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Receipt - ) To give a
Receipt, as for money paid. ) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a
Receipt for making sponge cake. ) To give a
Receipt for; as, to
Receipt goods delivered by a sheriff. ) That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; - usually in the plural; as, the
Receipts amounted to a thousand dollars. ) To put a
Receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to
Receipt a bill
Receipt - * For
Receipt see CUSTOM (Toll), No
Toll - —See Publican, and
Receipt of Custom
Shipping Note - In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a
Receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's
Receipt, and is surrendered by the shipper for the bills of lading
Recipe - ) A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a
Receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine
Acquittance - ) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a
Receipt in full, which bars a further demand
Writer - Writer of the tallies, an officer of the exchequer of England a clerk to the auditor of the
Receipt, who writes upon the tallies the whole of the tellers bills
Purser - ) A clerk on steam passenger vessels whose duty it is to keep the accounts of the vessels, such as the
Receipt of freight, tickets, etc
Behindhand - ) In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the
Receipt of funds
Pensioner - ) One in
Receipt of a pension; hence, figuratively, a dependent
Receipt of Custom - Matthew, when called, was sitting at the
Receipt of custom, or dues on merchandise
Reception - ) The act of receiving;
Receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence
Terminal - ) Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected with the
Receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal charges. ) Any station for the delivery or
Receipt of freight lying too far from the main line to be served by mere sidings
Writing - ) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a
Receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like
Acknowledge - ) To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the
Receipt of a letter
Anger - a resentful emotion of the mind, arising upon the
Receipt, or supposed
Receipt, of an affront or injury; and also simple feeling of strong displacency at that which is in itself evil, or base, or injurious to others
Voucher - ) A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or
Receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds,
Receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts
Writing - Any thing written or expressed in letters hence, any legal instrument, as a deed, a
Receipt, a bond, an agreement, &c
Receipt of Custom - RECEIPT OF CUSTOM (Authorized Version ; ‘place of toll,’ Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 ; ‘tolbothe,’ Wyclif) occurs in the parallel accounts of the call of the publican Matthew or Levi to discipleship (
Matthew 9:9, Mark 2:14, Luke 5:27), which took place as Jesus passed forth from His own city, i
Custom - ), who had their stations at the gates of cities, and in the public highways, and at the place set apart for that purpose, called the "receipt of custom" (Matt
Acknowledge - To own with gratitude to own as a benefit as, to acknowledge a favor, or the
Receipt of a gift
Paper - Any written instrument, whether note,
Receipt, bill, invoice, bond, memorial, deed, and the like
Have - ) show that the verb was constantly used "as a technical expression in drawing up a
Receipt. Consequently in the Sermon on the Mount we are led to understand 'they have received their reward' as 'they have signed the
Receipt of their reward: their right to receive their reward is realized, precisely as if they had already given a
Receipt for it. '" ...
Is there not a hint of this in Paul's word to Philemon concerning receiving Onesimus (
Philemon 1:17 )? Philemon would give the Apostle a
Receipt for his payment in sending him
Philippi - 62, gratefully and warmly acknowledges the
Receipt of their gift by the hand of Epaphroditus, and their continued affection towards him; also their irreproachable Christian walk, and their firmness under persecution,
Philippians 1:7 4:
23 2:12 4:10-15
Anger - A violent passion of the mind, arising from the
Receipt, or supposed
Receipt, of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge
Matthew - ...
Christ called him at "the
Receipt of custom," and he immediately obeyed the call
Victricius - )...
An extant treatise or sermon called the Liber de Laude Sanctorum , composed on the occasion of the
Receipt of some relics from St
Corinthians - 57, upon the
Receipt of intelligence respecting the Corinthian church, conveyed by members of the family of Chole,
1 Corinthians 1:11 , and by a letter from the church requesting advice,
1 Corinthians 7:1 , probably brought by Stephanus, etc
Widow - ’ Since it could not have been the Apostle’s wish that only widows over sixty should receive pecuniary help from the Church (for many young widows might be in great poverty), and since he could not describe the re-marriage of such a widow-pensioner as a rejection of her faith, it follows that the list of widows, from which the younger widows were to be excluded, was not the list of those who were in
Receipt of Church relief, but rather a list of those, from among the pensioner-widows, who were considered suitable by age and character to engage officially in Church work
Wages - ...
The analogy of service and wages is freely used by Jesus in His teaching; but it is not so much the
Receipt of wages that rules the thought as the quarter whence they come
Zacchaeus - In this connexion, the contrast between Matthew sitting at the
Receipt of custom and Zacchaeus leaving all thoughts of business behind and climbing a tree with eager speed, is sufficiently great to indicate a vital difference in character between the two men
Discharge - To free from claim or demand to give an acquittance to, or a
Receipt in full, as to a debtor
Publican - The office for "receipt of custom" was at city gates, on public roads, or bridges
Divisions - This was followed by a stern letter which some think is preserved in 2 Corinthians 10-13; and finally, on
Receipt of the good news of their repentance, St
Trust - ) Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate
Receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust
Gate (2) - In times of industrial peace, the protective challenge became a fiscal inspection, and there the tax-collector sat at the
Receipt of custom (
Matthew 9:9)
Paulus, Bishop of Emesa - Cyril acknowledged the
Receipt of John's formulary in a well-known letter—conveyed to him by the aged peace-maker—commencing with the words of
Psa_96:11 : "Laetentur caeli," etc
Debt, Debtor - Paul uses, perhaps in playful vein again, the technical word for a
Receipt, ἀπέχω, in expressing his appreciation of the liberal contribution sent to him by the Philippians (cf. ἀπέχω for a tax-receipt on an ostracon from Thebes
Redeem, Redemption - ...
