Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Redemption of the Firstborn See this subject largely treated under the article: Firstborn. Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures

Redemption in the Old Testament Redemption means either strictly deliverance by payment of a price or ransom, or simply deliverance by power, as from oppression, violence, captivity, etc. In the Hebrew Text, the idea of redemption is directly expressed by the verbs ga’ál and padah, and by their derivatives to which the word kophér (ransom) … Continue reading “Redemption in the Old Testament”

Redemption Among the figures employed by the apostolical writers to set forth the nature of the transaction by which our Lord has saved His people, none is more illuminating than that which we are accustomed to speak of as redemption. The terms redeem, redemption, redeemer are a gift of the Latin Bible to our theological … Continue reading “Redemption”

REDEEMER, THE LORD OUR Job 19:25; Psa 130:8; Pro 23:11; Isa 41:14; Isa 43:14; Isa 44:24 Isa 47:4; Isa 59:20; Jer 50:34 –SEE Salvation (1), SALVATION Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Redeemer, Redemption REDEEMER, REDEMPTION.Redemption means in strictness deliverance by payment of a price or ransom, hence, metaphorically, at any great cost or sacrifice; but in the OT, outside the Law (especially in Deut., Psalms, Isaiah), is often used also of deliverance simply, as from oppression, violence, sickness, captivity, deathredemption by power. The typical redemption in … Continue reading “Redeemer, Redemption”

Redeemer, Knights of the A secular community founded in 1608 by the Duke of Mentone, Vincent Gonzaga, on the occasion of the marriage of his eldest son Francis II Gonzaga with Marguerite of Savoy. It was founded in honour of the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ, a relic of which has been venerated since time … Continue reading “Redeemer, Knights of the”

Redeemer, Feast of the Most Holy 23 October, or the third Sunday of July. In honor of the graces and benefits of the Redemption. It was instituted at Venice in 1576 in thanksgiving for the cessation of a plague, and is now found only in the special calendar of some dioceses and religious orders. Fuente: … Continue reading “Redeemer, Feast of the Most Holy”

REDEEMER A name given to Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world, because he redeems mankind from the bondage and guilt of their sins, by dying in their place, and thus paying their ransom, Mat 20:28 Gal 3:13 Zep 1:7 1Ti 2:6 Tit 2:14 1Pe 1:18,19 Jer 5:9 . In the law of Moses, Lev … Continue reading “Redeemer”

REDEEMED, THE Isa 35:9; Isa 51:11; Mat 8:11; Rev 5:9; Rev 7:9; Rev 14:4; Rev 19:6 –SEE Saved, the, FUTURE, THE Saints (4), FUTURE, THE Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible

Redeem, Redemption a strengthened form of agorazo, “to buy” (see BUY, No. 1), denotes “to buy out” (ex for ek), especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his freedom. It is used metaphorically (a) in Gal 3:13; Gal 4:5, of the deliverance by Christ of Christian Jews from the Law and its curse; … Continue reading “Redeem, Redemption”