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Why is Genesis careful to record the exact dates of the flood?
Genesis 7:11 (NIV, emphasis mine)
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
This seems like a…
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Does the meaning of πορνεία include premarital sex in 1 Corinthians 5-7?
I'm interested in this question because some liberal theologians insist that the Bible does not say anything about premarital sex*. To get a reasonable scope for the question, I limit this to just the 5 instances in 1 Corinthians, out of in total 26…
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Meaning of "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather."
In Matthew 24:28 and Luke 17:37, Jesus uses the phrase "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather." Was Jesus speaking in a parable? Idiom? How has this phrase been interpreted?
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Was the text of Matthew 28:19 changed?
Scholars such as F. C. Conybeare1 have claimed that the Trinitarian baptismal formula of Matthew 28:19 was not original to the text of Matthew.
Matt 28:19 (NIV)
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the…
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Why pray, "lead us not into temptation"?
Those famous words from The Lord's Prayer, Matthew 6:13:
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
I find puzzling. Why would anyone ask God not to lead is into temptation, when James explicitly said that God does not…
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Jacob's name is Israel. So why is he still called Jacob?
When born, Jacob is given the name "Jacob" meaning, "trickster, supplanter, heel grabber." After he wrestles at Jabbok, he is renamed "Israel" meaning "strives with God." However, after this encounter, the text still calls him Jacob most of the…
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What is the significance of 153 fish?
John 21:11
Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn.
Is there any significance to the number 153? Or was it counted simply to quantify the miraculous catch?
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Is John 7:53-8:11 original to John's gospel?
I've read several recent commentaries on John 8 and all agree that the story of the woman caught in adultery almost certainly wasn't there in the original manuscript. Is it original?
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Why might Paul emphasize FOUR spatial dimensions when describing the love of Christ (Eph. 3:18)?
There is curious wording in the apostle Paul's Letter to Ephesus:
Ephesians 3:14: "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father... 16that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit…
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Why did Jesus begin his ministry at age 30?
Luke 3:23 (ESV)
23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
Why did Jesus begin his ministry when he was about 30 years old? Why not earlier? Why not later? What…
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In Luke 22:44 did Jesus actually sweat blood?
Luke 22:44 (NIV)
And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
Was this a literal thing--did he actually sweat drops of blood. Is that even possible?
Or was his sweat so thick that…
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Is Revelation 3:14 saying that Christ was created by God?
Revelation 3:14 (KJV)
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Most translations say "the beginning of God's creations" or "the…
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What is a "covenant of salt"?
In Numbers 18:19, God says the holy contributions made by the people of Israel belong to Aaron and his descendants forever, as a "covenant of salt". I've never seen this term before. What does it mean?
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Why does John the Baptist deny being "Elijah"?
So Malachi rather cryptically ends with
“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord
comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the
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Does Gen 1:1 refer to day 1 or the entire 6 days of creation?
One way of reading Gen 1:1 with its immediate context is that it is part of the first day of creation
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And…
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