Regicide | RuneScape Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia King Lathas gives you your newest mission. (The King's message is received automatically 5-35 minutes after finishing the Underground Pass quest.) After receiving a message from King Lathas , talk to him in Ardougne Castle. He informs you that they have managed to find his brother, King Tyras , with help from the elves; Tyras is hiding in the elven lands along with his troops. Lathas asks you to go through the Underground Pass again and venture into these lands to kill his brother. Important: If you do not talk to King Lathas before going to the Well of Voyage , Iban will still be there and you will not be able to continue. This means you will need to go through the whole underground pass again. Underground Pass Edit Before going into the pass, make sure you have all the items you will need to get through it, and to complete a portion of the quest up until you activate the Tirannwn lodestone. Otherwise, if you reach Isafdar and realise you have forgotten something, you will have to make your way through the Underground Pass again, which can be time-consuming.

It is also recommended to bring some food for healing, in case you fall down in the pass. Once you are prepared, return to the Underground Pass. See this separate guide for detailed instructions for getting through the pass and reaching the well. You should make your way to Iban's Temple , where you defeated him during the Underground Pass quest. Although you might see Iban from outside the temple, it is safe to proceed if you have completed the quest. You can talk to Koftik to obtain some food and also recharge your prayer and summoning points there. In the centre of the temple is the Well of Voyage ; use it to travel to Isafdar . Isafdar, the Elven Lands Edit Exit out of the cave and head a bit west to meet up with an elf named Idris . He starts to mention something about Lathas, but is swiftly gunned down by Morvran and Essyllt . The elf guards will tell you to talk to Lord Iorwerth at the Elf Camp in the north-west corner of the forest. A map of Isafdar Edit To travel to the elf camp, you will need to traverse past the obstacles in the elven forest.

Note that these traps do not stop forward motion, with the exception of the stick trap ; you simply fall right into/over them and take damage. The Tirannwn lodestone is not far from your current location, hence it is recommended to activate it now for easier travel. Also, if you run out of food, you can kill the rabbits around Isafdar and cook them on one of the fire pits in the elf camp. While moving around, players may encounter four different obstacles: Trap Tripwire Tripwires are armed across two close rocks, flanked by four crossbows aiming at the trespasser. Make sure run mode is turned off, then click on the tripwire to step over it. If you trigger the trap while doing so, you'll be damaged and poisoned. Tracker Tutorial Edit Meeting with Lord Iorwerth in his camp, who instructs you to speak to his elf tracker. Once you reach the elf camp, talk to Lord Iorwerth and tell him that King Lathas sent you. He directs you to meet up with his tracker, the one who can guide you to Tyras' camp.

Teleport to the Tirannwn lodestone if activated, or go south-east of the camp until you find an elf tracker , as shown by the map. If you haven't activated the lodestone, do so now as you can avoid going through the Underground Pass again. He doesn't trust your allegiance since you're a human, so return to Lord Iorwerth to obtain a token - a crystal pendant . Talk to the tracker again with the pendant with you, and he'll tell you how to find the camp. A bit west of the tracker are some footprints heading into the forest; right click and try to follow them and you will be told that you can't. Go back to the elf tracker and he'll teach you how to traverse across the dense forests in Isafdar. Go back and climb through it, with any boost if necessary. Enemy Base Edit The battle with the Tyras Guard After you pass through the dense forest, a level 58 Tyras guard will attack you, equipped with a steel halberd. He should be an easy defeat for experienced players; however, players may use prayer and food if the need arises. After you've killed the guard, continue north, taking caution of a tripwire nearby.

After navigating past the tripwire, go through the dense forest up ahead, and continue west through another dense forest located next to a Tyras guard to reach Tyras Camp. If you ran from the Tyras guard that appeared earlier, you will have to kill him to continue. Here you will be able to charter a ship to and from Port Tyras , unlocking an alternative route to Isafdar. The trip costs 3200gp (This can be reduced to only 1600gp or even 800 gp with the Ring of charos (a) , depending on whether or not the player has completed Cabin Fever ) and in order to use this route in the future, you must leave from this port once. Once in the camp, speak to General Hining and request to see King Tyras. He tells you that the King doesn't ever entertain an audience and sends you on your way. Hence you must now devise a plan to kill Tyras inside his tent. While here, grab at least 2 of the barrels that spawn around the camp.

An extra barrel of naphtha is needed for Mourning's End Part I , so if you plan on completing that quest, avoid making an extra trip to the camp and grab a few spares in case you make a mistake later. An Explosive Plan Go back to Lord lorwerth, and read the Big book of bangs he hands you. Keep the book as you will need it later. You must now follow the instructions in the book to create an explosive compound. The location to find the coal tar Go south of the elf tracker until you come up to a poison waste swamp, where you should find some coal tar. Fill all but one of your barrels with coal tar by using them on the swamp. Grab some sulphur lying on the ground nearby and grind it with your pestle and mortar to make ground sulphur . The third component you will need is quicklime . To make some, use limestone on a furnace. You can mine some limestone in Isafdar, but it may be easier to obtain by buying it on the Grand Exchange, or at the limestone mine near Paterdomus . Once you have these items, you can charter a ship from Port Tyras or use any other method to reach Rimmington .

