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What is the "Grammatical Historical Approach" to hermeneutics?
BH seems to be divided into several different approaches. What is the Grammatical Historical Approach and what are the primary ways that it differs from other modern approaches?
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What is meant in 1 Peter 3:21 when it says "baptism now saves you"
In 1 Pet 3:21 it says (NASB, emphasis added):
Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt
from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
How is the phrase "baptism…
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Why is the observation that "it was good" missing on the second day?
The account of the first six days of creation as found in Genesis 1 is highly stylized, though with variations. For instance, each day ends, "And there was evening, and there was morning—the (n)th day."
One variation that jumps out pertains to the…
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Why did the witnesses lay their coats at Paul's feet?
During the stoning of Stephen, according to the book of Acts, "the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul," who later converted to Christianity and took the name Paul.
Acts 7:58-8:1a NRSV
Then they dragged him out of the…
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How many daughters did Lot have, two or four?
When we read the KJV we get the impression that Lot possibly had daughters living with their husbands in Sodom, in addition to two unmarried daughters still living at home:
"And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his
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How old was David when he fought Goliath?
1 Samuel 17:33 (NRSV) says:
Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to
fight with him; for you are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from
his youth.”
I have taken into consideration the answer stated in this link,…
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Was Job short-changed in the end?
The LXX and Masoretic Text (MT) disagree concerning the number of oxen and donkeys which Job once owned; however, both the LXX and MT are mathematically consistent in that Job received double from the LORD for everything that he once possessed.
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Why does Noah curse Canaan?
Genesis 9:23-25 NLT, reads,
Then Shem and Japheth took a robe, held it over their shoulders, and backed into the tent to cover their father. As they did this, they looked the other way so they would not see him naked.
When Noah woke up from his…
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What is the meaning of "heap burning coals on his head"?
Paul, in his letter to the Romans, in a longer passage entreating his readers to love one another, quotes from Proverbs 25:21-22:
Romans 12:20 NIV
On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty,
give him something to drink.…
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Reconciling the accounts of the calling of Simon Peter
How do you reconcile the two accounts of Jesus calling Peter? (Matt 4:18-19 and John 1:35-42)
In the Matthew passage, Peter and Andrew are together fishing. In the John passage, Andrew was with John the Baptist and Peter was else where?
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How does the act of "foot washing" lead to the act of "sexual intercourse"?
In 2 Samuel chapter 11,after King David had slept with Uriah's wife Bathsheba we read in 11:5,
The woman conceived and sent word to David,saying,"I am pregnant."
David's response to the news from Bathsheba is picked up in 11:6, where it is…
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"blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven" -- Is "forgiven" the best word for what is meant?
Matthew 12:30-32:
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word…
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What, exactly, is the "knowledge of good and evil" in Genesis 3:22?
Genesis 3:22a (ESV):
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil..."
I've gathered the following from the text:
Adam and Eve knew before the Fall that eating from the tree was wrong (see Eve's…
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How is it possible for Jesus to be quoted in the NT during moments of solitude (Gethsemane) or away from the disciples (Nicodemus, Pilate etc.)?
John 3 - Jesus teaches Nicodemus
John 4 - Woman @ the Well
John 17 - Jesus prays for his disciples + Believers
John 18 - Jesus and Pilate
Jesus' temptation(s) in the wilderness by Satan (in Matt. 4 & Luke 4)
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What was destroyed in Galatians 2:18?
In Galatians 2:18, Paul writes, "If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker." What is he referring to when he mentions rebuilding what was destroyed and how does that answer the objection that is raised in verse 17?
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