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What is the meaning of 'spirit' in Genesis 6?
According to Genesis 6:3:
“My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”
This verse is not understandable for me:
What does “spirit" mean? Is it the Holy Spirit or is it "the…
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Rev 20:7-8 Syntax: Gog and Magog in apposition to what?
Revelation of John 20:7-8 SBLGNT
7 Καὶ ὅταν τελεσθῇ τὰ χίλια ἔτη, λυθήσεται ὁ Σατανᾶς ἐκ τῆς φυλακῆς
αὐτοῦ, 8 καὶ ἐξελεύσεται πλανῆσαι τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐν ταῖς τέσσαρσι γωνίαις
τῆς γῆς, τὸν Γὼγ ⸀ καὶ Μαγώγ, συναγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν πόλεμον, ὧν ὁ
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Why does Paul change pronouns in 2 Corinthians 4:12?
Why does Paul change the pronoun from us to you in 2 Corinthians 4, verse 12? Paul was honest with his struggles "to do good," but he never explicitly denied the Holy Spirit dwelled within him. In these verses, Paul seems to be suggesting it, which…
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Isaiah 28:10: precepts or gibberish?
This question was occasioned by this answer about קַו in Psalm 19:4 which pointed out its use in Isaiah 28:10.
In Isaiah 28, after the prophet rebukes the "the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,” (v. 1), verses 9-10 describe the response of…
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Who Killed Saul?
I am enjoying my ride through 1 & 2 Samuel. I remember there being a contradiction contest/tag and here's a "contradiction" that got me thinking.
What should we make of Saul's death? In 1 Samuel 31:4-6, Saul kills himself:
Saul said to his…
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Hermeneutical Approaches vs. Inductive Bible Study
Inductive Bible Study teaches that you observe, interpret, and then apply scripture, and has lots of specific things you should observe such as word repetitions, structural elements such as comparisons and contrasts, etc. (Appologies if I've…
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Was there an eclipse just before Jesus died?
I know that there is quite a bit of information about the possibility of an eclipse at the time of Jesus' execution. But none of the accounts actually mention why there was darkness:
And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the…
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Should Matthew 28:17b be understood in a "partitive" or "inclusive" sense?
There are two distinct linguistic issues in the latter part of Matthew 28:17, which reads this way (NA28 = SBL GNT = UBS4) -
καὶ ἰδόντες αὐτὸν προσεκύνησαν,a οἱ δὲ ἐδίστασαν.
kai idontes auton prosekunēsan, hoi de edistasan.
and seeing him they…
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What does נִפְלְגָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ "land divided" mean in Genesis 10:25?
Genesis 10:25 says, "
וּלְעֵ֥בֶר יֻלַּ֖ד שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים שֵׁ֣ם הָֽאֶחָ֞ד פֶּ֗לֶג כִּ֤י
בְיָמָיו֙ נִפְלְגָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ וְשֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו יָקְטָֽן׃ (Westminster Leningrad Codex)
"And to Eber were born two sons, the name of one (was) Peleg, for in
his…
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When Jesus says "your sins are forgiven", how is that reconciled with the sacrificial system established in the old testament?
Question: Why is it necessary to verbally forgive someone of their sins as indicated in these cases when Jesus' death and their faith should be enough? If verbal forgiveness is not necessary, why does he say that they are forgiven?
Jesus says…
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What does Romans 10 have to do with Deuteronomy 30?
Romans 10:6-7
But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). (ESV)
ἡ δὲ ἐκ…
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Did Jesus not heal the crippled beggar at the gate Beautiful?
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the…
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In Ecclesiastes 7:28 why are there no upright women?
28which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found. ESV
My question drawn from Ecclesiastes 7:28 is a simple one. Why are there no upright women? I'm not…
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How old was Isaac when he was offered up by Abraham?
The story of Abraham binding Isaac is told in Gen 22: 1-18. Excerpting from v. 2:
[God] said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love....and offer him ... as a burnt offering..." (ESV)
... וַיֹּ֡אמֶר קַח־נָ֠א אֶת־בִּנְךָ֙…
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What is the evidence for the existence of the Q document?
According to most scholars, Mark was the first of the four gospels to be written. Matthew and Luke then relied upon Mark and a second written source called Q. What is the evidence for the existence of Q?
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