{"query": "Easton: Sect", "count": 15, "results": [{"id": "card_n_bc2b9a3178f7", "title": "Easton: Sect", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. hairesis, usually rendered “heresy”, Acts 24:14; 1 Chr. 11:19; Gal. 5:20, etc.), meaning properly “a choice,” then “a chosen manner of life,” and then “a religious party,” as the “sect” of the Sa"}, {"id": "card_n_b432c63fb06e", "title": "Easton: Canaanite", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name given to the apostle Simon (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). The word here does not, however, mean a descendant of Canaan, but is a translation, or rather almost a transliteration, of the Syriac word Ka"}, {"id": "card_n_62c6bac80fb1", "title": "Easton: Heresy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From a Greek word signifying (1) a choice, (2) the opinion chosen, and (3) the sect holding the opinion. In the Acts of the Apostles (5:17; 15:5; 24:5, 14; 26:5) it denotes a sect, without reference t"}, {"id": "card_n_9204e18a473a", "title": "Easton: Simon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The abbreviated form of Simeon. (1.) One of the twelve apostles, called the Canaanite (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:18). This word “Canaanite” does not mean a native of Canaan, but is derived from the Syriac wo"}, {"id": "card_c_3ce3fe8a1bc7", "title": "Easton: Sect cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 24:14; Acts 5:17 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_846f4a2a582a", "title": "Easton: Essenes", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Jewish mystical sect somewhat resembling the Pharisees. They affected great purity. They originated about B.C. 100, and disappeared from history after the destruction of Jerusalem. They are not dire"}, {"id": "card_n_be131249a21b", "title": "Easton: Zealots", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A sect of Jews which originated with Judas the Gaulonite (Acts 5:37). They refused to pay tribute to the Romans, on the ground that this was a violation of the principle that God was the only king of "}, {"id": "card_n_3cfe5051d3f2", "title": "Easton: Stoics", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A sect of Greek philosophers at Athens, so called from the Greek word stoa i.e., a “porch” or “portico,” where they have been called “the Pharisees of Greek paganism.” The founder of the Stoics was Ze"}, {"id": "card_n_2f61d840e647", "title": "Easton: Doctor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34), a teacher. The Jewish doctors taught and disputed in synagogues, or wherever they could find an audience. Their disciples were allowed to propose to them questions. They "}, {"id": "card_n_8c47e9d129ae", "title": "Easton: Tertullus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A modification of “Tertius;” a Roman advocate, whom the Jews employed to state their case against Paul in the presence of Felix (Acts 24:1-9). The charges he adduced against the apostle were, “First, "}, {"id": "card_n_f1d1a72d85aa", "title": "Easton: Claudius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lame. (1.) The fourth Roman emperor. He succeeded Caligula (A.D. 41). Though in general he treated the Jews, especially those in Asia and Egypt, with great indulgence, yet about the middle of his reig"}, {"id": "card_n_31774f6110f5", "title": "Easton: Nazarene", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This epithet (Gr. Nazaraios) is applied to Christ only once (Matt. 2:23). In all other cases the word is rendered “of Nazareth” (Mark 1:24; 10:47; 14:67, etc.). When this Greek designation was at firs"}, {"id": "card_n_336d279321b6", "title": "Easton: Caiaphas", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Jewish high priest (A.D. 27-36) at the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry, in the reign of Tiberius (Luke 3:2), and also at the time of his condemnation and crucifixion (Matt. 26:3, 57; John "}, {"id": "card_n_e78d0d591b18", "title": "Easton: Sadducees", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The origin of this Jewish sect cannot definitely be traced. It was probably the outcome of the influence of Grecian customs and philosophy during the period of Greek domination. The first time they ar"}, {"id": "card_n_02ac6f811c16", "title": "Easton: Paul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for use in the Gentile world,” as “Saul” would be hi"}]}