{"query": "Caesar at the Rubicon", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_fc55d1720cc9", "title": "Caesar at the Rubicon", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "General forbidden by the Senate from bringing his army into Italy; pauses at the Rubicon, says alea iacta est, crosses with the army; civil war follows; assassinated five years later on the senate flo"}, {"id": "card_src_hist_q25238182", "title": "crossing the Rubicon (-0048)", "shelf": "history", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "crossing the Rubicon — historical event and idiom. A historical event, -0048-01-0. Attestation: widely attested (24 independent records). History passes the witness gate, not the seal — weigh the witn"}, {"id": "card_src_word_gaius_julius_caesar_octavianus", "title": "gaius julius caesar octavianus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "gaius julius caesar octavianus: (noun) Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14) — syn: August"}, {"id": "card_n_42889a4da9b2", "title": "Easton: Penny", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Gr. denarion), a silver coin of the value of about 7 1/2d. or 8d. of our present money. It is thus rendered in the New Testament, and is more frequently mentioned than any other coin (Matt. 18:28; 20"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_acts_27_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Acts 27:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Acts 27:1 — It does not appear how long it was after Paul's conference with Agrippa that he was sent away for Rome, pursuant to his appeal to Caesar; but it is likely they took the first convenienc"}, {"id": "card_n_31cca21741a0", "title": "Easton: Caesarea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by H"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_luke_2_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Luke 2:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Luke 2:1 — The fulness of time was now come, when God would send forth his Son, made of a woman, and made under the law; and it was foretold that he should be born at Bethlehem. Now here we have an"}, {"id": "card_n_08158d7be922", "title": "Easton: Red Sea, Passage of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The account of the march of the Israelites through the Red Sea is given in Ex. 14:22-31. There has been great diversity of opinion as to the precise place where this occurred. The difficulty of arrivi"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_acts_1_6", "title": "Matthew Henry on Acts 1:6", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Acts 1:6 — In Jerusalem Christ, by his angel, had appointed his disciples to meet him in Galilee; there he appointed them to meet him in Jerusalem again, such a day. Thus he would try their obedien"}, {"id": "card_n_5a0d951f0365", "title": "Easton: Ezra, Book of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This book is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian exile. It was at one time included in Nehemiah, the Jews regarding them as one volume. The two are still distinguished in the"}, {"id": "card_n_169ab095061e", "title": "Easton: Kibroth-hattaavah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The graves of the longing or of lust, one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was probably in the Wady Murrah, and has been identified with the Erweis el-Ebeirig, where the remains"}, {"id": "card_src_hist_q1260622", "title": "Battle of the Axona (-0056)", "shelf": "history", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Battle of the Axona — battle between the Roman army of Gaius Julius Caesar and the Belgae. A battle, -0056-01-0. Attestation: widely attested (22 independent records). History passes the witness gate,"}, {"id": "card_src_hist_q1274566", "title": "Battle of the Arar (-0057)", "shelf": "history", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Battle of the Arar — battle between the migrating tribes of the Helvetii, and four Roman legions (Legions VII, VIII, IX, and X) under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar. A battle, -0057-01-0. Attestat"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_luke_3_15", "title": "Matthew Henry on Luke 3:15", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Luke 3:15 — We are now drawing near to the appearance of our Lord Jesus publicly; the Sun will not be long after the morning-star. We are here told,\nI. How the people took occasion, from the minist"}, {"id": "card_n_146eb6567951", "title": "Easton: Elder", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A name frequently used in the Old Testament as denoting a person clothed with authority, and entitled to respect and reverence (Gen. 50:7). It also denoted a political office (Num. 22:7). The “elders "}, {"id": "card_n_4386d44613c7", "title": "Easton: Millennium", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A thousand years; the name given to the era mentioned in Rev. 20:1-7. Some maintain that Christ will personally appear on earth for the purpose of establishing his kingdom at the beginning of this mil"}, {"id": "card_n_0a57be27db93", "title": "Easton: Titus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Honourable, was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, and accompanied them to the council at Jerusalem (Gal. 2:1-3; Acts 15:2), although his name nowhere occurs in the Acts of the Apostles. He appears to"}, {"id": "card_n_0ae03ccbda7e", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §83: Then the Interpreter took him, and led him up towards the door of the palace; and behol...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Then the Interpreter took him, and led him up towards the door of the palace; and behold, at the door stood a great company of men, as desirous to go in; but durst not. There also sat a man at a littl"}, {"id": "card_n_011ba7f6990b", "title": "Easton: Candace", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The queen of the Ethiopians whose “eunuch” or chamberlain was converted to Christianity by the instrumentality of Philip the evangelist (Acts 8:27). The country which she ruled was called by the Greek"}, {"id": "card_src_hist_q1975400", "title": "Battle of the Nile (-0046)", "shelf": "history", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Battle of the Nile — 47 BCE battle between Julius Caesar and Ptolemy XIII. A battle, -0046-01-0. 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