Fractionation Items needed: 10-30 coal , big book of bangs , barrel of coal-tar , an empty barrel , strip of cloth , quicklime , ground sulphur , and a pot The interface when making a barrel of naphtha Go to the chemist's house just west of Rimmington and talk to him . Noting the book Iorwerth gave you, he tells you to use his still to create the required mixture; use your barrel of coal-tar on the fractionation still outside his house. To operate the still: Rotate the tar regulator clockwise twice, to make the tar flowing at maximum. The 'pressure' indicator on the left should go up. When the pressure enters the green region, rotate the pressure valve clockwise once to let out some pressure. This should stall the pressure indicator. Start adding coal. This raises the 'heat' indicator on the right. If it's below the green region, add more coal. If it's above, don't add coal until it gets lower. If the heat reading reaches the dark orange portion, you've spoilt your compound and must start again.

If you run out of coal, your progress will be saved, but you will have to re-set the pressure to add more coal to it. The bar on the bottom should start turning green. When it's full, stop adding coal and close the window to replace your empty barrel with a barrel of naphtha . Next, grind the quicklime with a pot in your inventory, to get a pot of quicklime . Be sure to have a pot in your inventory before grinding or else the quicklime will disappear and you will need to heat another piece of limestone. A pot can be bought from the general store in Rimmington . Add the pot of quicklime and ground sulphur to the naptha mix, producing a barrel bomb . Finally, use the strip of cloth on the bomb to complete it. Catapulted Into Oblivion Items needed: Barrel bomb and a cooked rabbit (can be bought in raw form from a charter crewmember, and cooked anywhere in Isafdar) The barrel bomb destroying Tyras' tent Head back to Tyras' camp using a charter ship to Port Tyras . Cross the dense forest north of the camp and offer the cooked rabbit to the plainclothes Tyras guard near the catapult, as a distraction.

Free from any interference, use the barrel bomb on the catapult. You will see the bomb hit King Tyras' tent and burn it to the ground. Go back to Lord Iorwerth , who gives you a sealed message to take to King Lathas , also granting you access to the overpass of Arandar . Make sure you have the letter before transporting away. If however, you have a clue scroll in your inventory meant for Lord Iorwerth , you must either complete or drop it before moving on with the quest. Dumbstruck Edit Arianwyn shows you what the message really says, and recruits you to his side. Travel back to Ardougne Castle by any method you want. On the way to delivering the message, an elf named Arianwyn suddenly appears before you. He breaks the magic seal on the letter and asks you to read it. In the letter, Lord Iorwerth assures King Lathas that Tyras has been killed and that the Dark Lord can enter Gielinor . Arianwyn further reveals the "path" is connected to Zamorak's realm, and convinces you to join his side instead.

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The message will say that you should visit King Lathas , on the second floor of the castle in East Ardougne . Head to the castle and King Lathas will tell you that the wizards have finally finished the work on the Well of Voyage. He wants you to go through the Underground Pass, to assassinate his brother Tyras, and to find an easy route back home. The king will then inform you that a group of elves, lead by Lord Iorwerth , are willing to help you out. Note: The easiest way to reach East Ardougne is by using the Ardougne lodestone or the Ardougne teleport spell (requires 51 Magic ). Make your way straight through the Underground Pass to Iban's Temple (Please refer to the Underground Pass quest guide for more information on the path to follow). When you have reached the temple, enter it and climb down the Well of Voyage Note: You can skip the parts of collecting the orbs, making the doll, and killing the unicorn. Do not talk to the Paladins either as they will see you as an Iban follower and will attack you.

If you are in need of extra food, you may talk to Koftik in Iban's Temple and he will give you a random amount of food. You will end up in a cave with an altar and an obelisk. Leave the cave and as soon as you appear in the land of the Elves, a cut scene will occur in which Idris gets killed by two elves named Morvran and Essylt . They will tell you to visit Lord Iorwerth at the Elf Camp in the northwest corner of the forest. There are some dangerous traps you will encounter on your way through the forest. For the location of each trap, refer to the Tirannwn map . Leaf trap:These traps appear as a circle of leaves on the ground. If you fail to jump over the leaves you will fall into a small pit and take 500-800 damage. Climb up the protruding rocks to get out of the pit and try to bypass the trap again. Stick trap: These traps will deal between 200 and 400 damage if you fail to pass them. Tripwire: These wires are extremely hard to see.

