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Are the 'vessels of wrath' in Romans 9:22 'prepared for' or are they 'preparing themselves for destruction'?
In Romans 9:22, the perfect middle/passive participle κατηρτισμένα could be read in one of two ways:
κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν
Middle: 'having prepared themselves for destruction'
Passive: 'having been prepared for destruction'
Grammatically,…
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Did God forsake Jesus while on the cross?
Comparing Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:24, Psalm 22:24, John 8:29, and John 16:32, did God forsake Jesus while on the cross?
Matthew 27:46
About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God,…
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Ammonites, Amorites, Amalekites, Moabites, Edomites, ... how many peoples were there?
Since the books of Exodus and Numbers a lot of peoples are referenced and the Judges, Saul and Samuel report a lot of battles and wars against Ammonites, Amorites, Amalekites, Moabites, Edomites, Philistines and many other peoples.
It seems weird…
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What is a Busybody? 2 Thessalonians 3:11
In 2 Thessalonians 3:11 Paul condemns "busybodies," (Greek περιεργαζομένους, periergazomenous). What is the meaning of this?
In cross referencing this with the New Korean Revised Version (NKRV), I find words which can be translated as saying "they…
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What attracted Abimelech to an old woman in her 80s or 90s?
At the risk of sounding crass, Sarah was advanced in years in Genesis 18, but in Genesis 20 King Abimelech took Sarah because he was apparently attracted to her. Then in Genesis 21 Abraham becomes a father at age 100.
Again, at the risk of sounding…
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How do you reconcile I Tim 2 saying that a woman is not to teach a man and the account of Priscilla and Aquila teaching Apollos who was a man?
How do you reconcile 1 Tim 2 which says that a woman is not to teach a man and Acts 18:24-28 which is account of Priscilla and Aquila teaching a man, Apollos?
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What is the Hermeneutical significance of the lack of direct mention of God in Esther?
It is a fairly well-known piece of trivia that Esther (minus the apocryphal chapters) is the only book of the bible that does not directly mention God. Which of the accepted schools of Hermeneutics consider this to be meaningful information for the…
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Why is Job referred to by the feminine pronoun in Job 1:15?
טו וַתִּפֹּל שְׁבָא וַתִּקָּחֵם, וְאֶת-הַנְּעָרִים הִכּוּ לְפִי-חָרֶב; וָאִמָּלְטָה רַק-אֲנִי לְבַדִּי, לְהַגִּיד לָךְ.
This verse, Job 1:15, ends with "and I alone escaped to tell you". The "you" in Hebrew is in the feminine form, indicating that…
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What is the significance of touching Moses' feet with his son's foreskin in Exodus 4:25?
In Exodus 4:25 we read
Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!" (ESV)
What is the significance of the act of touching Moses' feet with his…
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Did God win or lose the argument in the book of Job?
I am a bit puzzled by the outcome in this book. It looks like Satan was right - Job DID lose his faithfulness toward God after Satan took away from Job all what God had given him except for his life (he "cursed" the day he was born (Job 3:3-4)).…
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Why Devil's sin didn't bring death?
1 John 3:8 King
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin
Since the devil sinned before Adam and sin will bring death, why…
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Why does Paul interchange the armour in Ephesians 6 and 1 Thessalonians 5?
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When advising the church at Ephesus the apostle Paul tells them to put on the breastplate of righteousness
Name KJV Ephesians 6 : 14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Yet…
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"How did Jesus' "teaching with authority" differ from the Scribes?"
In Matt. 7:28-29 the author inserts a narrative remark,"And it came to pass, when He had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at His doctrine: for He taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes."
In another…
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Who did Jesus preach to in 1 Peter 3:19?
1 Peter 3:19 says that Jesus preached unto spirits in prison; are these spirits associated with the angels of 2 Peter 2:4 and Jude 1:6? If not who were the spirits that He preached to?
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Was there an astronomical origin of the Star of Bethlehem in Matthew 2?
In Matthew 2:1-12, there are mentions of the Star of Bethlehem, specifically
Matthew 2:2
and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod called…
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