A Visit With Jesus: Bible Dictionary

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Judges, Book of

Scripture • Old Testament

The Book of Judges records Israel’s repeated apostasy, oppression, repentance, and deliverance through figures such as Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson. Its closing episodes portray the moral disorder of Israel before the monarchy.

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JUDGES, PERIOD OF

People & Groups • Old Testament

The period of the Judges extended from Joshua’s death to the establishment of Israel’s monarchy. During this time Israel faced foreign oppression, internal strife, religious unfaithfulness, and deliverance through judges raised up by God.

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JUDGING JUDGMENT

Doctrine & Theology • Both

Judging may mean administering justice, deciding a matter, examining carefully, or distinguishing rightly. Scripture presents God as the supreme Judge and calls people to exercise judgment fairly and discerningly rather than condemn unjustly.

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Judgment hall

Government & Society • New Testament

The judgment hall refers to the praetorium, the official residence or headquarters of a Roman governor. Jesus was brought before Pilate there, and Paul was later kept in Herod’s praetorium at Caesarea.

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Judgment seat

Government & Society • New Testament

A judgment seat was a raised platform or official tribunal from which a magistrate pronounced judgment. In the New Testament the term is used of earthly rulers and, figuratively, of God’s and Christ’s judgment.

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Judgment, The final

Sin & Judgment • New Testament

The final judgment is God’s universal and righteous judgment after the resurrection, with Jesus Christ as Judge. All people, and the fallen angels, will be judged, and the secrets of every heart will be revealed.

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Judgments of God

Sin & Judgment • Both

The judgments of God may mean his secret decisions, the revealed ordinances of his will, or his acts of punishment against sin. Scripture presents them as righteous expressions of his rule.

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Judith

People & Groups • Inter-testament

Judith was the Hittite wife of Esau, also called Aholibamah in another genealogy. The name also belongs to the heroine of the inter-testamental Book of Judith.

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Judith, The Book Of

Scripture • Inter-testament

The Book of Judith is an inter-testamental work describing a courageous Jewish widow who delivers her people by killing Holofernes and encouraging resistance to their enemies. It belongs to the Apocrypha.

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JUGGLERY

Sin & Judgment • Inter-testament

Jugg[l]ery refers to crafty guile or deceptive skill. The term appears in the margin of 2 Maccabees 12:24 in connection with a deceitful act.

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JUICE

Agriculture & Daily Life • Both

Juice refers to liquid expressed from a plant or fruit. In Scripture it may denote sweet wine in Song of Solomon or the juice of purslane in a textual note on Job.

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Julia

People & Groups • New Testament

Julia was a Christian woman in Rome to whom Paul sent greetings. She was associated with Philologus, though the exact relationship is uncertain.

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Each article begins with material prepared for A Visit With Jesus. Where available, entries also include biblical usage, historical background, original-language information, Scripture references, related dictionary terms, and links to related Bible figures.

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