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The concept of a "road" or "way" is frequently used in Scripture, both in a literal and metaphorical sense. Roads facilitated the movement of people and goods, connecting cities and regions, and were essential for the spread of the Gospel in the New Testament era.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, roads were often simple paths or tracks. The Israelites, during their wilderness journey, would have traveled on such paths. <a href="/isaiah/40-3.htm">Isaiah 40:3</a> speaks of preparing a way for the Lord: "A voice of one calling: 'Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.'" This passage metaphorically describes the preparation for God's coming, emphasizing the need for spiritual readiness and repentance.<br><br>The "King's Highway" is one of the notable roads mentioned in the Old Testament. It was a major trade route running from Egypt through the Sinai Peninsula to the Transjordan region. <a href="/numbers/20-17.htm">Numbers 20:17</a> records the Israelites' request to pass through Edom along this route: "Please let us pass through your land. We will not cut through any field or vineyard, nor drink any water from any well. We will stay on the King's Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory."<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, roads become even more significant as the Roman Empire had established an extensive network of roads that facilitated travel and communication. These roads were crucial for the spread of Christianity, as they allowed the apostles and early Christians to travel widely and share the Gospel.<br><br>Jesus often used the imagery of roads and paths in His teachings. In <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a> , He contrasts the broad road leading to destruction with the narrow road leading to life: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." This teaching emphasizes the difficulty and commitment required to follow Christ.<br><br>The "Road to Damascus" is another significant biblical road, known for Saul's (later Paul) dramatic conversion experience. <a href="/acts/9-3.htm">Acts 9:3-4</a> describes this pivotal moment: "As Saul drew near to Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?'" This event marked a turning point in the spread of Christianity, as Paul became one of its most fervent apostles.<br><br><b>Symbolic and Metaphorical Use</b><br><br>Throughout Scripture, the concept of a road or way is often used metaphorically to describe one's spiritual journey or moral conduct. <a href="/proverbs/3-6.htm">Proverbs 3:6</a> advises, "In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." This verse underscores the importance of seeking God's guidance in all aspects of life.<br><br>The "way" is also a term used to describe the early Christian movement. <a href="/acts/9-2.htm">Acts 9:2</a> refers to the followers of Jesus as belonging to "the Way," highlighting the distinct path of life and faith they embraced.<br><br>In summary, roads and ways in the Bible serve as powerful symbols of spiritual journeys, divine guidance, and the mission to spread the Gospel. They remind believers of the importance of choosing the right path and following God's direction in their lives.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">Road Way</span><p><span class="encheading">ROAD (WAY)</span><p>See <a href="../r/roman.htm">ROMAN EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY, II, 6</a>; <a href="../w/way.htm">WAY</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3598.htm"><span class="l">3598. hodos -- a <b>way</b>, <b>road</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>road</b>, <b>way</b>, journey. Apparently a primary word; a <b>road</b>; by implication, a<br> progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3598.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/190.htm"><span class="l">190. akoloutheo -- to follow</span></a> <br><b>...</b> prefix) and keleuthos (a <b>road</b>, <b>way</b>) Definition to follow NASB Word Usage follow<br> (35), followed (36), following (17), follows (1). follow, reach. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/190.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4113.htm"><span class="l">4113. plateia -- a wide <b>road</b>, street.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Spelling: (plat-i'-ah) Short Definition: a street Definition: a street, public square,<br> broad <b>way</b>. Word Origin fem. of platus Definition a wide <b>road</b>, street. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4113.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5147.htm"><span class="l">5147. tribos -- a beaten track, a path</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Feminine Transliteration: tribos Phonetic Spelling: (tree'-bos) Short Definition:<br> a worn path, beaten <b>way</b> Definition: a worn path, beaten <b>way</b>, <b>road</b>, highway. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5147.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3938.htm"><span class="l">3938. parodos -- a passing or passage</span></a> <br><b>...</b> passage, <b>way</b>. From para and hodos; a by-<b>road</b>, ie (actively) a route -- <b>way</b>. see<br> GREEK para. see GREEK hodos. (parodo) -- 1 Occurrence. 3937, 3938. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3938.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1624.htm"><span class="l">1624. ektrepo -- to turn away</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and pass: I turn aside (from the right <b>road</b>), wander, forsake, and with an object:<br> I remove from myself, shun, avoid. <b>...</b> avoid, turn out of the <b>way</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1624.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1870.htm"><span class="l">1870. derek -- <b>way</b>, <b>road</b>, distance, journey, manner</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1869, 1870. derek. 1871 . <b>way</b>, <b>road</b>, distance, journey, manner. Transliteration:<br> derek Phonetic Spelling: (deh'-rek) Short Definition: <b>way</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1870.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/735.htm"><span class="l">735. orach -- a <b>way</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> Usage ways (2). <b>way</b>. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'orach; a <b>road</b> -- <b>way</b>. see<br> HEBREW 'orach. 734, 735. orach. 736 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/735.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/734.htm"><span class="l">734. orach -- a <b>way</b>, path</span></a><br><b>...</b> From 'arach; a well-trodden <b>road</b> (literally or figuratively); also a caravan --<br> manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)<b>way</b>. see HEBREW 'arach. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/734.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/kempis/the_imitation_of_christ/the_twelfth_chapter_the_royal.htm"><span class="l">The Twelfth Chapter: the Royal <b>Road</b> of the Holy Cross</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE INTERIOR LIFE The Twelfth Chapter: The Royal <b>Road</b> of the Holy Cross. <b>...</b> He Himself<br> opened the <b>way</b> before you in carrying His cross, and upon it He died for you <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the twelfth chapter the royal.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_mountain_road.htm"><span class="l">The Mountain <b>Road</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1. Our <b>way</b> does lie over the mountains. There are difficulties. The Christian course<br> is like a Roman <b>road</b> which never turned aside, but went straight up and on <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the mountain road.htm</font><p><a href="/library/origen/origens_commentary_on_the_gospel_of_john/26_christ_as_the_way.htm"><span class="l">Christ as the <b>Way</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> response to an invitation to a wedding; and on this <b>road</b> he cannot meet anything<br> that can annoy him. "No one," Solomon says, [4596] "can find out the <b>way</b> of a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/26 christ as the way.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_k/guidance_in_the_way.htm"><span class="l">Guidance in the <b>Way</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Lord should thwart us when we are on the wrong <b>road</b>. Resistance, indeed, may be<br> guidance; and it is often God's manner of setting our feet in the <b>way</b> of His <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/guidance in the way.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/shod_for_the_road.htm"><span class="l">Shod for the <b>Road</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> primrose <b>way</b>' leads somewhere else, and it may be walked on 'delicately.' But if<br> we need shoes of iron and brass, we may pretty well guess the kind of <b>road</b> we <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/shod for the road.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_g/the_way_to_the_city.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Way</b> to the City</span></a> <br><b>...</b> He has shown us the <b>road</b>, for His life is the pattern of all that men ought to <b>...</b> impart<br> to our weakness, and which makes our sluggish feet run in the <b>way</b> of His <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the way to the city.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/christ_on_the_road_to.htm"><span class="l">Christ on the <b>Road</b> to the Cross</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 'And they were in the <b>way</b> going up to <b>...</b> The graphic narrative of this Evangelist sets<br> before us the little company on the steep rocky mountain <b>road</b> that leads up <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/christ on the road to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_prayer/giving_god_a_clear_road.htm"><span class="l">Giving God a Clear <b>Road</b> for Action.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> With Assurance for the Conversion of Our Loved Ones Giving God a Clear <b>Road</b> for<br> Action <b>...</b> there above his head thinking about him, and displeased at the <b>way</b> he was <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/giving god a clear road.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/a_cleansed_way.htm"><span class="l">A Cleansed <b>Way</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> simply seems to preach the plain truth: if you want to keep your <b>road</b> right, look <b>...</b><br> by taking heed.' And perhaps it is to himself rather than to his '<b>way</b>' that a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/a cleansed way.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_the_acts/this_way.htm"><span class="l">'This <b>Way</b>'</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that in Christianity we have the only <b>road</b> to God. There may be some reference in<br> the name to the remarkable words of our Lord Jesus Christ: 'I am the <b>Way</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/this way.htm</font><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/more-people-heaven-hell.html">Will more people go to heaven or to hell? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/apostle-Paul-false-prophet.html">Was the Apostle Paul actually a false prophet? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-and-Paul.html">Did Paul ever meet Jesus in person? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/road.htm">Road: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/road.htm">Road</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/road_inroad.htm">Road Inroad</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/r/road_way.htm">Road Way</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/roads.htm">Roads (34 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/road.htm">Road (155 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/r/road_to_damascus.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Road to Damascus"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Road to Damascus" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/r/roadmarks.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Roadmarks"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Roadmarks" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>