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What is Jesus' argument in John 10:34-36?
I'm not a Biblical scholar. This question is prompted by listening to Michael Heiser, and I currently feel persuaded by his argument that the elohim in Psalm 82 are spiritual beings rather than Israelite judges. I have some Greek and virtually no…
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What does the living sacrifice mean in Romans 12:1?
This passage is a bit vague at first glance:
Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
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Revelation 11:2 literal or figurative?
"but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months." (Rev 11:2 - ESV)
But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been…
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What happened to the 500 witnesses in 1 Corinthians 15?
This week I taught Sunday School from this text:
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in…
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Matthew 1:16 Father or Husband of Mary?
I found in Matthew 1 of the Peshitta, Joseph as a father to Mary and not husband!
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born
Jesus, who is called Christ. (Matt 1:16 - KJV)
ιακωβ δε εγεννησεν τον ιωσηφ τον ανδρα (G435) μαριας εξ…
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Did Job believe in an afterlife where wrongs could be righted?
At the end of his life, Job seems to have been content with his lot despite his time of suffering recorded in the rest of the book. Some have suggested that the reason he had for contentment is that he held an early belief in resurrection as…
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Does Romans 5:12 say that we inherit the sin of Adam and Eve?
Romans 5:12
New International Version
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people because all sinned
It seems that we inherit death. From what Paul says in Romans, do we…
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Can Nisan 15 be referred to as "the sabbath"?
6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
Leviticus…
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When did Baasha king of Israel come up against Asa king of Judah [apparent contradiction]?
According to my reading of the following passage from Chronicles, an Israelite king who had been dead for a decade (according to Kings) attacked Judah:
2 Chronicles 16:1 (NKJV)
1 In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel…
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Do angels commit sins?
1 Corinthians 6:3a
New International Version
Do you not know that we will judge angels?
Does this mean that there are angels who commit sins?
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What is Narcigesis?
I am familiar with the term ‘Exegesis’ and the term ‘Eisegesis’:
Exegesis – critical explanation or interpretation of a Bible text which looks for the plain meaning of the biblical passage and explains what the text is actually about.
Eisegesis –…
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"but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words" - can the Holy Spirit literally intercede with groanings? Romans 8:26-27
Romans 8:26-27 (ESV):
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 27 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind…
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Can a person lose their salvation according to 2 Peter 2:20-22?
2 Peter 2:20-22 (ESV):
20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. 21 It would have…
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How should graded numerical parallelism in Hebrew poetry be understood?
In Hebrew poetry, especially proverbs, we see examples of monotonically increasing numbers that set up parallels. For instance Proverbs 30:15 (NJPS):
The leech has two daughters, “Give!” and “Give!”
Three things are insatiable;
Four never say,…
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” - Is John 3:3 a universal statement, O.T. Saints included?
John 3:1-7 (ESV):
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless…
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