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Event

Triumphal Entry/Palm Sunday

Jesus’s kingly entrance into Jerusalem on the Sunday before His crucifixion. He came riding a colt, a sign that He…

Place

Troas

A Roman colony in the northwestern part of Asia Minor. Paul traveled here on two of his missionary journeys.

Thing

Truth

A fact; something that can be trusted. Truth is an absolute: something that acts as a standard for all other…

Place

Tyre

An island city along the coast of what is now Lebanon. It is usually mentioned in connection with Sidon, another…

Place

Upper Room

The place where Jesus had the Last Supper with the disciples. It may have been the same upper room where…

Place

Ur

The city where Abraham was born and grew up. It was near the north end of the Persian Gulf in…

Person

Uriah

The Hittite husband of Bathsheba and a loyal soldier in King David’s army. David schemed to have Uriah put to…

Thing

Urim and Thummin/Lots

Objects used by priests to discover God’s choice in a matter. The Bible never describes these objects, only that they…

Person

Uzzah

An Israelite man who died instantly after touching the ark of the covenant. The ark was so holy it was…

Thing

Veil of the Temple

A pair of thick curtains about eighteen inches apart that hung at the entrance of the Holy of Holies (or…

Place

Vineyard

Grapes were grown in ancient Egypt and Canaan even before Abraham’s time. The hilly areas of Judea and Samaria were…