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What does Jesus mean by "vain repetition" or "babbling" in Matthew 6:7?
What ancient tradition of prayer is Jesus critical of in Matthew 6:7?
In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. (NABRE)
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:…
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Why when the leprosy covers the entire body the leper is pronounced pure?
In Leviticus chapter 13 we read all the regulations with regards to how to determine if a skin condition is leprousy and how to deal with someone who is affected. I always thought that the condition of leprousy in the OT is a picture of sin.…
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Which law was Paul referring to in 1 Corinthians 14:34?
1 Corinthians 14:34 NASB
34 The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says.
Which law was Paul referring to in the above text?
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What is the "Water" of Genesis 1:2?
We read in the creation account:
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.—Genesis 1:2 (ESV)
The word translated "waters" is Strong’s (4325): …
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How strong was Midian's army?
When Israel took vengeance on Midian they sent 12,000 troops (Numbers 31:4) and prevailed:
אֶלֶף, לַמַּטֶּה, אֶלֶף, לַמַּטֶּה--לְכֹל מַטּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל, תִּשְׁלְחוּ לַצָּבָא.
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall…
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How reliable are the Dead Sea Scrolls as a base to compare against the Masoretic text and the LXX?
I often find people comparing other manuscripts (e.g., Masoretic text, LXX) against the Dead Sea Scrolls in order to determine their accuracy. For example, this thread asked how reliable the LXX was in comparison to the Masoretic text in light of…
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What does "guardian/tutor" mean in Galatians 3:24
Galatians 3:24 reads in the ESV (and several modern translations)
So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.ESV
In the KJV it reads:
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto…
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What was the roof likely made of in Mark 2:4?
We were talking about this last weekend and I've been curious about it.
Mark 2:4 (NIV)
Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man…
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Why did the Angel ask Joshua to remove the sandal from his foot and not his feet? (Joshua 5:15)
The Hebrew word used in Joshua 5:15 is Regel- רגל meaning FOOT.
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Original: רגל
Transliteration: regel
Phonetic: reh'-gel
BDB Definition:
1) foot
To cause him to revere those grounds, the angel should have asked Joshua to take his sandals off…
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Why would the tenants who killed the landowner's son expect an inheritance?
The parable of the tenants is repeated in three of the Gospels and has this line:
“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance.’
—Matthew 21:38 (NIV)
“But the tenants…
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Does Proverbs 8:22 say that God's wisdom was the first person/thing that God created?
Several translations have "possessed me" while others have "made me". Is "possessed me" the proper translation and if so, what does it mean? Or is "made me" the correct translation and if so, was there "a time when God's wisdom was not"?
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Would it matter if the ID of 'Auctor' was revealed and who are the potential candidates?
The author of Hebrews, being generally uncertain, sometimes goes by the moniker "Auctor". But who or what lies behind the mask? What clues do we have to work with that could tip us off to their identify? If one were to draw up a list of candidates,…
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Who led the people of Israel out of Egypt in Jude 5?
Lest anyone think this is a "stump the chumps" question, I am specifically interested in support for a particular reading of this text. It is disputed which manuscript should be followed in Jude 5. The NASB translates this passage as follows:
Now I…
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What does 'dominion' mean in Genesis?
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the…
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Revelation 21:21 - How can gold appear clear?
"And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass." (Revelation 21:21 NASB)
How are we to understand this apparent oxymoron of the streets being…
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