- They who have departed this life Genesis 23:2; 25:8; Job 1:19
- TERMS USED TO EXPRESS
- Corpses 2 Kings 19:35; Nahum 3:3
- Carcases Numbers 14:29,32,33; 1 Kings 13:24
- Those who are not Matthew 2:18
- Deceased Isaiah 26:14; Matthew 22:25
- CHARACTERISED BY
- Being without the Spirit James 2:26
- Being incapable of motion Matthew 28:4; Revelation 1:17
- Ignorance of all human affairs Ecclesiastes 9:5
- Absence of all human passions Ecclesiastes 9:6
- Inability to glorify God Psalm 115:17
- Return not to this life Job 7:9,10; 14:10,14
- Eyes of, closed by nearest of kin Genesis 46:4
- Were washed and laid out Acts 9:37
- Were wrapped in lined with spices John 19:40
- MOURNING FOR, OFTEN
- Very great Genesis 27:35; Jeremiah 31:15; Matthew 2:18; John 11:33
- Loud and clamorous Jeremiah 16:6; Mark 5:38
- By hired mourners Jeremiah 9:17,18; Amos 5:16
- With plaintive music Jeremiah 48:36; Matthew 9:23
- Testified by change of apparel 2 Samuel 14:2
- Testified by taring the hair Jeremiah 16:7
- Testified by covering the head 2 Samuel 19:4
- Testified by rending the garments Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31
- Lasted many days Genesis 37:34; 50:3,10
- Regard often shown to the memory of Ruth 1:8
- Too soon forgotten Psalm 31:12; Ecclesiastes 9:5
- Heathenish expressions of grief for, forbidden Leviticus 19:28; Deuteronomy 14:1,2
- All offerings to, forbidden Deuteronomy 26:14
- Touching of, caused uncleanness Numbers 19:11,13,16; 9:6,7
- In a house rendered it unclean Numbers 19:14,15
- Even bones of, caused uncleanness Numbers 19:16; 2 Chronicles 34:5
- A priest not to mourn for, except when near of kin Leviticus 21:1-3; Ezekiel 44:25
- High priest in no case to mourn for Leviticus 21:10,11
- Nazarites not to touch or mourn for Numbers 6:6,7
- Those defiled by, removed from the camp Numbers 5:2
- Uncleanness contracted from, removed by the water separation Numbers 19:12,18
- IDOLATERS
- Tore themselves for Jeremiah 16:7
- Offered sacrifices for Psalm 106:28
- Invoked and consulted 1 Samuel 28:7,8
- Consecrated part of their crops to Deuteronomy 26:14
- The Jews looked for a resurrection from Isaiah 26:19; Acts 24:15
- Instances of, restored to life before Christ 1 Kings 17:22; 2 Kings 4:34-36; 13:21
- Instances of, restored by Christ Matthew 9:25; Luke 7:15; John 11:44; Acts 9:40; 20:12
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Man's state by nature 2 Corinthians 5:4; Ephesians 2:1,5
- A state of deep affliction, &c Psalm 88:5,6; 143:3; Isaiah 59:10
- Freedom from the power of sin Romans 6:2,8,11; Colossians 3:3
- Freedom from the law Romans 7:4
- Faith without works 1 Timothy 5:6; James 2:17,26
- Diviners &c Isaiah 8:19
- Impotence Genesis 20:3; Romans 4:19
Reuben Archer Torrey (28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He aligned with Keswickian theology.[1]
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