Isa 45:1-2, Joh 20:19, 26, Act 5:19, 16:26, Rev 3:7 | TSK | STEP | God calls Cyrus for his church's sake. By his omnipotency he challenges obedience. He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power. to his. whose. holden. or, strengthened. to subdue. to open.All the streets of Babylon, leading on each side to the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the palace, and slew the king.

‏ Isaiah 45:1-2

1 God calls Cyrus for his church's sake.

5 By his omnipotency he challenges obedience.

20 He convinces the idols of vanity by his saving power.

to his.

13:3; 44:28; 1Ki 19:15; Jer 27:6

whose.

41:13; 42:6; Ps 73:23

holden. or, strengthened.

Eze 30:21-24

to subdue.

41:2,25; Ezr 1:1; Jer 50:3,35; 51:11,20-24; Da 5:6,28-30; 7:5; 8:3

to open.All the streets of Babylon, leading on each side to the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the palace, and slew the king.

Na 2:6

go before.

13:4-17

make.

40:4; 42:16; Ac 1:15; Lu 3:5

break.

Ps 107:16

‏ John 20:19

the same.

Mr 16:14; Lu 24:36-49; 1Co 15:5

when.

26; Ne 6:10,11

came.

14:19-23; 16:22; Mt 18:20

Peace.

21; 14:27; 16:33; Ps 85:8-10; Isa 57:18,19; Mt 10:13; Lu 24:36

Ro 15:33; Eph 2:14; 6:23; Php 1:2; 2Th 3:16; Heb 7:2; Re 1:4

‏ John 20:26

eight.

19; Mt 17:1; Lu 9:28

Thomas.

Peace.

19; Isa 26:12; 27:5; 54:10

‏ Acts 5:19

12:7-11; 16:26; Ps 34:7; 105:17-20; 146:7; Isa 61:1

‏ Acts 16:26

suddenly.

4:31; 5:19; 12:7,10; Mt 28:2; Re 6:12; 11:13

and every.

Ps 79:11; 102:20; 146:7; Isa 42:7; 61:1; Zec 9:11,12

‏ Revelation of John 3:7

to the.

1:11; 2:1

Philadelphia.Philadelphia, so called for its founder, Attalus Philadelphus, still exists in the town called Allahshehr, "the city of God," "a column in a scene of ruins." It is situated on the slopes of three or four hills, the roots of mount Tmolus, by the river Cogamus, twenty seven miles E. S. E. from Sardis, about long. 28 degrees 40', lat. 38 degrees 23'. The number of houses is said to be about 3,000, of which 250 are Greek, the rest Turkish; and the Christians have twenty-five places of worship, five of them large and regular churches, a resident bishop, and twenty inferior clergy.

he that is holy.

4:8; 6:10; Ps 16:10; 89:18; 145:17; Isa 6:3; 30:11; 41:14,16,20; 47:4

Isa 48:17; 49:7; 54:5; 55:5; Mr 1:24; Lu 4:34; Ac 3:14

he that is true.

14; 1:5; 6:10; 15:3; 16:7; 19:2,11; 21:5; Mt 24:35; Joh 14:6; 1Jo 5:20

the key.

1:18; Isa 22:22; Lu 1:32

he that openeth.

5:3-5,9; Job 11:10; 12:14; Mt 16:19