If you fail to step over the wire, the surrounding 4 crossbows will shot arrows at you, each dealing between 200 and 400 damage. From the area where Idris was killed, follow the path leading southwest into forest past a leaf and a stick trap. When you have made it past these two traps, take the north path leading to the Elf Camp in the northwest part of the forest. Jump over the leaf trap and cross the log balance to access the camp. There, speak to Lord Iorwerth and he will offer you his full support to get rid of Tyras. However, since his troops are currently occupied he will tell you to seek out one of his Trackers . Before leaving the camp, pick up an Empty pot from the ground. Leave the camp, past the leaf trap, and keeping continuing south until you spot the Elf Tracker . He will think that you are one of Tyras' men and will not trust you. Return to Lord Iorwerth and the lord will give you his Crystal pendant . Equip the pedant and return to the Elf Tracker , who will now trust you. Note: Before proceeding to the next step, take the opportunity to activate the nearby lodestone for future use.

You will tell Elf Tracker that you need to find and kill Tyras. He admits that he knows the location of his old camp but need help tracking down the new location. The tracker will ask you to search the west side of camp for a trace of Tyras's men. Just to west, you will see some footprints on the grass. Try to follow those tracks and you will be told that you cannot. Report back to the Elf Tracker and he will tell you what you need to know to pass through the dense forest. Prepare for battle and enter the dense forest. When you have made your way through the dense forest, you will be attacked by a Tyras Guard (level 58) . It is advised to turn on the Protect from Melee Prayer as there are barely any safespots around to use Magic or Ranged . After you have killed him, no other Tyras Guard (level 58) will automatically attack you. Head northwest into the forest, past the tripwires, and through the dense forest until you come to a junction. Take the path leading south and go through another dense forest into the Tyras Camp . Once inside of the camp, ask General Hining in the center if you can see his king.

He will tell you the king sees no one but will stand between us and the end. Before leaving the camp, pick up two barrels from the ground as you will need them later on. Note: After having spoken to General Hining , you will unlock the ability to buy halberds from the Quartermaster 's general store. Return to Lord Iorwerth and inform him that you have found Tyras' camp. He will reveal his plans of wanting to destroy that camp using the knowledge from the Big book of bangs . Iorwerth will then ask you to help find a way to get rid of the camp. Read the book to find out that you will need Ground sulfur , a Pot of quicklime , and a Barrel of naphtha to make an explosive. Head to the swamp south of the Elf Tracker and pick up some Sulphur from shores of the swamp. Grind the Sulphur to turn it into Ground sulfur . Now, fill one of the Barrels with the tar from the swamp to get a Barrel of coal-tar .

If you forgot to bring Limestone , then travel to the limestone quarry in the northeaster corner of the forest, just east of the southern gate of the city of Prifddinas. Make your way to the Tyras Camp again and use the Limestone on the small furnace to make Quicklime . While you have an Empty pot in your inventory, use the Quicklime with Pestle and mortar to make a Pot of quicklime . Note: If you are not wearing gloves, you will take 80 damage from using the Limestone on a furnace. If you try to grind the Quicklime without having an Empty pot , you will take 50 damage. Fill up your inventory with 10 to 20 pieces of Coal and travel to the Chemist 's house in the west part of Rimmington . Distill the tar by putting the Barrel of coal-tar in the fractionation still, just outside of the house, and then adding Coal (See instructions below). Your goal is to have both the pressure and heat meters in the green/red areas. Once you have filled the 'total distilled' bar, exit the interface and you will receive a Barrel of naphtha .

Note: The easiest way to reach Rimmington is to travel to Port Sarim by using the Port Sarim lodestone or by chartering a ship at the Tyras Camp . From Port Sarim , head west towards the village of Rimmington . How to Distill: Use the Barrel of coal-tar with the distiller. Right click on the right side of right valve twice, so the tar will flow at maximum. You will see the 'pressure' indicator on the left go up. When the indicator reaches the green region, click the right side of the valve on the left to let out pressure. This will raise the indicator on the right. If the heat indicator is below the green are, add more Coal . Heat rises fairly slow so be cautious when you add coal or else you will reset the process. If it is in the red area, do not add add coal until it gets lower. Note: If the heat indicator stays in the red area for too long, the distilling process will reset and you will have to start over by adding another Barrel of coal-tar . If you run out of Coal , the current distilling process will be paused, allowing you to gather more coal without having to start all over.

What Happens to Christians Who Commit Suicide? Do They Go To Heaven or Hell? What Happens to Christians Who Commit Suicide? Do They Go To Heaven or Hell? by Rich Deem Introduction Do Christians who kill themselves go to heaven or hell ? This is a difficult question to answer, not because the answer is difficult, but because Christians who are looking for the answer are probably contemplating suicide. If this is you, I want to warn you that it is not God's will that you commit suicide. Suicides in the Bible King Saul's Suicide There are a few examples of successful suicides in the Bible. Coming to mind is Samson, who killed himself and his Philistine captors who were mocking him. 1 In this instance, Samson's prayer to God for strength in his last act seemed to be answered by God. However, the Philistines who he also killed were evil people. Another example is King Saul and his armor-bearer, who killed themselves as they were being overrun by the Philistines. 2 A third example was Ahithophel, who hanged himself when it was clear that his advice to Absalom was not heeded, and that he would likely be killed by David as a traitor.

