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.TOLA1.The eldest son of Issachar, and head of a family, Ge 46:13; Nu26:23.2.Of the tribe of Issachar, judge of Israel, at Shamir in MountEphraim, for twenty-three years after the death of Abimelech, Jud10:1,2.TOMBSee SEPULCHRE.TOPAZA precious stone of wine-yellow color, with occasional pale tinges ofgreen or red.It was one of the twelve gems in the high priest'sbreastplate, Ex 28:17; 39:10, and was a highly prized product of Cush,or Southern Arabia, Job 28:19; Eze 28:13.TOPHETSee HINNOM.TORMENTORSThe Greek word usually denotes men who had charge of instruments oftorture, by which unwilling witnesses were compelled to testify, andthe agonies of execution in some cases were protracted.The same men,however, were keepers of prisons and jails; and it is probably withreference only to their office as jailers that the word is used in Mt18:34.TORTOISELe 11:29.The Hebrew word rather denotes a species of lizard, so namedin the original for its slowness of motion.file:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/t.htm (39 of 49)8/10/2005 3:51:19 AMATS TTOWERSWere erected not only in the outer walls and on the heights withincities, Jud 9:47-49 Ps 48:12 Lu 13:4, but along the frontiers of acountry, at points where the approach of an enemy could be descried ata distance, Jud 9:17 Isa 21:6-9 Eze 33:2-6.A tower afforded a refugeto the surrounding inhabitants, in case of invasion; and often, whenmost of a city was subdued, the tower or citadel remained impregnable.So God is a strong and safe protector of his people, Ps 18:2 61:8 Pr18:10.A slight tower or look-out was often erected for the keeper ofa vineyard or flock, 2Ch 26:10 Isa 5:2 Mic 4:8 Mt 21:33; and travelersin Palestine see them in use at this day.TRACHONITISIn the time of Christ, was, as its name imports, a rugged province,lying on the northeast border of Palestine, south of Damascus, betweenthe mountains of Arabia Deserta on the east, and Iturea, Auranitis,and Batania on the west and south, Lu 3:1.Herod the Great subdued therobbers that infested it; and after his death it was governed byPhilip his son, and then by Herod Agrippa.TRADITIONCol 2:8 Tit 1:14, a doctrine, sentiment, or custom not found in theBible, but transmitted orally from generation to generation from somepresumed inspired authority.In patriarchal times, much that wasvaluable and obligatory was thus preserved.But tradition has longbeen superseded by the successive and completed revelations of God'swill which form the inspired Scriptures, the only perfect andsufficient rule of belief and practice.With this, even before thetime of the Savior, Isa 8:20, all traditions were to be compared, asbeing of no value if they conflicted with it, added to it, or tookfrom it, Re 22:19.The Jews had numerous unwritten traditions, whichthey affirmed to have been delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai, and byhim transmitted to Joshua, the judges, and the prophets.After theirwars with the Romans under Adrian and Severus, in view of theirincreasing dispersion over the earth, the Jews desired to secure theirtraditions by committing them to writing.Accordingly Rabbi Judah "thefile:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/t.htm (40 of 49)8/10/2005 3:51:19 AMATS THoly," composed the Mishna, or second law, the most ancient collectionof the Hebrew traditions, about A.D.190-220.To this text two commentaries were afterwards added: the Gemara ofJerusalem, probably about A.D.370; and the Gemara of Babylon, A.D.500; forming, with the Mishna, the Talmud of Jerusalem and that ofBabylon.The contents of these voluminous works poorly remunerate thestudent of the laborious task of reading them.Our Savior severelycensured the adherents of such legendary follies in his own day, andreproached them with preferring the traditions of the elders to thelaw of God itself, and superstitiously adhering to vain observanceswhile they neglected the most important duties, Mt 15:1-20 Mr 7:1-13.The traditions of the Romish church, with less apology than theancient Jews had before the New Testament was written, are still morein conflict with the word of God, and still more deserving of theSavior's condemnation.In 2Th 2:15 3:6, "tradition" means inspired instructions from the lipsof those who received them from God, and were authorized to dispensethem in his name.These apostolic sayings were obligatory only onthose who received them as inspired directly from the apostles.Hadany of them come down to our times, the only means of endorsing themmust be by showing their agreement with the word of God, sinceinspiration and miracles have ceased.TRANCEA state of the human system distinguished from dreaming and revery; itis one in which the bodily senses are licked up and almostdisconnected from the spirit, which is occupied either with phantasms,as in trances produced by disease, or, as in ancient times, withrevelations from God.Numerous instances are mentioned in Scripture:as that of Balaam, Nu 24:4,16; those of Peter and Paul, Ac 10:10 22:172Co 12:1-4.Compare also Ge 2:21-24 15:12-21 Job 4:13-21.TRANSFIGURATIONMt 17:1-9 2Pe 1:16-18.This remarkable event in the life of Christprobably took place on Hermon or some other mountain not far fromCaesarea Philippi; the tradition which assigns it to Tabor not beingsustained.See TABOR.file:///H|/Biblebob/Books/Online/ATSBibleDictionary/t.htm (41 of 49)8/10/2005 3:51:19 AMATS TThe whole form and raiment of the Savior appeared in supernaturalglory.The Law and the Prophets, in the persons of Moses and Elijah,did homage to the Gospel.By communing with Christ on the theme mostmomentous to mankind, his atoning death, they evinced the harmony thatexists between the old and new dispensations, and the sympathy betweenheaven and earth; while the voice from heaven in their hearing gavehim honor and authority over all.Besides its great purpose, theattestation of Christ's Messiahship and divinity, this scenedemonstrated the continued existence of departed spirits in an unseenworld, furnished in the Savior's person an emblem of humanityglorified, and aided in preparing both him and his disciples for theirfuture trials
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