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The late nineteenth century saw a boom in biblical studies and publications, growing everything from archaeology and natural history to theology and interpretation. Simultaneously, Bible education for the layperson grew in leaps and bounds, as Sunday schools abounded and books flew off the press aimed at the everyday Christian. Developed by the Presbyterian Board of Publications to provide a...

9. SIMON, the father of Judas Iscariot (John 6:71; 13:2, 26). . In the Hebrew Scriptures three words, rendered in our Authorized Version iniquity, transgression and sin (Ex. 34:7), stand very closely related, and with their Greek equivalents represent the leading features of man’s alienation from the life of God. The root-idea of the word rendered “iniquity” is perversion or distortion; it is the wrong or wrench or twist to man’s moral nature which destroys the balance between his powers and makes
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