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In Luke, Jesus speaks about the righteous not needing a physician. Just who were the righteous? (Luke 5:31)
It strains credulity that Christ considered anyone righteous before Him, and yet:
Luke 5:31-32: "[Jesus] answered [the Pharisees and their scribes] and said to them, 'It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. I have…
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Where does Moses say the things which Paul attributes to him in Acts 26:22-23?
In Acts 26:22-23, Paul says that
I stand here...saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and…
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Why did God forgive David (2 Samuel 12:13), but not Judas (Matthew 27:3-4) for an identical confession of sin?
How can only the confession of David (for betraying Uriah) receive God’s forgiveness, but the identical confession along with additional repentance of Judas in Matthew 27:3-4 (for betraying Jesus) does not receive God’s forgiveness?
Confession of…
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Why does God scatter the people in Genesis 11?
In Genesis 11 we read the account of the tower of Babel, where the people, attempting to build a tower that reaches to heaven, have their language confused and are scattered across the whole face of the earth by God.
The Lord said, “If as one…
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Was the tower of Babel a ziggurat?
I've read a couple commentators who depend fairly heavily in their interpretations of the tower of Babel narrative on the assumption that the tower being built was a ziggurat; but I'm not sure how this predicate is reached. How safe is this…
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Is Jesus against or in favor of the law of retaliation ("eye for eye, tooth for tooth")?
The law of retaliation can be found in Exodus 21:22-25 (ESV):
22 “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose…
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Are the souls of Revelation 6:9-11 awake and, yet, still awaiting the resurrection?
Revelation 6:9-11 (NASB):
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained;
10 and they cried out with a loud…
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In Matthew 16:18, was Jesus referring to Peter or himself when he said "upon this rock"?
In Matthew 16:18, was Jesus referring to Peter or himself when he said "upon this rock, i will build my church"?
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail…
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Is Jesus implying his preincarnate existence in John 17:5?
John 17:5 (NRSV):
So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.
Is Jesus implying that he existed before the world was created, which would logically entail his preincarnate…
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Why did the detachment of soldiers and the police fall to the ground during Jesus' arrest in John 18:6?
John 18:1-6 (NRSV):
1 After Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because…
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Against whom was the Tree of Life guarded after the fall of Adam and Eve?
We read this interesting account of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden at Gen 3:24 :
He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a sword flaming and turning to guard the way to the tree…
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How are early Greek manuscripts that quote Jesus Christ properly understood?
When the words of Jesus Christ are evaluated from early Greek manuscripts shouldn’t translation difficulties between Hebrew and Greek be considered? For example, the word spirit in Hebrew is “ruwach” a feminine noun while the Greek word for spirit…
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Does the Latin Vulgate propagate a translation error in Genesis 3:15?
There are a few translation of Genesis 3:15 which reference the one who will crush the serpent's head using the feminine pronoun 'she'. For example, the Douay-Rheims Bible renders the verse as:
“I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and…
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What is a "quickening spirit" (1 Cor 15:45) and how is it different from a "living soul"?
1st Corinthians makes a distinction between the first Adam and Jesus Christ and it also distinguishes between the soul and the spirit. What does the expression a "quickening spirit" mean here and how is a contrast from the previous expression…
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How long did Job's tribulation last?
Can someone tell me how long it was between when Job first started experiencing bad things until God turned things around for the better for Job?
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