A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Quo Vadis?
- Rainbow, The
- Rainbow, The
- Rainbow: or curious covenant, The
- Redemption
- Remember me implored the thief
- Resurrection
- Rizpah
- Rock, The
- Root of all evil, The
- Rosa Mystica
- Sabbath, The
- Saint Mary Magdalene or the weeper
- Salome
- Samson Agonistes
- Samson and Delilah
- Samson to his Delilah
- Sarah
- Saved
- Second Coming, The
- Seed of Adam
- Sharing Eve's apple
- Shepherds, The
- Simon the Cyrennian speaks
- Sion lies waste
- Sitting by a bush in broad daylight
- Song of Saul before his last battle
- St. Mary Magdalene
- St. Matthew & St. Mark & St. Luke & St. John
- St. Paul
- Stanzas on the Psalms
- Stephen to Lazarus
- Stone, The
- Story of Joshua, The
- Take ye heed, watch and pray
- Temple, The
- They wondered why the fruit had been forbidden
- This bread I break
- Thorn in the flesh, The
- Thou art indeed just, Lord
- Three Kings, The
- Till We Have Faces
- To be a [3pilgrim3]
- To Dives
- To him that was crucified
- To the garden the world
- Tower of Babel, The
- Trial of Jesus, The
- Two went up to the temple to pray
- Unpardonable Sin, The
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: Two went up to the temple to pray
Genre
PoemDefinition
Refers to a story of Jesus about two men, a Pharisee and a tax collector who went to the temple and prayed together. His listeners were surprised at which one God forgaveCultural References
Big ideas: Forgiveness, mercy and graceParty of highly religious Jews who imposed strict observance of all the Jewish laws.
A sacred building used for worship. In the Bible, the Temple was the centre of Jewish worship in Jerusalem. In the New Testament, the term is also used as an image of the believer's physical body.
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