The people are getting ready to meet with God, receive the Law from him, and enter into a covenant with him. All of this required mediation and preparation.

19:1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. ... 19:2 The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple ...

If a high priest, he was highly connected in Jerusalem (cf. Act 5:24). Some MSS. have ruler instead of priest. His name may be Latin in origin. Skeuā has Doric ...

19:15 “The Lord God of Israel who rules over all ... book of Jeremiah where incidents in his ... They were more commonly allies of Israel and Judah than enemies.

29:1 The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left ...

But no one has invited me into their home. 19:19 We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, ...

19:1 “And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel, 19:2 and say: “'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; ...

[19:26] tn The Hebrew phrase is “and from my flesh.” This could mean “without my flesh,” i.e., separated from my flesh, or “from my flesh,” i.e., in or with my ...

1:19 Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?