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Was there any significance to the term χριστὸς in koine Greek outside of Judeo-Christian thought?
This question is motivated by a reading of John 20:31:
SBLGNT
ταῦτα δὲ γέγραπται ἵνα πιστεύητε 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…
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Does the Shibboleth story help us date the book of Judges?
This story has always fascinated me:
Judges 12:4-6 (ESV)
4 Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of…
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Was Noah absolutely blameless or relatively good?
This is the line of Noah.—Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age; Noah walked with God.—Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The earth became corrupt before God; the earth was filled with lawlessness. When God saw how…
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Who is 'us' in 2 Peter 1
Peter switches from 'us' to 'you' in 1:4:
3His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4by which he has granted to us his precious and…
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The word 'believe' in John 3:15-16
Does the word 'believe' in John 3:15-16 mean to believe in Jesus as the Son of God, or to believe in the message of Jesus:
15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever…
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What is the meaning of the face-cloth rolled up in John 20:7?
There is one detail, interesting to me, in the following passage:
John 20:3-8 (NASB)
3 So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb. 4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter…
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Why did Jesus choose to perform his first miracle at the wedding in Cana by turning water into wine?
John 2:1-11 NKJV
2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the
mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were
invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of
Jesus said to Him, “They…
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On what basis do some modern Bible manuscripts omit Matthew 17:21?
According to Constantin Tischendorf's critical apparatus (p. 103, footnote for. v. 21) of Matt. 17:21,
ϛ Ln Ti τοῦτο δὲ το γένος (aethppl et talis) οὐκ ἐκπορεύεται (אbG εκβαλλετ. , ti2 al15 εξερχετ.) εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ (aethppl νη. κ.…
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Why don't we see people in the gospels asking Jesus for forgiveness?
It is important to note that the people in general went to John's baptism confessing their sins:
Matthew 3:6 New International Version
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
Mark 1:5 New International Version
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Why was the Holy Spirit not given until Jesus was glorified?
John 7:38-39
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his
belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the
Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy
Ghost was not yet given;…
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Is Romans 1:17 ambiguous?
ESV:
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for
faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
The NIV and KJV read similarly. I have always understood the prepositional phrase "by faith" to describe a manner…
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In Luke 23:30, was the Lord Jesus Christ alluding to Hosea 10:8?
In Luke 23:30, it is written,
30 Then they shall begin to say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”
Λʹ τότε ἄρξονται λέγειν τοῖς ὄρεσιν Πέσετε ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς Καλύψατε ἡμᾶς TR, 1550
In Hos. 10:8, it is written,
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In Romans 3:26, why not translate dikaiosunēs as "justice" rather than "righteousness?"
In the following passage there are four different Greek words sharing the same root.
Romans 3:23-26 (ESV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are
justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in
Christ…
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Are the angels in 2 Peter 2:11 good or evil?
In chapter 2 of 2 Peter, angelic beings, who "do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment..." are contrasted with 'false teachers' (also referred to as 'the unrighteous'), who "do not tremble as they blaspheme...". This contrast is a positive one, but…
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How can Jesus say "My Father is working until now" in John 5:16,17 if God rested on the 7th day?
John 5:16,17 (ESV)
And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing
these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them, “My Father is
working until now, and I am working.”
Jesus uses this as an argument for why he was…
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