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Did Jesus have the legal authority to cleanse the temple?
The narrative of Jesus' cleansing of the temple is present in all four gospels: Mark 11:15-17, Matthew 21:12-13, Luke 19:45-46, John 2:13-17. When He cleanses the temple, there does not seem to be any immediate legal ramification. No one seems to…
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Significance of Solomon's 666 talents of gold?
1 Kings 10:14 says, "the weight of gold which Solomon received every year was 666 talents of gold, besides what came from tradesmen, from the traffic of the merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the regions." (Jewish Study…
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Why does Moses change Hosea's name to Joshua?
Name changes throughout the Bible are pretty significant.
Numbers 13:16 says that "Moses changed the name of Hosea son of Nun to Joshua."
What is the significance of this name change? What are the Hebrew meanings/spellings of each name? Are there…
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In Judges 17:7, how could the young man be both “a Levite” and “of the family of Judah”?
In Jdg. 17:7, it is written,
ז וַיְהִי נַעַר מִבֵּית לֶחֶם יְהוּדָה מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת יְהוּדָה וְהוּא לֵוִי וְהוּא גָר שָׁם
which may be translated as,
7 And there was a young man of Beit-Lechem of Yehuda, of the family of Yehuda, and he was a…
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When was Jesus made both Lord and Christ?
Acts 2:36 (ESV):
36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
God has made Jesus both Lord and Christ. When did this happen?
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Why is Jacob renamed Israel twice?
Why does Jacob get renamed to Israel on two separate occasions?
The first time Jacob is renamed Israel is by the "angel/divine being" when they finish "fighting". This is in Genesis 32:25.
The second time he is renamed Israel is in Genesis 35:9,…
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Why was Zacchaeus saved according to Jesus?
In Luke 19:1-10 we read the story of Zacchaeus which ends like so:
And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold."
And Jesus said…
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How should we understand the "Cleansing of the Temple"?
As a preface, I was talking with some good friends last night and this passage came up. On of my friends contributed an interpretation that made my blood boil. He was clearly wrong and clearly reading a foreign doctrine into the text. I kept my…
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Have the Pesharim left any mark on modern hermeneutics?
I understand that the Qumran monastic community—those primarily responsible for having collected and preserved what we know as the Dead Sea Scrolls and other works—endorsed the Pesharim approach to scriptural interpretation.
What is the pesher…
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What does sabbaton deuteroproton in Luke 6:1 refer to?
According to the KJV Luke 6:1 states:
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he
went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of
corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.
In the Greek "the…
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What does Jesus mean in Matthew 26:64 with "You have said so"?
There was a question recently about this verse and what Jesus actually meant here. So, I thought I'd post this question to see what you guys thought.
In Matthew 26, Jesus is before the Sanhedrin. And he responds to questioning:
Matthew 26:63b-64a…
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How could King Herod have killed John the baptist in Matthew 14?
According to Matthew's narrative King Herod is said to have died whilst Christ was still a child in Egypt with his parents.It is said King Herod had been succeeded by his son Archelaus when Joseph returned to Israel.
Matthew 2:19 NIV
19 After Herod…
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What does Isaiah 43:10 mean by there being no other gods before or after the Lord?
Isaiah 43:10 (KJV): Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
In light of the fact that…
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Why no greeting on the way? Luke 10:4
Luke 10:4 (NASB)
Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way.
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Is Jesus implying that He expects his disciples to be Sabbath-keepers in Matthew 24:20?
In Matthew 24:15-25 (NIV) we read:
15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17…
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