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Friday, December 12th, 2025
the Second Week of Advent
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Rue
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Rue. Occurs only in Luke 11:42. The rue here spoken of is doubtless the common Ruta graveolens, a shrubby plant about two feet high, of strong medicinal virtues. It is a native of the Mediterranean coasts, and has been found by Hasselquist on Mount Tabor. The Talmud enumerates rue amongst kitchen herbs, and regards it as free of tithe as being a plant not cultivated in gardens. In our Lord's time, however, rue was doubtless a garden plant, and therefore, tithable.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Rue'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/r/rue.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Rue'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/r/rue.html. 1901.