3 Another example is Zimri, who usurped the throne in Israel for seven days, before Israel's army marched against him and he intentionally set the citadel on fire and died in the flames. 4 Probably the most famous example was Judas, who after he had betrayed Jesus tried to give back the 30 pieces of silver, then went out and hanged himself. 5 Other people contemplated suicide, such as the unbelievers in Revelation, who were suffering the wrath of God. 6 Another was the Philippian jailor, who considered killing himself when he saw all the doors of the prison open. 7 However, Paul, one of the prisoners, encouraged him not to kill himself. Instead of committing suicide, the jailor became a Christian and was baptized that night. 8 Another famous example occurred when the Satan tempted Jesus to throw himself off the temple wall, so that God would send an angel to save Him. 9 Jesus refused. Then there was Job's wife, who after Job had suffered numerous catastrophes at the hand of Satan was encouraged to "curse God and die." 10 Job refused the evil suggestion of his wife.

What is clear from all these examples is that suicide in the Bible was usually the result of evil men realizing what was in store for them as a result of their evil. In other instances, people were encouraged not to kill themselves or chose not to do so on their own, as being the better choice. So, it is clear that suicide is never encouraged in the Bible. Bible and suicide Although the issue of suicide is not directly addressed in the Bible, it does fall under the commandments of God - specifically, "you shall not murder." 11 The Bible in Basic English translates the phrase, "Do not put anyone to death without cause." The Hebrew word used here is ratsach, 12 which nearly always refers to intentional killing without cause (unless indicated otherwise by context). Since suicide is the intentional, premeditated murder of an individual, it would also be banned by the commandment. According to the Bible, murder (or suicide) is prohibited because humans are made in the image of God: "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

(Genesis 9:6) Therefore, according to the Bible, the only One who has the right to decide when we die is the Creator Himself. The Bible also says God has ordained the days of our lives. 13 So, suicide specifically violates the will of God in a person's life. Suicide and heaven/hell Contrary to what many people believe, going to heaven is not determined by weighing one's good deed vs. bad deeds. Salvation in the Bible is based upon belief in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior: that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; (Romans 10:9) This kind of belief is not just an academic endeavor, since the demons "believe," but are condemned. 14 The difference is that the demons believe and rebel against God whereas a true believer believes and follows Jesus as Lord. 15 Salvation, and access to heaven is based upon the grace of God 16 as a free gift to those who believe. 17 So, how do good and evil deeds fit into salvation and heaven vs. hell ?

Those who do not believe are condemned based upon the evil deeds they had committed during their lives. 18 In fact, the righteous deeds performed by those individuals during their lives will not even be remembered by God. 19 For the believer, the opposite situation exists. All his bad deeds are forgiven 20 and forgotten by God 21 and he is judged on the basis of his good deeds. 22 So, a Christian who commits suicide is limiting his reward in heaven by cutting his life short. Suicide cuts short the good works that God has prepared for us to accomplish: For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10) Objections Some Christians have objected to this paper and cite 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 as evidence that those who commit suicide will be excluded from heaven: Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.

(1 Corinthians 3:16-17) There are a lot of warnings about Christians being the temple of the Holy Spirit. Because the Spirit lives in us, we are not to join God's temple with idolatry or sexual immorality (e.g., a prostitute) Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; (1 Corinthians 6:18-19) Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God.

As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." (2 Corinthians 6:14-16) You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"? (James 4:4-5) The Greek word phtheirō translated "destroy" in 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 has alternative meanings, including "to corrupt" or "to defile." 23 Given the verses cited above and the allusion to holiness, this meaning makes more sense than "destroy." Even so, the destruction of the body by God does not necessarily mean that a person will lose their salvation. God could remove that person from earth to prevent them from falling further into corruption.

Here is what Paul said of a sinning believer: When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 5:4-5) So, even though a Christian commits a sin, that act cannot result in God reneging on His promise of salvation based upon faith. In other words, a true believer can never lose his salvation (see Once Saved Always Saved? Eternal Security of the Believer ). Conclusion In conclusion, a true Christian who commits suicide will enter heaven . Being a true Christian means that one believes in Jesus Christ as Lord. Going up for an alter-call at some point in one's life without true belief does not make one a true Christian. However, a Christian should not want to thwart God's purposes by shortening his natural life through suicide. The Christian is to be propelled by love for one another, 24 which cannot be expressed by killing one's self.

At the natural end of one's life, we will be looking forward to the words of the Master: "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' (Matthew 25:23) Related Pages Once Saved Always Saved? Eternal Security of the Believer References Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes." Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left. And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.

