several famines, arising from unfavorable harvests, and one such occurred in Palestine and Syria.
(Acts 11:28-30) Claudius was induced by a tumult of the Jews in Rome to expel them from the
city. cf. (Acts 18:2) The date of this event is uncertain. After a weak and foolish reign he was
poisoned by his fourth wife, Agrippina, the mother of Nero, October 13, A.D. 54.
Claudius Lysias
[Lysias Claudius]
Clay
As the sediment of water remaining in pits or in streets, the word is used frequently in the Old
Testament. (Psalms 18:42; Isaiah 57:20; Jeremiah 38:6) and in the New Testament, (John 9:6) a
mixture of sand or dust with spittle. It is also found in the sense of potter’s clay. (Isaiah 41:25) The
great seat of the pottery of the present day in Palestine is Gaza, where are made the vessels in
dark-blue clay so frequently met with. Another use of clay was for sealing. (Job 38:14) Our Lord’s
tomb may have been thus sealed, (Matthew 27:66) as also the earthen vessel containing the evidences
of Jeremiah’s purchase. (Jeremiah 32:14) The seal used for public documents was rolled on the
moist clay, and the tablet was then placed in the fire and baked.
Clement
(mild, merciful), (Philippians 4:3) a fellow laborer of St. Paul when he was at Philippi. (A.D.
57.) It was generally believed in the ancient Church that this Clement was identical with the bishop
of Rome who afterwards became so celebrated.
Cleopas
(of a renowned father), one of the two disciples who were going to Emmaus on the day of the
resurrection. (Luke 24:18) Some think the same as Cleophas in (John 19:25) But they are probably
two different persons. Cleopas is a Greek name, contracted from Cleopater, while Cleophas, or
Clopas as in the Revised Version, is an Aramaic name, the same as Alphaeus.
Cleophas
Revised Version Clo’pas, the husband of Mary the sister of Virgin Mary. (John 19:25) He was
probably dead before Jesus’ ministry began, for his wife and children constantly appear with
Joseph’s family in the time of our Lord’s ministry.—Englishman’s Cyc. [Cleopas; Alphaeus]
Clothing
[Dress]
Cloud
The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar
prominence in Oriental imagery. When a cloud appears rain is ordinarily apprehended, and thus
the “cloud without rain” becomes a proverb for the man of promise without performance. (Proverbs
16:15; Isaiah 18:4; 25:5; Jude 1:12) comp. Prov 25:14 The cloud is a figure of transitoriness, (Job
30:15; Hosea 6:4) and of whatever intercepts divine favor or human supplication. (Lamentations
2:1; 3:44) A bright cloud at times visited and rested on the mercy-seat. (Exodus 29:42,43; 1 Kings
8:10,11; 2 Chronicles 5:14; Ezekiel 43:4) and was by later writers named Shechinah.
Cloud, Pillar Of
The pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night that God caused to pass before the camp of the
children of Israel when in the wilderness. The cloud, which became a pillar when the host moved,
seems to have rested at other times on the tabernacle, whence god is said to have “come down in
the pillar.” (Numbers 12:5; Exodus 33:9,10) It preceded the host, apparently resting on the ark
which led the way. (Exodus 13:21; 40:36) etc.; Numb 9:15-23; 10:34
frankie
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