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the city, with a crowd of the lowest rabble at his heels. The fatal spot was
reached; he knelt beside the block; the headsman?s axe gleamed in the sun
and fell; and the head of the apostle of the world rolled down in the dust?
(probably A.D. 66), four years before the fall of Jerusalem.
Another Bible Timeline fact –>PAVEMENT It was the custom of the Roman governors to erect their
tribunals in open places, as the market-place, the circus, or even the
highway. Pilate caused his seat of judgment to be set down in a place called
?the Pavement? (John 19:13) i.e., a place paved with a mosaic of coloured
stones. It was probably a place thus prepared in front of the ?judgment
hall.? (See GABBATHA.)
Another Bible Timeline fact –>PAVILION a tent or tabernacle (2 Samuel 22:12; 1 Kings 20:12-16), or
enclosure (Psalm 18:11; 27:5). In Jeremiah 43:10 it probably denotes the
canopy suspended over the judgement-seat of the king.
Another Bible Timeline fact –>PEACE OFFERINGS (Hebrews shelamim), detailed regulations regarding
given in Leviticus 3; 7:11-21, 29-34. They were of three kinds, (1)
eucharistic or thanksgiving offerings, expressive of gratitude for blessings
received; (2) in fulfilment of a vow, but expressive also of thanks for
benefits recieved; and (3) free-will offerings, something spontaneously
devoted to God.
Another Bible Timeline fact –>PEACOCK (Hebrews tuk, apparently borrowed from the Tamil tokei).
This bird is indigenous to India. It was brought to Solomon by his ships
from Tarshish (1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chronicles 9:21), which in this case was
probably a district on the Malabar coast of India, or in Ceylon. The word
so rendered in Job 39:13 literally means wild, tumultuous crying, and
properly denotes the female ostrich (q.v.).
Another Bible Timeline fact –>PEARL (Hebrews gabish, Job 28:18; Gr. margarites, Matthew 7:6; 13:46;
Revelation 21:21). The pearl oyster is found in the Persian Gulf and the
Red Sea. Its shell is the ?mother of pear
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