(Judges 16:28-30) Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. (1 Samuel 31:4-5) Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father. (2 Samuel 17:23) When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died, because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin.

(1 Kings 16:18-19) Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!" And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. (Matthew 27:3-5) And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. (Revelation 9:6) When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!" (Acts 16:27-28) And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house. And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.

(Acts 16:29-33) Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU'; and 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'" Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'" (Matthew 4:5-7) Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!" But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. (Job 2:9-10) "You shall not murder. (Exodus 20:13) 'You shall not murder.

(Deuteronomy 5:17) Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions: A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 220 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. (Psalms 139:16) by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." (Deuteronomy 30:20) So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8:15) You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.

(James 2:19) A believer must follow Jesus: And He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." (Matthew 4:19) But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead." (Matthew 8:22) As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him. (Matthew 9:9) Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

(Matthew 16:24) Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." (Matthew 19:21) And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." (Mark 1:17) As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him. (Mark 2:14) And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.

(Mark 8:34) Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." (Mark 10:21) After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." (Luke 5:27) And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. (Luke 9:23) And He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." (Luke 9:59) When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." (Luke 18:22) The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He found Philip.

And Jesus said to him, "Follow Me." (John 1:43) "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; (John 10:27) "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. (John 12:26) Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered, "Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later." (John 13:36) Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me!" (John 21:19) Jesus said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?

You follow Me!" (John 21:22) The grace of God: "But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are." (Acts 15:11) "But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, in order that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24) being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; (Romans 3:24) But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. (Romans 5:15) For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

(Romans 5:17) And the Law came in that the transgression might increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, (Romans 5:20) that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:21) But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. (Romans 11:6) I thank my God always concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, (1 Corinthians 1:4) But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. (1 Corinthians 15:10) And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

(2 Corinthians 12:9) "I do not nullify the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly." (Galatians 2:21) You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. (Galatians 5:4) In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, (Ephesians 1:7) even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), (Ephesians 2:5) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9) But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. (Ephesians 4:7) and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

(1 Timothy 1:14) Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me His prisoner; but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, (2 Timothy 1:8-9) He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, (Titus 3:5-6) As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful search and inquiry, (1 Peter 1:10) that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:7) But He gives a greater grace.

Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE." (James 4:6) Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 1:13) You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. (1 Peter 5:5) And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. (1 Peter 5:10) Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!

(1 Peter 5:12) Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; (2 Peter 1:2) but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18) even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; (Romans 3:22-24) Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

(1 Corinthians 6:9-10) The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21) "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." (Revelation 21:8) "But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

(Ezekiel 18:24) "Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins." (Acts 10:43) For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13-14) He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace (Ephesians 1:5-7) I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake. (1 John 2:12) "But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

"All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. (Ezekiel 18:21-22) Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. (1 Corinthians 3:8-9) Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. (Colossians 3:23-24) And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6) "Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done.

(Revelation 22:12) Thayer's Greek Definitions: phtheirō φθείρω (Strong's G5351) to corrupt, to destroy in the opinion of the Jews, the temple was corrupted or ï¿½destroyedï¿½ when anyone defiled or in the slightest degree damaged anything in it, or if its guardians neglected their duties to lead away a Christian church from that state of knowledge and holiness in which it ought to abide to be destroyed, to perish in an ethical sense, to corrupt, deprave Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by Thayerï¿½s/Strongï¿½s Number: probably strengthened from phthio (to pine or waste) Citing in TDNT: 9:93, 1259 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (John 13:34-35) We are what we think.

01/17/2017 08:00 AM Macbeth's Three Murders Macbeth�s Three Murders In Shakespeare�s Macbeth, Macbeth commits three sets of murders. Were these murders justified or were they just acts of a madman? While the murders of Duncan, Banquo, and Macduff�s family are all politically expedient for Macbeth, the immorality of them leads to Macbeth�s downfall. Duncan�s murder is the only way for Macbeth to gain more power. Macbeth subconsciously realizes this as soon as the we�rd sisters foretell that Macbeth will be king. His thoughts immediately jump to murder with: If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature? Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings. My thought, whose murther yet is fantastical, Shakes so my single state of man, That function is smother�d in surmise, And nothing is, but what is not. (I.iii.134-142) He is under the influence of the witches.

Shakespeare writes �yield� suggesting that perhaps Macbeth has no say in the matter. One yields to something more powerful, and in this case it seems fate is more powerful. �Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair� alludes to how crazy the act of regicide is. In normal circumstances, Macbeth would never dream of killing the king. It also may allude to the witches and their appearance. His use of �fantastical� suggests Macbeth is still under the witches� spell. After all, they are fantastical themselves, and it is their words that lead Macbeth to ponder murder. Macbeth consciously decides on murder after Duncan has proclaimed Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland. Macbeth says to himself: The Prince of Cumberland! � That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o�erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires; The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be, Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.

