Last Supper is another term for the Lord’s Supper. The term refers specifically to the final meal JesusJesus is the MessiahThe Messiah was the one who, it was believed, would come to free the people of Israel from bondage and exile. In Jewish thought the Messiah is the anticipated one who will come, as prophesied by Isaiah. In Christian thought Jesus of Nazareth is identified... More whose life, death, and…
A leperA leper is one who suffers from a chronic disease that eats away the flesh; it is now known as Hansen’s Disease. At one…
LeviathanLeviathan is a biblical sea monster. Often mistakenly identified as a whale, this creature is perceived as larger and meaner than a whale. Leviathan is…
Levirate marriageLevirate marriage is a marriage in which a childless widow marries her husband’s brother in order to continue the line of her dead husband.…
A Levite was a member of the tribe of LeviSon of JacobThe son of Isaac and Rebekah, renamed Israel, became the father of the twelve tribal families. More and LeahLaban's oldest daughter and Jacob's first wife. More, brother to ReubenThe eldest son of Jacob and Leah, and forefather of one of the twelve tribes of Israel. More, Simeon, and DinahDinah was the daughter of Jacob by Leah. More. More. This tribe had priestly…