There were four hundred and sixty synagogues in Jerusalem; and every nationality of Jews had its own (Acts 6.
The disciples met with the Jews in the synagogue or established synagogues of their own (James 2.
You admit also that the risen Jesus did not present himself at the synagogues of the people, in the public streets, or at the palace of the High Priest to convince them of his Messiahship.
Paul's custom was to enter into the synagogues of the Jews, there to preach the Gospel.
Coming to a city, Paul customarily entered the synagogues of the Jews and first brought to them as the children of the kingdom, the glad tidings that the promises made unto the fathers were fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land," have no reference to the synagogues of a later age, as is now generally admitted.
And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
On the Sabbath, we find the Jews assembled in their synagogues for the reading of the law and the prophets: on the first day of the week, we find the Christians assembled to break bread.
They had the Scriptures; they were read in their synagogues every Sabbath day; they professed to believe that in them they had eternal life; they testified of Him; and yet they would not come to Him.
Theodoric, like all the Gothic Arians, sided with the Jews and fined the Catholic citizens of Ravenna, publicly flogging those who could not pay, in order that the synagogues might be rebuilt.
The Catholic population had naturally retaliated by burning all the Jewish synagogues to the ground.
In the synagogues of the Ashkenasim the benches nearest the ark, where the chief rabbi stands, are considered the most honourable; but the Spanish and Portuguese Jews make no difference in this respect.
The synagogues on that occasion are decorated with flowers, and in their houses the tables and floors are also dressed with flowers, sweet briar, and other fragrant herbs.
In the same way do the synagogues of the West differ from those of the East.
In other synagogues their gallery is open, and they can see and be seen.
All Jewish synagogues are alike; all the men keep their hats on, and wear a scarf round their shoulders, hanging down to their knees.
The synagoguesroared with the booming of fire-crackers, the report of toy pistols, the whir-whir of Purim rattles.
I felt sure that most of them looked upon churches or synagogues as they did upon police-courts; that they valued them primarily as safeguards of law and order and correctness, and this had become my attitude.
The scribes through the synagogues preserved the national spirit and directed it towards the religious life which was prescribed by Scripture.
But the admission of Christians into the Jewish fold was punished by confiscation of goods (357), the erection of new synagogues was arrested by Theodosius II.
This ordinance may be regarded as the beginning of the Synodal government of Judaism, which was a marked feature of medieval life in the synagogues of northern and central Europe from the 12th century.
They shall deliver you up Do not the rich oppress you, to councils; and in synagogues and themselves drag you before shall ye be beaten (xiii.
What he wrote to Christian synagogues would possibly be heard of and noted in synagogues which were not Christian.
That the reference is to judicial courts often held in synagogues is also quite gratuitous, and destroys the contrast between "pure religion" and worldly respect of persons in public worship.
In the Jewish synagogues any one who was disposed to do so might come forward to teach, and St. James writes at a time when the same freedom prevailed in the Christian congregations.
These blasphemers were no doubt Jews; and St. James has in his mind the anathemas against Jesus Christ which were frequent utterances among the Jews, both in the synagogues and in conversation.
And you may see with your eyes this very thing coming to pass; for in your synagogues you curse all those who from Him have become Christians" (Trypho, xcvi.
They will deliver you up to Sanhedrins; you will be brought into synagogues and cruelly beaten; and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to be witnesses to them for me.
And He went through all Galilee, preaching in the synagoguesand expelling the demons.
But before all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons.
For they love to pray standing in the synagoguesand on the street corners, that they may be seen by men.
Now when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or what you should answer, or what you are to say; 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.
Thus, when you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men.
I always taught in synagoguesand in the temple, where all the Jews come together, and I have said nothing in secret.
For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
As the synagogues extended, and possibly after the fall of Jerusalem (A.
They were prohibited from building newsynagogues or eating with Christians or acting as physicians to them.
And to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues and to have the highest places at suppers: 12:40.
And he was preaching in their synagogues and in all Galilee and casting out devils.
For they shall deliver you Up to councils: and in the synagogues you shall be beaten: and you shall stand before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath day.
But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
Luke pictures our Lord not as a severe ascetic but as a man of human sympathies and social instincts, mingling freely with his fellow men, worshiping with them in their synagogues and eating with them in their homes.
And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
The titles of "father and mother" of the synagogues were much prized.
By the institution of the synagogues (do not forget, gentlemen, that it is from the synagogue that the church comes), it established association in the most powerful form in which it had ever been realized.
The Jewish synagogues have had more continuity, although the synagogical body has never come to be a clergy.
The intercourse between thesynagogues of Rome and Jerusalem was continual.
In the synagogues of the Chassidim, jumping is preferred to lifting up the heels.
The lamentation in Jerusalem was intense, a fast was declared, the synagogues were opened, and a portion of the law (Levit.
On New Year's day they recite in the synagogues the record of the binding of Isaac for the same purpose.
The Rabbis have ordained this celebration by lighting of lamps, to make God's miracle known to all coming generations, and it is our duty to light the same in the synagogues and in our homes.
There were four hundred synagogues in the city of Byther, in each there were four hundred elementary teachers, and each had four hundred pupils.
Nearly a thousand pounds were expended every year by the synagogues of the metropolis to hire (minyan) men to make up the congregational number, and thus ensure the due observance of this regulation.
Encouraged by the consideration of the Castilian royal family, Ferrer craved permission not only to preach in the synagogues and mosques, but to force Jews and Mahometans to listen to his addresses.
He changed synagogues into churches, monasteries or schools, where the people were systematically kept ignorant, and trained for meanest servility.
He built synagogues for several of the Castilian communities, and one of especial magnificence at Toledo, but not a single establishment for the promotion of Talmudic study.
He permitted them to settle freely in Constantinople and other towns, allotted them special dwelling-places, and allowed them to erect synagogues and schools.
First of all the reformer of Wittenberg recommended that the synagogues be reduced to ashes, "to the honor of God and of Christianity.
Of the three synagogues of Seville two were transformed into churches.
For a short time thesynagogues were closed, and public worship prohibited.
At about this time one of the synagogues in Segovia was transformed into a church.
Such supposed considerations about access to synagogues and conciliation of the Jews would seem more suitable to a missionary to the circumcision, than to the Apostle of the Gentiles.
For Moses from generations of old hath in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.
Many of the miserable dwellings of the poor were demolished and the ground cleansed and fumigated, their former inhabitants in the meanwhile finding ample accommodations in the synagogues or in the houses of the wealthy.
The synagogues were filled to overflowing with weeping women and terror-stricken men.
The chief synagogues of Moscow and of Warsaw invited him to take up his residence with them.
In the synagogues the kaddish (prayer for the dead) was recited as for a beloved parent.
Its authority extended over all the synagogues in Judea, as also over all other places, where the people resided near Jerusalem.
It appears to be the current opinion of many who have written on the subject, that synagogues were first built during the days of Ezra and Nehemiah.
The synagogues were also used in olden times as courts of justice, more especially in ecclesiastical affairs.
The silence of the old testament respecting synagogues, and the absence of any other authentic account, have induced most historians to conclude that synagogues were not generally in use before the Babylonish captivity.
Synagogues were originally instituted as chapels of ease, for the convenience of those persons who lived far distant from the temple, and could not, therefore, attend regularly to divine service.
In the later ages of the Jewish state, synagogues became very numerous, even in Jerusalem, where the temple stood.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "synagogues" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