(I.iv.48-53) With �fall down, or else o�erleap,� Macbeth knows he has to get passed the heir to get to the throne. Since he is not the heir, he has to go straight for the kingship. He calls to the stars to help him. The stars represent a pagan belief system, showing he is still under the witches� influence. Macbeth knows regicide is immoral and is pushed into the murder by Lady Macbeth but remains undiscovered because he takes precaution against such discovery. While debating with himself how to become king, he ponders, �if Chance will have me King, why, Chance may crown me,/Without my stir� (I.iii.144-145). He gives credence to the idea that since fate gave him Cawdor, it may give him the kingship without extra effort on his part. �Chance� is capitalized, showing Macbeth treating it like a deity. It would be very immoral to start worshiping pagan gods and ideas, yet Macbeth shows signs of straying from God. It is Lady Macbeth that ultimately pushes Macbeth to regicide.

Lady Macbeth�s first thought after learning the witches� prophecy is not how to make Macbeth king. She says to herself: Glamis thou art, and Cawdor; and shalt be Wat thou art promis�d. � Yet do I fear thy nature: It is too full o�th�milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it... (I.v.15-20) It is the fact that she believes him too kind to take the quickest path to the throne. �The illness should attend it� implies she thinks ruthlessness must be a trait of someone who wants power. Lady Macbeth knows her husband is not ruthless enough to take the throne on her own. She goads him into killing Duncan. Macbeth tries to back out of the murderous plan with: We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour�d me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon.

(I.vii.31-34) This shows Macbeth as the honorable thane that everyone perceives him to be. At the moment of truth, it seems Macbeth is still willing to do the honorable thing. He would rather keep his new titles than scheme for more at present. �Golden opinions� suggest not just good opinions, but stellar opinions. It would mean Macbeth has a reputation beyond reproach. But �not cast aside so soon� suggests Macbeth is still willing to scheme later, he may just be saying that to his wife to appease her and to stall. He believes he has no justification for the murder. King Duncan had just praised him, so Macbeth could not possibly have a grievance with him. Lady Macbeth goads him by attacking his manhood and honor. She says �I would...dash�d the [baby�s] brains out, had I so sworn/As you have done to this� (I.vii.55-59). This is where Macbeth�s sense of honor goes awry. An honorable thane would never conspire against his king, yet Macbeth, having done so, feels he must see the murder through because he gave his word.

This is not the honorable thing to do. Ultimately, what leads him to murder King Duncan is not his thirst for power, but his inability to break his word. Yet Macbeth still knows his action to be immoral. Because his sense of morality is still intact, he thinks ahead enough to cover the crime by blaming Duncan�s attendants. After Macbeth set the events in motion, Macbeth had to commit the other murders to stay in power. Macbeth killed Banquo to avoid the toppling of Scotland�s government, since Macbeth was leading it. If Macbeth had cared for Scotland, he would not have caused political upheaval by murdering the king. Macbeth had to get rid of Banquo because Banquo was a threat to Macbeth�s own person. Macbeth�s decision to kill Banquo hardly causes Macbeth any grief at all. The question of whether Macbeth had the right to have Banquo murdered is immaterial to Macbeth�s reasons for killing Banquo. Banquo had to die because he could cast suspicion on Macbeth. Banquo heard the same prophecies Macbeth did, and could cast doubt onto Malcolm and Donalbain�s supposed guilt.

It may be argued that Banquo had already begun to suspect Macbeth of foul play. He says �thou hast it now, King, Cawdor, Glamis, all,/As the we�rd Women promis�d; and, I fear,/Thou play�dst most foully for�t� (III.i.1-3). Macbeth, as the new leader of Scotland, has to silence any opposition. The immorality of Banquo�s murder comes from Macbeth�s jealousy of Banquo�s descendants. Macbeth�s malice from the witches� prophecies that Banquo�s line will be kings leads him to murder Banquo. Macbeth is beginning to believe in the witches� gift. Macbeth�s own jealously played a roll in why he wanted Fleance killed. Since Fleance survived the attack, this all the more proves to Macbeth that the witches have a unique gift of prophesy. The fact that Macbeth was unable to change the future with the death of Fleance incenses Macbeth to try harder when he learns of more threats from the witches. This murder is immoral because Macbeth does it in secret, and can only justify it to himself and his wife.

He is not able to hide this murder as well because he believes himself to be justified. Macbeth casts suspicion on himself at the feast with: Ay, and since too, murthers have been perform�d Too terrible for the ear: the time has been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end; but now, they rise again, With twenty mortal murthers on their crowns, And push us from our stools. This is more strange Than such a murther is. (III.iv.76-82) Macbeth implicates himself in murder. The �murthers have been perform�d/Too terrible for the ear� shows Macbeth knows his actions are completely evil and immoral. �They rise again,/With twenty mortal murthers on their crowns,/And push us from our stools,� hints that if Macbeth�s involvement with the murders became public knowledge, it would topple Macbeth�s power. Contrary to valid political reasons for killing Banquo, Macbeth had Macduff�s family killed just for spite. Macduff poses no real political threat. The thanes would have considered Macduff a traitor.

