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What is the difference between "eretz" and "adamah" in Gen 2:6?
These two words are variably translated as ground, earth, land etc. How should we understand the difference between the words in this passage?
Genesis 2:6
And a mist was going up from the land (eretz) and was watering the whole face of the ground…
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The name of God in ancient manuscripts
I came across the following from an unofficial/unverified source:
Yahu An alternative spelling and pronunciation of Yahweh, found
(spelled YHW) on a circa 800 B.C.E. ostracon from Kuntillet Ajrud and
(spelled YHW and YHH) in the documents…
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What are the "generations" in Genesis 2:4?
Genesis 2:4:
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.(ESV)
(BHS) אֵ֣לֶּה תֹולְדֹ֧ות הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהָאָ֖רֶץ בְּהִבָּֽרְאָ֑ם בְּיֹ֗ום עֲשֹׂ֛ות יְהוָ֥ה…
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Why did God "change His mind" with Balaam?
There are so many interesting questions regarding the account of Balaam in Numbers 22-24. But for now, let me focus on the one that is most puzzling to me: Why did the Lord seem to "waffle" in His responses to Balaam's query about whether or not to…
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What does John 20:31 tell us about the intended audience of John’s gospel?
John 20:31 SBLGNT:
ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται ἵνα πιστεύητε [var. πιστεύσητε]1 ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ ἵνα πιστεύοντες ζωὴν ἔχητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.
ESV:
but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,…
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What are the "lower parts" in Ephesians 4:9?
Ephesians 4:9
SBLGNT:
τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς;
KJV
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
ESV
(In saying, “He ascended,” what does…
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In 1 Cor 5:5 how does delivering someone to Satan destroy the flesh? What does this have to do with being saved?
1 Corinthians 5:5 (KJV):
To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh,
that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
What I don't really understand is how delivering someone to Satan destroys the flesh?
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Matthew originally written in Hebrew?
I recently came across a post which suggested that Mathew was originally written in Hebrew. I had never heard this before... is this a significant scholarly position? If so, what evidence supports it?
Also, how do New Testament textual critics…
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Why do some translations have a completely opposite interpretation of John 18:37?
In John 18:37, Pilate asks Jesus whether he is a king, and Jesus confirms the fact:
YLT: Pilate, therefore, said to him, 'Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, 'Thou dost say it; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have…
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How is the Septuagint interpretation of Psalms 40:6 reconciled with the Hebrew text?
The ancient Hebrew and Greek versions of Psalms 40:6 are quite different. The Hebrew version says 'my ears you have opened' whilst the Greek LXX has 'a body you restored to me'. Furthermore in Hebrews the LXX is quoted as part of an argument that…
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Is loving your neighbour more than yourself allowed?
Someone just came to me arguing that the second of the biggest commandments is also a commandment to love oneself.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:39 (KJV)
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And the second is like, namely this,…
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Is there any research that challenges the standard definition of 'προορίζω' (predestine)?
The definition of προορίζω in the Enhanced Strong's Lexicon is:
4309 Six occurrences; AV translates as “predestinate” four times,
“determine before” once, and “ordain” once. 1 to predetermine, decide
beforehand. 2 in the NT of God decreeing…
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Comma? "Verily I say unto thee today, ..." or "Verily I say unto thee, today..."
The reading of Luke 23:43 differs depending on how we punctuate it:
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
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And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee today, shalt thou be with me in…
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What is the meaning of "The time is fulfilled" in Mark 1:15?
When I was looking for into a concordance the verb πληρόω, I found the following verses:
Mark 1:14-15 (NASB)
14 Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled,…
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Where, and how, did Josiah die?
The death of Josiah is reported differently in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles. The Kings account is brief:
[WEB] 2 Kings 23 : 29 In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went…
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