ascend

1. to go up

2. to rise, mount, be borne up, spring up

to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer

to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer

but, moreover, and, etc.

I, me, my

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

there, in or to that place

me, my, mine, etc.

upon, on, at, by, before

of position, on, at, by, over, against

to, over, on, at, across, against

to speak, say

to will, have in mind, intend

1. to be resolved or determined, to purpose

2. to desire, to wish

3. to love

   1. to like to do a thing, be fond of doing

4. to take delight in, have pleasure

Jerusalem = "set ye double peace"

1. denotes either the city itself or the inhabitants

2. "the Jerusalem that now is", with its present religious institutions, i.e. the Mosaic system, so designated from its primary external location

3. "Jerusalem that is above", that is existing in heaven, according to the pattern of which the earthly Jerusalem was supposed to be built

   1. metaph. "the City of God founded by Christ", now wearing the form of the church, but after Christ's return to put on the form of the perfected Messianic kingdom

4. "the heavenly Jerusalem", that is the heavenly abode of God, Christ, the angels, saints of the Old and New Testament periods and those Christians that are alive at Christ's return

5. "the New Jerusalem", a splendid visible city to be let down from heaven after the renovation of the world, the future abode of the blessed

Jewish, belonging to the Jewish nation

Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religion

to lay down, deposit, lay up

to lay by or up for one's self, for future use

to lay up favour for one's self with any one, to gain favour with (to do something for one which may win favour)

to separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose

to approve, esteem, to prefer

to be of opinion, deem, think, to be of opinion

to determine, resolve, decree

to judge

1. to pronounce an opinion concerning right and wrong

   1. to be judged, i.e. summoned to trial that one's case may be examined and judgment passed upon it

2. to pronounce judgment, to subject to censure

   1. of those who act the part of judges or arbiters in matters of common life, or pass judgment on the deeds and words of others

to rule, govern

1. to preside over with the power of giving judicial decisions, because it was the prerogative of kings and rulers to pass judgment

to contend together, of warriors and combatants

1. to dispute

2. in a forensic sense

   1. to go to law, have suit at law

to say, to speak

1. affirm over, maintain

2. to teach

3. to exhort, advise, to command, direct

4. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say

5. to call by name, to call, name

6. to speak out, speak of, mention

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

this, these, etc.

Paul or Paulus = "small or little"

1. Paul was the most famous of the apostles and wrote a good part of the NT, the 14 Pauline epistles

2. Paulus was a deputy or pro-consul of Cyprus and is said to be a prudent man, in the management of affairs, as a governor

about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near

of these

[Porcius] Festus = "festival"

1. the successor of Felix as procurator of Judea

grace

1. that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech

good will, loving-kindness, favour

1. of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues

what is due to grace

1. the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace

2. the token or proof of grace, benefit

   1. a gift of grace

   2. benefit, bounty

thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward