Bible Encyclopedia: Hand: Figurative

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Whether the Ceremonial Precepts have a Literal Cause or Merely a ...
... It shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thy eyes." Therefore
much more did the other ceremonial precepts have none but a figurative reason. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the ceremonial precepts have.htm

Figurative Style of Certain Messianic Prophecies in the Psalms ...
... sword he brandishes is an allegorical one, then the Creator's Christ in the psalm
too may have been girded with the figurative sword of ... Thy right hand," says He ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xiv figurative style of certain.htm

Figurative Speech must not be Taken Literally.
... Chapter 23 [XVI.]"Figurative Speech Must Not Be Taken Literally ... his eyes." Again
you say, that "by tongues are meant jaws, and by finger the hand," because it ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 23 xvi figurative speech must.htm

The Knowledge Both of Language and Things is Helpful for the ...
... of our Lord, when the nets were cast out on the right-hand side of ... numbers are used
in the sacred writings, to convey instruction under a figurative guise, and ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 16 the knowledge both of.htm

Another Foolish Erasure of Marcion's Exposed Certain Figurative ...
... Chapter XVIII."Another Foolish Erasure of Marcion's Exposed Certain Figurative
Expressions of ... not wonder when syllables are expunged by his hand, seeing that ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xviii another foolish erasure of.htm

The Prophet Joel.
... is, in Amos 4:9, represented as an effect of divine anger."[Pg 308]On the other
hand, figurative representations of that kind are of very common occurrence. ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophet joel.htm

The Figurative Language of Scripture.
... if they can show in any given case that his language is figurative, its meaning ...
succession did he solemnly warn his hearers to cut off an offending hand or foot ...
/.../barrows/companion to the bible/chapter xxxv the figurative language.htm

5Hearing This, the Multitude Wished to Seize Manes and Hand Him ...
... On hearing this, the multitude wished to seize Manes and hand him over to ... So Neander
understands it as conveying a figurative description of the two principles ...
/.../55 on hearing this the.htm

Christ Teaches that Faith must Prove Itself by Works. (Matt. xxv. ...
... We cannot fail to see in the "throne," the "right hand," the "left hand," &c., a
figurative drapery, attending and setting off the one fundamental thought. ...
/.../section 259 christ teaches that.htm

Chapter ii.
... Better, it is figurative of "self-laudation and display" (Meyer, Alford, Lange,
etc ... No reference to a counting of the money by the left hand (Paulus, De Wette). ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter ii 2.htm

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Matthew 5:30
And if your right hand offend you, cut it off, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.
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Matthew 18:8
Why if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off, and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
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Mark 9:43
And if your hand offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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Subtopics

Atrophy of the Hand

Hand

Hand in Blessing Children

Hand in Consecration

Hand in Healing

Hand in Ordaining the Levites

Hand in Solemnizing Testimony