{"query": "Easton: Conversion", "count": 15, "results": [{"id": "card_n_f816e9c29cca", "title": "Easton: Conversion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The turning of a sinner to God (Acts 15:3). In a general sense the heathen are said to be “converted” when they abandon heathenism and embrace the Christian faith; and in a more special sense men are "}, {"id": "card_c_d65367aec8c9", "title": "Easton: Conversion cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 15:3; Acts 26:18 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_898a0c5c4bf7", "title": "Easton: Jailer", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(of Philippi), Acts 16:23. The conversion of the Roman jailer, a man belonging to a class “insensible as a rule and hardened by habit, and also disposed to despise the Jews, who were the bearers of th"}, {"id": "card_n_474eaa131e95", "title": "Easton: Sabeans", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Descendants of Seba (Gen. 10:7); Africans (Isa. 43:3). They were “men of stature,” and engaged in merchandise (Isa. 45:14). Their conversion to the Lord was predicted (Ps. 72:10). This word, in Ezek. "}, {"id": "card_c_eb94b1837eff", "title": "Easton: Conversion references Lydia", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Lydia (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_2a7e6c9af5eb", "title": "Easton: Conversion references Paul", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Paul (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_46c9467e1e21", "title": "Easton: Stephanas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Crown, a member of the church at Corinth, whose family were among those the apostle had baptized (1 Cor. 1:16; 16:15, 17). He has been supposed by some to have been the “jailer of Philippi” (comp. Act"}, {"id": "card_n_ec6faefc8d46", "title": "Easton: Berea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A city of Macedonia to which Paul with Silas and Timotheus went when persecuted at Thessalonica (Acts 17:10, 13), and from which also he was compelled to withdraw, when he fled to the sea-coast and th"}, {"id": "card_n_00496e25787b", "title": "Easton: Erastus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Beloved. (1.) The “chamberlain” of the city of Corinth (Rom. 16:23), and one of Paul’s disciples. As treasurer of such a city he was a public officer of great dignity, and his conversion to the gospel"}, {"id": "card_n_a696963a255c", "title": "Easton: Cilicia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A maritime province in the south-east of Asia Minor. Tarsus, the birth-place of Paul, was one of its chief towns, and the seat of a celebrated school of philosophy. Its luxurious climate attracted to "}, {"id": "card_n_eb53cb35ed0b", "title": "Easton: Cross", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In the New Testament the instrument of crucifixion, and hence used for the crucifixion of Christ itself (Eph. 2:16; Heb. 12:2; 1 Cor. 1:17, 18; Gal. 5:11; 6:12, 14; Phil. 3:18). The word is also used "}, {"id": "card_n_e3713c4d742c", "title": "Easton: Thorn in the flesh", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(2 Cor. 12:7-10). Many interpretations have been given of this passage. (1.) Roman Catholic writers think that it denotes suggestions to impiety. (2.) Luther, Calvin, and other Reformers interpret the"}, {"id": "card_n_f419a8e795cf", "title": "Easton: Luke", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and circumstances of his conversion are unknown. According to his own statement (Luke 1:2), he was not an “eye-witness and minister of the word from the beginni"}, {"id": "card_n_34ea8224bac3", "title": "Easton: Barnabas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Son of consolation, the surname of Joses, a Levite (Acts 4:36). His name stands first on the list of prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch (13:1). Luke speaks of him as a “good man” (11:24). "}, {"id": "card_n_5daed6c3700e", "title": "Easton: Philemon, Epistle to", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Was written from Rome at the same time as the epistles to the Colossians and Ephesians, and was sent also by Onesimus. It was addressed to Philemon and the members of his family. It was written for th"}]}