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What was meant by "paradise" when Jesus spoke to the thief on the cross?
As he was crucified, Jesus engaged in a conversation with one of the thieves hung along side him. At the end of that conversation is this pronouncement:
Luke 23:43 (ESV)
43 And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in…
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Locations of the graves of the Patriarchs
The Book of Acts at 7:16-17 states that Jacob died and was "carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem."
But Genesis 50:13 teaches that Jacob was buried in the cave of…
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Does "days" in prophecy equal "years" (Daniel 9 - Seventy Weeks)
A lot of theologians take Daniel's seventy weeks and interpret the seventy weeks to be 490 years, a year for each day. From a hermeneutic standpoint, I seek to know if this type of calculation is good hermeneutics. The only other place in scripture…
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Does John 7:15 mean Jesus was untaught?
John 7:15 (ESV):
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,1 when he has never studied?”
The footnote is:
7:15 Or this man knows his letters
So there are two questions:
Which translation gets the original…
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Where does the "slippery slope" of allegorical interpretations start?
Besides the Grammatical Historical Approach to hermeneutics, various allegorical or metaphorical approaches exist. It seems to me that if you approach a text with the assumption that the whole thing is allegorical, it's unlikely you will find the…
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How authentic is Codex Sinaiticus?
From what I understand, these are the best codices available.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus.
Codex Sinaiticus is considered the only complete New Testament which was commissioned by Emperor…
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What does "word of God" mean in Hebrews 4:12?
Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the…
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The meaning of "stranger and sojourner" in Genesis 23:4 and Leviticus 25:23
In Genesis 23:4 Abraham is in conversation with the residents of Heth and says:
"I am a stranger and a sojourner with you. Give me a possession for a
burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
Genesis 23:4 (KJV)
The term…
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Why is "sacrificing children to Molek" part of the section discussing unlawful sexual relations?
In Leviticus 18, God tells Moses in detail what types of sexual relations — that, apparently, were practiced in Egypt (where they were brought out) and were being practiced in Canaan (where they are being led to) — are unlawful and would defile…
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How can Ephesians 4:8 be a quote/translation of Psalms 68:18?
In Psalms we have:
You ascended on high,
leading a host of captives in your train
and receiving gifts among men,
even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there. (Psalms 68:18, ESV)
In Ephesians we have:
Therefore it says,
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Psalm 29:9 > Do the deer give birth or do the large trees bend?
Psalm 29:9
The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!” (ESV)
The LORD's shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says,…
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What was Noah thinking when he sent a raven from the ark?
In tablet 11 of the epic of Gilgamesh, after Utnapishtim's ark lodges on a rock, he releases a dove, a swallow, and a raven, in that order. The first two birds return when they fail to find a resting place. He releases the raven, which does not…
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How different is Biblical Hebrew from modern Hebrew?
It's been variously suggested on this site that the difference between Biblical Hebrew and modern Hebrew is like either the difference between:
Old English and modern English
Shakespeare's English (Early modern English) and modern English.
Which…
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What exactly did Moses do wrong at Meribah?
We read that God commanded Moses to speak to the rock at Meribah so that water could flow out of it. Instead, Moses struck the rock with his staff:
Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear…
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What are the oldest copies we have of LXX
What are the oldest copies we have of the Septuagint (LXX)? I know that it is present in Codex Sinaiticus and other codices. Are there any in scrolls and papyri or are there only codices?
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