The story of Jonah is a great example of mercy. Also, the story of Esau and Jacob.
Psalm 136 has 'mercy' in it 26 times and it has 26 verses. This is in the Authorised Version of the Bible. Strangely, the New International Version of the Bible does not have this word, 'mercy', in it at all, but has 'love' substituted for 'mercy'. And according to my dictionary, 'love' is different to 'mercy'.
Through the various Bible stories we can see that: God is supreme and sovereign God communicates with man. Man is sinful (separated from God ) God is Holy and God judges sin. There are many other things we can see about man and God in Bible stories. Also there are other characteristice of Bible stories. For example they are historic narratives - they record the history of the nation of Israel. Some of them eg parables, teach spiritual truth.
The word "mercy" is in the King James Version of the Bible 276 times. It is in 261 verses.
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The word "mercy" appears 262 times in the KJV.
I have never heard this term used, but if it has been it is because the churches contrained windows that told the stories of the bible. People couldn't read so the church to teach the bible stories used the church itself to teach the stories. They were in the stain glass windows and in the paintings as well using the "stations of the cross" to teach the bible.
The theatre was mainly put on by the church to teach bible stories, so the people learned the stories of the bible through the plays they saw. This was important because people couldn't read, but the church wanted to teach them about the bible.
Passion plays put on by the Catholic church to teach bible stories. Since people couldn't read they had to use various ways to teach the bible.
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Psalm 136 has 'mercy' in it 26 times and it has 26 verses. This is in the Authorised Version of the Bible. Strangely, the New International Version of the Bible does not have this word, 'mercy', in it at all, but has 'love' substituted for 'mercy'. And according to my dictionary, 'love' is different to 'mercy'.
Passion plays that were put on by the Catholic church to teach the stories of the bible were the drama of the time.
Carol Mullan has written: 'New Testament Bible stories' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English Bible stories, N.T. 'Bible picture stories from the Old and New Testaments' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English Bible stories
Through the various Bible stories we can see that: God is supreme and sovereign God communicates with man. Man is sinful (separated from God ) God is Holy and God judges sin. There are many other things we can see about man and God in Bible stories. Also there are other characteristice of Bible stories. For example they are historic narratives - they record the history of the nation of Israel. Some of them eg parables, teach spiritual truth.
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The word "mercy" is in the King James Version of the Bible 276 times. It is in 261 verses.
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