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Is "until heaven and earth pass away" from Matthew 5:18 an idiomatic expression?
Matthew 5:17 and 18 from the NASB:
Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not
come to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, until heaven
and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass…
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What Words or sentences did Jesus Write on the Ground?
In John 8:6-8 (KJV) The Scripture said :
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7 So when they continued asking him, he…
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How are we to take the fact that Lot offered his daughters for rape?
In Genesis two angels visited Sodom and Gomorrah to check what's what. The residents of the town wanted to rape the angels (who had visited the most virtuous man in the town, Lot). Lot to protect the angels offered his two daughters for rape:
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What is the purpose of the long and repetitious lists in Daniel 3?
In Daniel 3, the author seems to go out of the way to multiply words. In verse two he names a long list of groups of people:
He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial…
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What is the significance of the use of repetition in the introduction of Zechariah?
Zechariah begins:
This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the LORD Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the LORD Almighty. (1:3)
The LORD Almighty is repeated 3 times. What follows in verse 4 is even more repetitive:…
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Was Barabbas' given name Jesus?
The ESV is typical in it's rendering of Barabbas' name:
Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted. And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. So when they had gathered,…
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In Luke 7:28 why does Jesus say no one among those born of women is greater than John the Baptist?
Luke 7:28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
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On what basis is the name "Ephraim" given the etymology of "ash heap"?
The name Ephraim seems to commonly be given two etymologies, one referring to an "ash heap" and the other referring to "fruitfulness". Example I can understand the fruitfulness etymology linking אֶפְרַיִם back to פָּרָה, but where does the etymology…
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How can we reconcile the supposed contradiction in John 3:17 and John 9:39?
In John 3:17, it is written,
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. KJV, 1769
ΙΖʹ οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ…
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What manuscript(s) does BHS get Joshua 21:36-37 from?
Note- This is not a duplicate of Is Joshua 21:36-37 authentic or an addition? because I am asking what the source of the hebrew of those two verses is, and for the BHS specifically. So for example, the answer to that question says "These words…
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The significance of “knowing all things” in the Johannine literature
[Regarding the Lord Jesus Christ] in John 16:30, it is written,
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. KJV, 1769
Λʹ νῦν οἴδαμεν ὅτι οἶδας…
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Interpretation of the dead ones in 1 Peter 4:6?
1st Peter 4:6:
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead,
that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live
according to God in the spirit (KJV)
Who are the dead ones here? Are they the dead…
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What are the holy Scriptures that Timothy has known from his youth?
In 2 Timothy 3:14-15 it's written to Timothy:
But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, and how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able…
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Are the Isaiah Scrolls from Cave 4 substantially different from the Masoretic text?
I recently heard 1QIsaa* touted, as it frequently has been, as a monument to the ancient nature of the Masoretic text. A response was made pointing out that we need to remember that there is more than one Isaiah scroll among the Qumran documents. I…
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Is the rich man in James 1:10 a brother?
Is "the rich" in this passage also a "brother" like the lowly?
James 1:9-10 (ESV)
Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
It seems like it could be read…
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