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  1. The Spirit knows the deep things of God
    Divine Identity
    The Spirit’s knowing in verses 10–12 is direct wording; the explicit Isaiah quotation occurs in verse 16 and leads to the claim that believers have Christ’s mind.
  2. The Spirit says: hear God’s voice today
    Divine Identity
    The attribution is explicit and present tense: Scripture’s warning is the Spirit’s speech to the hearers of Hebrews.
  3. The Spirit witnesses to God’s new covenant
    Divine Identity
    The quotation explicitly introduces the Holy Spirit, then retains the Lord’s first-person promises of inward law and forgiven sins.
  4. The sufferer's lament and divided garments
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    The passion cites the sufferer's lament and divided garments; Hebrews also applies the psalm's later praise to Christ and his brothers and sisters.
  5. The suffering servant: rejection, death, and vindication
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    John identifies unbelief with Isaiah's report, Jesus applies the servant's being counted with transgressors to his passion, and later writers explain his saving suffering.
  6. The Temple burns during the Roman assault
    Church History
    Roman troops reach the Temple precinct and the sanctuary burns. Josephus's extended account preserves the sequence of fighting while portraying Titus as trying to prevent the final destruction.
  7. The temple cannot shelter wrongdoing
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    Jesus recalls Jeremiah's challenge to false confidence in the temple.
  8. The threatened imperial statue in the Temple
    Church History
    Caligula orders his image installed in Jerusalem's Temple. Josephus describes petitions, Petronius's hesitation, and Agrippa's intervention; the installation is not completed.
  9. The throne and the Lamb receive one doxology
    Divine Identity
    The Lamb is distinguished from the one seated on the throne but receives the same universal doxology from every created thing. Earlier the elders fall before the Lamb.
  10. The tree, the curse, and redemption
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    Paul applies the law concerning an exposed body on a tree to Christ's death and his redemption of others from the law's curse.
  11. The Trinity
    Formation Module
    Catholics worship one God in three distinct Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Persons share one divine nature, so the Son and Spirit are neither creatures nor lesser gods. Catholic teaching receives the…
  12. The Twelve and apostolic witness
    Episkopos · Apostolic Succession
    Jesus chooses the Twelve; Acts presents them as witnesses to his resurrection. Their foundational witness is not simply identical to the later office of bishop.
  13. The Twelve Apostles
    New Testament Guide
    The Synoptic Gospels name twelve disciples whom Jesus appoints and sends. Acts names the remaining eleven and records Matthias being chosen to take Judas Iscariot's place.
  14. The Verification and Authority Dilemma
    Islamic Apologetics
    Both debates press Qur'an 10:94: if the Prophet were in doubt about what had been revealed, he is told to ask those who read the Scripture before him. A careful Christian argument does not need to claim that Muhammad…
  15. The victorious ascent and gifts for the Church
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    Ephesians applies the psalm's victorious ascent to Christ and connects it with gifts that build up his people.
  16. The vineyard and the rejected beloved son
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    Jesus' vineyard parable reuses Isaiah's vineyard imagery to confront leaders who reject the owner's messengers and son.
  17. The visitors at Mamre
    Christophanies
    Abraham receives three visitors; the LORD promises a son and hears an intercession.
  18. The voice that stops the sacrifice
    Christophanies
    The angel of the LORD restrains Abraham and renews the covenant promise.
  19. The Word was God
    Divine Identity
    John both distinguishes the Word from God by saying with God and predicates God of the Word. Verse 14 links this Word to the incarnate life; verse 17 names Jesus Christ.
  20. The Xi'an stele records Syriac Christianity in Tang China
    Church History
    A Chinese and Syriac monument records a Christian presence in Tang China and recalls earlier missionaries and imperial patronage. It offers a material witness to the eastward reach of Syriac Christianity.
  21. Theodore and Hadrian develop learning at Canterbury
    Church History
    Bede describes Theodore and Hadrian teaching Scripture and other subjects to pupils in England. Greek and Latin learning accompany efforts to organize church life.
  22. Theodore the Studite
    Church Father
    Abbot of the Studion monastery who defended the veneration of icons during the renewed iconoclast campaign and shaped Byzantine monastic discipline.
  23. Theodore the Studite resists renewed iconoclasm
    Church History
    Theodore's defense of icons leads to exile during the renewed iconoclast policy of Leo V. His correspondence sustains a network of monks and supporters beyond the capital.
  24. Theophilus answers questions about seeing and knowing God
    Church History
    Theophilus responds to a challenge to show his God by discussing perception, moral formation, and the limits of language. His work presents an early Christian explanation of why God is not simply another visible object.
  25. Theudas and a difficult chronological comparison
    Church History
    Josephus describes Theudas gathering followers near the Jordan and promising a miraculous crossing. Fadus sends cavalry and the movement is violently suppressed.
  26. Third Council of Constantinople
    Council
    Against monothelitism and monoenergism, the council confessed two natural wills and two natural operations in the one Christ, corresponding to His divine and human natures.
  27. Thirty pieces of silver and the rejected shepherd
    Jesus Prophecy Tracker
    Matthew relates the betrayal money and potter's field to prophetic Scripture.
  28. Thomas Aquinas
    Doctor of the Church
    Dominican theologian whose systematic treatment of God, creation, Christ, grace, virtue, and the sacraments became a major reference point in Catholic theology.
  29. Thomas Aquinas and the Summa Theologiae
    Timeline Event
    Aquinas develops a major synthesis of theology and philosophy in the medieval Latin tradition.
  30. Throne, Descent, Nearness, and Divine Action
    Islamic Apologetics
    Qur'an 20:5 says the Merciful established Himself over the Throne; Qur'an 57:4 says He is with people wherever they are; Qur'an 50:16 speaks of nearness; and Sahih al-Bukhari 1145 reports a nightly descent to the…
  31. Thérèse of Lisieux
    Doctor of the Church
    Discalced Carmelite whose 'little way' teaches confidence in divine mercy, spiritual childhood, and faithful love in ordinary actions.
  32. Timothy
    New Testament Witness
    Timothy joins Paul from Lystra, travels as a trusted coworker, is sent to strengthen churches, and is addressed in two canonical letters.
  33. Timothy I describes a theological conversation with al-Mahdi
    Church History
    Timothy I, patriarch of the Church of the East, recounts a discussion with the Abbasid caliph about Christian belief. Scripture, Christ's identity, and the Trinity become subjects of sustained argument.
  34. Titus
    New Testament Witness
    Titus is a Gentile Christian coworker who accompanies Paul, carries out difficult missions involving Corinth, and is instructed concerning church order in Crete.
  35. Titus
    Biblical Writing
    Titus is addressed about appointing elders, teaching households, and doing good works in Crete. The letter presents itself as Pauline; its authorship and setting are debated. Its instructions speak to an imagined or…
  36. Tobias
    Old Testament Figure
    Tobit's son on a journey accompanied by Raphael.
  37. Tobit
    Biblical Writing
    Tobit combines diaspora family piety, suffering, a journey, marriage, healing, and angelic guidance. Prayer, burial of the dead, generosity, and fidelity shape a story in which the protagonists know less than the…
  38. Tobit
    Old Testament Figure
    Righteous exile in a book received differently across Christian canons.
  39. Tobit 12: Raphael presents prayer before God
    Intercession source · Angel presents prayer
    Raphael says he presented Tobit and Sarah’s prayer before God. Tobit is Scripture in Catholic and Orthodox canons, not Protestant Old Testament canons. This is an angel, not a departed human saint.
  40. Tola
    Old Testament Figure
    Judge named after Abimelech's rule.