Synagogue - found only once in the Authorized Version of Ps. 74:8, where the margin of Revised Version has "places of assembly," which is probably correct; for while the origin of synagogues is unknown, it may well be supposed that buildings or tents for the accommodation of worshippers may have existed in the land from an early time, and thus the system of synagogues would be gradually developed. Some, however, are of opinion that it was specially during the Babylonian captivity that the system of synagogue worship, if not actually introduced, was at least reorganized on a systematic plan The exiles gathered together for the reading of the law and the prophets as they had opportunity, and after their return synagogues were established all over the land In after years, when the Jews were dispersed abroad, wherever they went they erected synagogues and kept up the stated services of worship The form and internal arrangements of the synagogue would greatly depend on the wealth of the Jews who erected it, and on the place where it was built. "Yet t

Gospels: 1. The central fact of Christian preaching was the intelligence that the Saviour had come into the world and the first Christian preachers who called their account of the person and mission of Christ by the term evangelion good message were called evangelistai evangelists

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