{"query": "Stephen the First Martyr", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_2f0cd8684e0d", "title": "Stephen the First Martyr", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Full of faith and the Holy Spirit; face like an angel before the council; recounts Israels pattern of resisting the Spirit; sees the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing; prays as he is stoned: "}, {"id": "card_timeline_t034", "title": "Stephen's martyrdom, the first Christian martyr (c. AD 34-36)", "shelf": "scripture", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Stephen's martyrdom, the first Christian martyr — New Testament, Pentecost and the Jerusalem Church. Date: c. AD 34-36. Scripture: Acts 6:8-7:60. Commonly placed in this range."}, {"id": "card_n_06aa0f5f9391", "title": "Easton: Stephen", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the seven deacons, who became a preacher of the gospel. He was the first Christian martyr. His personal character and history are recorded in Acts 6. “He fell asleep” with a prayer for his pers"}, {"id": "card_n_e44556ff7b1a", "title": "Easton: Martyr", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One who bears witness of the truth, and suffers death in the cause of Christ (Acts 22:20; Rev. 2:13; 17:6). In this sense Stephen was the first martyr. The Greek word so rendered in all other cases is"}, {"id": "card_src_word_edward_the_martyr", "title": "edward the martyr", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "edward the martyr: (noun) King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978) — syn: Saint Edwa"}, {"id": "card_src_word_saint_edward_the_martyr", "title": "saint edward the martyr", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "saint edward the martyr: (noun) King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978) — syn: Edwa"}, {"id": "card_src_word_st_edward_the_martyr", "title": "st. edward the martyr", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "st. edward the martyr: (noun) King of England who was a son of Edgar; he was challenged for the throne by supporters of his half-brother Ethelred II who eventually murdered him (963-978) — syn: Edward"}, {"id": "card_src_word_martyr", "title": "martyr", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "martyr: (noun) one who suffers for the sake of principle — syn: sufferer · (noun) one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion · (verb) kill as a martyr · ("}, {"id": "card_src_book_51730", "title": "Life of David W. Patten, the First Apostolic Martyr — Lycurgus A. (Lycurgus Arnold) Wilson", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Life of David W. Patten, the First Apostolic Martyr, by Lycurgus A. (Lycurgus Arnold) Wilson. Subjects: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Apostles -- Biography; Patten, David W., 1799-183"}, {"id": "card_n_3eac20d6d4c5", "title": "Easton: First-fruits", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The first-fruits of the ground were offered unto God just as the first-born of man and animals. The law required, (1.) That on the morrow after the Passover Sabbath a sheaf of new corn should be waved"}, {"id": "card_n_018641dc4cd7", "title": "Easton: First-born, Redemption of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "From the beginning the office of the priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But when the extensive plan of sacrificial worship was introduced, requiring a company of men to be exclusive"}, {"id": "card_src_book_12725", "title": "The Vale of Cedars; Or, The Martyr — Grace Aguilar", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Vale of Cedars; Or, The Martyr, by Grace Aguilar. Subjects: Historical fiction; Inquisition -- Fiction; Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516 -- Fiction. Read the full text (public"}, {"id": "card_src_book_31236", "title": "Martyr — Alan Edward Nourse", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Martyr, by Alan Edward Nourse. Subjects: Science fiction; Longevity -- Fiction. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31236"}, {"id": "card_n_12032d50c8df", "title": "Easton: Birthright", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) This word denotes the special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son among the Jews. He became the priest of the family. Thus Reuben was the first-born of the patriarchs, and s"}, {"id": "card_src_book_24680", "title": "The martyr of the catacombs — James De Mille", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The martyr of the catacombs, by James De Mille. Subjects: Historical fiction; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Fiction; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.; Christia"}, {"id": "card_src_book_55507", "title": "The Story of Justin Martyr, and Other Poems — Richard Chenevix Trench", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Story of Justin Martyr, and Other Poems, by Richard Chenevix Trench. Subjects: Poetry. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55507"}, {"id": "card_src_book_77210", "title": "A martyr to bibliography — Olphar Hamst", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A martyr to bibliography, by Olphar Hamst (in en; fr). Subjects: Quérard, Joseph Marie, 1797-1865. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77210"}, {"id": "card_src_book_26129", "title": "John Hus: A brief story of the life of a martyr — William Dallmann", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "John Hus: A brief story of the life of a martyr, by William Dallmann. Subjects: Biography; Hus, Jan, 1369?-1415. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26129"}, {"id": "card_n_c3ca1cb7e6ce", "title": "Easton: First-born", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sons enjoyed certain special privileges (Deut. 21:17; Gen. 25:23, 31, 34; 49:3; 1 Chr. 5:1; Heb. 12:16; Ps. 89:27). (See BIRTHRIGHT.) 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