A — 2: λυτρόω (Strong's #3084 — Verb — lutroo — loo-tro'-o ) "to release on Receipt of ransom" (akin to lutron, "a ransom"), is used in the Middle Voice, signifying "to release by paying a ransom price, to redeem" (a) in the natural sense of delivering, Luke 24:21 , of setting Israel free from the Roman yoke; (b) in a spiritual sense, Titus 2:14 , of the work of Christ in "redeeming" men "from all iniquity" (anomia, "lawlessness," the bondage of self-will which rejects the will of God); 1 Peter 1:18 (Passive Voice), "ye were redeemed," from a vain manner of life, i
Capernaum - There was a
Receipt of customs there of the commerce both of the lake and of the caravans passing by land by "the way of the sea" southwards
Roads - It was probably at one of these places that Matthew was sitting at the
Receipt of custom when Jesus called him (
Matthew 9:9)
Helladius, Bishop of Tarsus - When the rival leaders sought peace, Helladius kept aloof, and on the
Receipt of the six articles drawn up by John at a council at Antioch, which ultimately opened the way for reconcilation, he and Alexander of Hierapolis rejected the terms and all communion with Cyril
Corinth - (
1 Thessalonians 3:6 ), and the Second was probably written there also, immediately after the
Receipt of an answer to the First
Victory - " The Lord will grant to the one who overcomes the following: eating of the tree of life, in the paradise of God (2:7); immunity to the second death (2:11);
Receipt of the "hidden manna, " a white stone with a new name inscribed on it, known only to the person himself (2:17); power over the nations, to rule over them with a rod of iron (2:26-27); being clad in white garments, name not being blotted out of the book of life, and the confession of his name before the Father and the angels (3:5); made a pillar in the temple of God; and three new names: the name of God, the name of the city of God, the new Jerusalem, and the Lord's own new name (3:12); and sitting on the Lord's throne with him (3:21)
Heart - Jacob, for example, seems to have suffered in his old age from weakness of the heart; a sudden failure of its action occurred on
Receipt of the unexpected but joyful news of Joseph’s great prosperity (
Genesis 45:26 )
Servant - ...
And in relation to the word servant, in the mutual services men owe, and are in fact exercising, of
Receipt towards one another; here also, the subject is almost boundless
Augustinus, Archbaptist of Canterbury - ...
Gregory was overjoyed at the
Receipt of the intelligence, and after an interval sent over a reinforcement of fresh labourers for the mission, amongst whom were Mellitus, Paulinus, and Justus
Maxentius, Joannes, Presbyter And Archimandrite - They acknowledge the
Receipt of the letter of Maxentius and his brethren, and say they rejoice that they "hold a right opinion on the grace of God, by whose light the free will of the human mind is illuminated, and by whose aid it is controlled," and express sorrow that any should question the Catholic faith on the point (c
Hammurabi - The death penalty was imposed for robbery or
Receipt of stolen merchandise from a palace or a temple
Government - Evidence for this taxation system is found in the Samaria ostraca, which record the
Receipt of taxes paid from various estates to the government
Matthew - He felt sure that the Preacher was not well disposed toward him, and his conscience would continually say to his face, How could He be? But at that so commanding gesture, and at those so commanding words, the chains of a lifetime of cruelty and extortion fell on the floor of the
Receipt of custom; till, scarcely taking time to clasp up his books and to lock up his presses, Matthew the publican of Capernaum rose up and followed our Lord
Ibas, Bishop of Edessa - Chaereas, as had been predetermined, addressed a report to the imperial government, declaring the charges proved; and on June 27 the emperor, acknowledging the
Receipt of the document, ordered that a bishop who would command the confidence of the faithful should be substituted for Ibas (Perry, The Second Synod of Ephesus; Martin, u
Jacob - Among the leading incidents are Joseph’s mission to inquire after his brethren’s welfare, the inconsolable sorrow of the old man on the
Receipt of what seemed conclusive evidence of Joseph’s death, the despatch of his surviving sons except Benjamin to buy corn in Egypt (cf
Friendship - ‘But no
Receipt openeth the heart but a true friend: To whom you may impart, Griefes, Joyes, Fears, Hopes, Suspicious, Counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the Heart’ (Bacon)
Philippians, Epistle to - Contented as he is with whatever God sends, he might have done without them, but they will add interest to the account of the Philippians, and he gives them a
Receipt in full which God will acknowledge (
Philippians 4:10-19 )
Ideal - The sinful woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee (
Luke 7:36-50), Zacchaeus, the grasping publican of Jericho (
Luke 19:1-10), Matthew, leaving the
Receipt of custom to become an Apostle (
Matthew 9:9 ||), may serve as examples
Abraham - You may take sarza to open the liver, steel to open the spleen, flower of sulphur for the lungs, castoreum for the brain; but no
Receipt openeth the heart but a true friend-a true friend to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it
Philippians Epistle to the - Paul hereby acknowledges
Receipt of it (ἀπέχω
, a terminus technicus, as is now abundantly proved) (Deissmann, Neue Bibelstudien, Marburg, 1897, p
Ignatius - It would be difficult to believe that this request for news of Ignatius could by any possibility be later than the
Receipt of the tidings of his death
Prophet - OT prophets, receiving their revelation only at such times as Jehovah desired to reveal His will, could exercise their functions only intermittently; whereas Jesus, living in uninterrupted communion with His Father, was in
Receipt of a constant revelation of the purposes and will of God
Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrrhus - His personal share in it began towards the end of 430, with the
Receipt by John, the patriarch of Antioch, of the letters of Celestine and Cyril, relative to the condemnation of the doctrines of Nestorius obtained by the Western bishops in Aug