Bible (2Pe. [[1:4|bible.82.1.4]] and Ps. [[130:1-8|bible.19.130.1]]). He said that that evening he went very unwillingly to a meeting on Aldersgate Street, where someone was reading Luther's preface to the epistle to the Romans. 'About a quarter before nine,' he wrote, 'while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone, for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.'"
Ref-0060, p. 288.
Ref-0025, p. 283.
"As you move through the entrance to the tunnel itself, a huge stone section of the Western Wall is visible. This section of wall, named by scholars the Master Course, contains one of the largest building stones ever discovered in Israel. . . Of Herodian origin, it is 40 feet long, ten feet in height and depth, and weighs approximately 458 tons. By comparison, the largest stone in the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza weighs only 20 tons."
Ref-0144, p. 140.