The best evidence is when Macduff�s son asks his mother whether his father is a traitor. Lady Macduff puts it very simply: �ay, that he was� (IV.ii.45). If his own wife thinks him a traitor, then all of Macduff�s comrades must surely think so as well. Even Malcolm is not sure whose side Macduff is really on. Macbeth in this respect has no real reason for going after Macduff. Macbeth does have precedent for ordering Macduff�s execution, though. Macduff is officially a traitor, and even King Duncan put the first Thane of Cawdor to death. However, Macbeth, who was willing to ignore the witches and take no action against Duncan at the beginning of the play, is now hanging on to every word they say. They � with the help of the apparitions � warn him to �beware Macduff� and even though they contradict themselves in the very prophecy that �none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth� (IV.i.71 & IV.i.80-81). Still, Macbeth decides to order the murders anyway, because of his faith in the witches.

Macduff poses no threat in Scotland after he is branded a traitor. Macbeth makes a blunder by killing Macduff�s family as it drives the thanes away from supporting Macbeth and convinces Malcolm to return to Scotland. He may have justification for trying to kill Macduff � since he has fled to England � but he has none for going after Macduff�s family. Macduff�s family even agrees with Macbeth. Thanes flock to support Malcolm and Macduff. Angus sums up how the thanes feel about Macbeth when his villainy is known: Now does he feel His secret murthers sticking on his hands; Now minutely revolts upbraid his faith-breach: Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in love: now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant�s robe Upon a dwarfish thief. (V.ii.16-22) Now that his �secret murthers� aren�t so secret, everyone is revolting because they were murders, and not justifiable and completely immoral. These murders are �sticking on his hands� much like the blood on Lady Macbeth�s hands.

Angus and the other thanes will not stand for someone as ruthless Macbeth. These murders fuel Macduff�s rage, and it is Macduff that finally kills Macbeth on the battlefield. Macbeth profited from these murders, but it was the blatant immorality and his inability to keep them secret from the world that messes with his plan of holding the throne. Macbeth kills Duncan and reaps the rewards of the throne. Then he kills Banquo to keep the throne. Finally, he kills Macduff�s family and that is the final mistake that loses him the throne. In the end, his own actions that gained him the power of the throne also caused him to lose it because the thanes discovered what he had done. What is a Regicide? (with pictures) What is a Regicide? Last Modified Date: 25 December 2016 Copyright Protected: These 10 facts about space will blow your mind The term “regicide” is used in two senses. In the first, it refers to killing or murdering a crowned monarch such as a king. In the second sense, the word is used to describe someone who kills a monarch or participates in a regicide.

History has seen a large number of regicides as part of the complex struggle for power in nations all over the world, and the practice is hardly extinct; in 2001, for example, the King of Nepal was killed by his own son. In England, most people use the term regicide to refer specifically to monarchs who have been killed after legal proceedings. The two most famous regicides are probably those of Mary, Queen of Scots, who was executed on the orders of Elizabeth I, and Charles I, who was executed by a team of conspirators during the English Civil War. Numerous other English monarchs have been killed in the course of battle or while imprisoned, but English historians generally do not term these deaths regicides. As one can imagine, the punishments for regicide vary depending on the circumstances of the regicide. In many cases, a regicide marks the beginning of a new government and era, in which case the regicides may actually become celebrated leaders. In other instances, the rebellion and unrest which led to the regicide is put down, and the participants are severely punished. In the English Civil War, the regicides of Charles I were punished retroactively, after the monarchy was restored.

Ad Some other famous cases of regicide include Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, who was killed along with his family in the Bolshevik Revolution, Shaka, King of the Zulus, and Henri IV of France. Other monarchs have died in suspicious circumstances which might be considered regicide, such as kings who have been accidentally killed on hunting expeditions and in the heat of battle. Regicide is also a theme in some myths; King Arthur, for example, was the victim of attempted regicide in many Arthurian legends. Since monarchs historically ruled by divine right in many cultures, regicide was a serious crime, because it challenged God in addition to the monarchy. The intimate relationship between monarchs and gods was an important part of the tradition of many cultures, from China to England, ensuring that monarchs ruled with the blessing of God. Because of this, attempted regicides were often severely punished historically, to remind restless citizens that the monarch held the powers of life and death over his or her people. Ad JessicaLynn Post 4 @ceilingcat - Yes, divinely ordained rulers does seem like a pretty silly idea now. But then again, I'm an American, so I'm pretty attached to democracy.

