Murphy's Law
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Mur·phy's Law
/ ˈmərfēz/
a supposed law of nature, expressed in various humorous popular sayings, to the effect that anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
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The historical Jesus and the historical herodians
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...debated question of the identity of the Herodians, one gets the impression that rarely...16.2 Matthew does not take over "Herodians" from Mark 3:6 in the parallel verse...clients, never mentions a group called the Herodians. In spite of or perhaps because of this...
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Pledging allegiance.(the blessing of the cross)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 10/6/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Jesus' answer to the Pharisees and Herodians implies that we owe equal allegiance...would have caused the Pharisees and Herodians to leave this encounter with Jesus "amazed." The Pharisees and Herodians, as it turns out, were very strange...
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Paying taxes to the Emperor.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 6/3/2002; 583 words
; Mark 12:13-17 SOME Pharisees and Herodians came to Jesus to ensnare Him in His speech...The Word Today The Pharisees and the Herodians do not like Jesus. In fact, they seek...occupation of Palestine divides the Jews: the Herodians favor cooperation with the conquerors...
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Paying taxes to the emperor; Reflections Today.(Opinion/Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 6/5/2001; 587 words
; Mark 12:13-17 SOME Pharisees and Herodians came to Jesus to ensnare Him in His speech...The WORD Today The Pharisees and the Herodians do not like Jesus. In fact, they seek...occupation of Palestine divides the Jews: The Herodians favor cooperation with the conquerors...
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Paying taxes to the emperor.(Reflections Today)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You...be open to a report of sedition by the Herodians to Rome and arrested for it. But to...the enthusiasm of the people. What the Herodians and Pharisees wanted was some rash statement...
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The publican in the Bible.
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/8/2004; 700+ words
; ...Palestine. The other group were the Herodians who belonged to a political party supporting...situation when the Pharisees and the Herodians chorused as one in asking Jesus the following...the question of the Pharisees and the Herodians: But Jesus, knowing their evil intent...
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The Herodian Dynasty: Origins, Role in Society and Eclipse
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...hellenized Phoenician family. Thus, we can better comprehend the Herodians' strategic placement and crucial role in Eastern imperial...Hellenistic times as the essential context for understanding the Herodians. Part 2 is devoted to detailed study of the family itself...
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Paying taxes to the emperor; Matthew 22:15-21.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 10/16/2005; 700+ words
; ...Jesus in speech. They sent their disciples to Him, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are a truthful Man...rebellion. So when Jesus was asked by the Pharisees and the Herodians about the lawfulness of paying the census tax to the Roman...
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A trio of fantasies packed with realism, sensuousness and history
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/8/1989; ; 634 words
; ...order to liberate themselves from foreign occupation. There are the empire-building Herodians, and there are the nomadic desert Dartars serving the Herodians as mercenaries. The large cast of characters is drawn impartially from all three groups...
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Fight the radicals from common ground Islam and the West I
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/18/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...upon Islam as the faith of the unwashed are similar to the Herodians who associated themselves with the Romans to the point of...the long-established association between the West and the Herodians of the Muslim world has added much to this argument. Those...
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Herodians
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Herodians In Mark 12: 13 and Matt. 22: 16 some Herodians join with Pharisees in putting to Jesus a difficult question about the payment of tribute money. The Herodians are presumably supporters of Herod Antipas but their common...
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Boethusians
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Boethusians. A Jewish sect of the 1st cent. BCE/CE. They may be the Herodians referred to in the New Testament.
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Judaism
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...apocalyptists who wrote the book of Daniel, quietists like the Essenes , as well as the Pharisees and Sadducees . There were also Herodians (Mark 3: 6) who entered into friendship with the royal family, and Zealots who ‘came out’ during...
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