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In Isaiah 53:11, how is “by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many” to be understood?
In Isa. 53:11, it is written,
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. KJV, 1769
יא מֵעֲמַל נַפְשׁוֹ יִרְאֶה יִשְׂבָּע…
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What Was Pilate's Fear Based On?
In John 19 it states:
6 As soon as the chief priests and their officials saw him, they shouted, “Crucify! Crucify!” But Pilate answered, “You take him and crucify him. As for me, I find no basis for a charge against him.” 7 The Jewish leaders…
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Was Jesus really a carpenter?
Matthew 13:55 states:
Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Mark 6:3 (ESV) states:
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses…
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In Hebrews 7:27, why does it say that the High Priest had a need to offer sacrifices “daily” («καθ᾽ ἡμέραν»), etc.?
In Heb. 7:27, it is written,
27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. NKJV, 1982
ΚΖʹ ὃς οὐκ ἔχει καθ᾽…
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Is 1 Corinthians 9:27 about literally beating oneself up?
I'm used to reading the Bible in Finnish, so 1 Corinthians 9:27 seems very non-literal in most English translations. The Finnish 1992 translation is usually quite dynamic, but in this case it starts "Kohdistan iskut omaan ruumiiseeni" which…
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In 2 Thessalonians 2:7 who is holding back the "secret power of lawlessness"?
2 Thessalonians 2:7 (AMP):
For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until [a]he who restrains is taken out of the…
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John 12:3 why would Mary wipe Jesus' feet with her hair?
John 12:3 Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
I understand the significance of Mary letting her…
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In Revelation 19:16, of which kings is Jesus king?
KJV Rev_19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written,
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
We know that Jesus is the Christ/son of David and thus king of the Jews, or at least will be in the 1000 year reign. When is or will he…
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Is Malachi a pseudonym?
The ESV has a note on Malachi 1:1:
The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.1
1:1 Malachi means my messenger
Malachi's Wikipedia entry shows that this has caused interpreters to speculate that Malachi was not the author's proper…
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Is there external historic or scientific evidence of a particular flood that corresponds to the Genesis 7 account?
Some have posited that the flood account in Genesis 7 corresponds to the flooding of the Mediterranean basin, others have suggested it may correspond to the refilling of the black sea.
My question is - based on the information we have at present -…
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Exodus 21:22: is "mischief" related only to the mother or to the baby, too?
Exodus 21:22 (KJV):
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished,
according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay
as the judges…
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Difference between Son of Man and Son of God
The evangelists seem to have their favored ways of talking about who Jesus was. I've also noticed that one controversial thing in people's discussions on this site is the designation between Son of God over Son of Man. In John, for example we see 13…
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Is LXX "Enoch pleased God" a reasonable idiomatic translation of Hebrew "Enoch walked with God"?
The Septuagint translates the Hebrew phrase
וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ חֲנֹוךְ אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים
"Enoch walked with God," from Genesis 5:22 as
εὐηρέστησεν δὲ ενωχ τῷ θεῷ
"Enoch pleased God." I would have expected them to translate חָלַךְ as περιπατέω, since in…
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When did Abraham see Jesus' day? John 8:56-57
And why did the Jews think Jesus was saying that he had seen Abraham when Jesus just spoke of Abraham seeing his day (and therefore him)?
John 8:56-57 (ESV)
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
57 So…
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Does Romans 13:8 include a prohibition of taking loans?
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. —Romans 13:8 (ESV)
The most immediately obvious exegesis of this verse would be to take it to be prohibiting monetary debt. However, in the…
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