When I was reading this article I was reminded of the book Game of Thrones and the television series that was based upon it. In the story, a King is killed "by accident" on a hunting expedition. Of course, it later turns out to not have been an accident at all, but it ends up being quite hard to prove. It seems the author of the book to a cue from actual history! ceilingcat Post 3 It was awfully convenient for those monarchs that they supposedly had a "divine right" to rule. Most people in this day and age can't imagine having that kind of attitude, but people really did. They thought they were born into whatever station of life they were supposed to be, and there was no hope of ever advancing. Anyway, I can't imagine how anyone who thought this way ever got up the courage to commit regicide! I mean, if you think your kind was divinely ordained to rule, then killing him would be pretty serious. I think someone would have to really have strong convictions about something to consider this crime! I'm pretty sure that's why the regicide's discussed here weren't crimes of passion, but politically motivated.

jholcomb Post 2 @MrsWinslow - I'm a British history buff, myself. It's interesting not just what happened with Charles I, but what happened a couple of kings later when they decided *not* to contemplate regicide. James II, the last Stuart king, was deeply unpopular because of his Catholicism. There was at least one attempt at a rebellion to put his brother's illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, on the throne. (It didn't go well for the Duke!) Most people were prepared to wait him out - he was no spring chicken, after all - but then he married and had a son. Then, the lords of England saw Catholic kings stretching into infinity, and they acted. Essentially, James II was deposed and his adult, Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William took the throne in a negotiated settlement. People were so pleased that no blood had been shed, they called it "the Glorious Revolution." This was in the 1680s if I remember right. Decades later, his grandson returned from France and tried to take the throne. This time, plenty of blood was shed; he raised an army and was defeated in battle.

Seems like when you want to get rid of a king, there's always fallout someway or another. Sir Walter Scott's novel Waverly is actually about the uprising led by Bonnie Prince Charlie; a young man gets involved in it, but his treason is laughed off as a mere romantic youthful peccadillo! Bridge to Terabithia: Word Wizard Bridge to Terabithia A Wrinkle in Time About this edublog project Pre-service teachers used blogs to discuss award-winning Newbery books using reading roles creativiely adapted from Harvey Daniel's 'Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-centered Classroom'. Contact Anne Davis at adavis@gsu.edu if you have questions. Note These blogs were moved from Manila blogs to TypePad blogs. The author shows up on each post as Anne Davis as a result of the transfer. The original posts were made by students and the instructors Lynne Jordan & Anne Davis. The initials on the post title signify who did the actual blogging of the post. I located a word on page 124 that I found to be very interesting. The word is "leaden" and I chose this word because it provides a vivid description of how Jesse is feeling.

The sentence containing the word reads: "He raised his leaden body and stumbled out of the room. Leaden means "heavy, sluggish, or gloomy." So, in this sentence we know that Jesse is carrying the heavy burden of Leslie's recent death. The young lady walked to work unaware of her own leaden expression. Traitorous Page 158 (my book) Traitorous - one who betrays one's friend And even he himself had entertained the traitorous thought that now he would be the fastest. The reason why I chose this word was because I did not know what it meant. When I read the sentence I had to read it several times and I still was not making any sense of the word. I finally looked it up in the dictionary and everything made sense. The little girl had many traitorous ideas about her friends. Regi-what?-LI On page fifty-two, I came across a word that I had never seen before-REGICIDE. Leslie and Jess are talking, and the conversation is as follows: "Jess Aarons, I'm going to kill you." "Hey girl, you kill the king of Terabithia, and you're in trouble." "Regicide," she said proudly.

"Regi-what?" "Did I ever tell you the story of Hamlet?" That was it! There was no explanation for the word. So, I looked it up, and it means the killing of a king! So, my new sentence using the word is: Brutus committed regicide when he killed Julius Caesar. When reading chapter 8, I came upon a word in which I did not understand. (I also feel that an average fourth or fifth grader would not know it either.) Here is the word: "Jess was glad to excape to the shed and the complacent company of Miss Bessie." Complacent is the feeling of being self-satisfied or unconcerned. Once I looked this word up in the dictionary, the passage made much more sense. Regicide? - Chapter 5 - KH As I was reading chapter 5, I came across a word on page 52 that was unfamiliar. The sentence reads, "Regicide," she said proudly. I looked up the word and it means "the act of killing a king." I reread page 52 and it made so much more sense to me after having looked up the meaning.

Sometimes it really helps to look up unfamiliar words, because even reading them in context can be confusing or unclear. Great Words - Chapter 1 -JB When I was reading chapter 1, I noticed all of the descriptive words that the author used to decribe things. On page 1, I really liked when the author was describing how Jesse would feel when he was running. He didn't worry about a shirt because once he began running he would be hot as popping grease even if the morning air was chill ... The way the author uses these words really lets you become part of the book and captures your attention. Another great place in chapter 1 where the author uses great descriptive words is on page 8. Elle's voice was sweeter than a melted Mars Bar.

Question: If you have committed regicide who would you have killed?
Answer: A King