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Is "puppies" a justifiable translation of κυναρίοις?
Mark 7 contains an odd little story:
And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an…
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In Daniel 9.26 does the end "come like a flood" or will the end "be with a flood"?
I am reading from the Book of Daniel Chapter 9:26 (NIV) concerning an end-time prophecy, where it is written,
26 After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death
and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come…
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What did John the Baptist eat?
Matthew 3:4 and Mark 1:6 describe the food of John the Baptist as locusts and wild honey. The word locust takes different definitions as follows:
a. large and mainly tropical grasshopper with strong powers of flight. It is usually solitary, but…
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What does it means to have "uncircumcised lips"?
Twice in Exodus Moses declares that he has "uncircumcised lips."
But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?” (Exodus 6:12, ESV)
But Moses…
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What is the relationship between light and life in John 1:4b
As per the title, what is the relationship between life (zoe) and light (phos) in John 1:4b?
Are we to understand zoe and phos as being related to egeneto/gegonen in v3
eg. That life was [the creation/metaphorically speaking 'the dawn'] of all…
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Who's who in Hosea 12:12-13, and what is the typology?
Hosea 12:12-13 (KJV) states:
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a
wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. And by a prophet the Lord brought
Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
I'm struggling to…
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In Exodus 2-4 who was Moses' father-in-law?
In re-reading through Exodus I came across 2 people that are called Moses' father-in-law
Exodus 2:18-21 states it is Reuel:
2:18 So when they came home to their father Reuel...
2:21 Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter…
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What's behind the difference between the Greek and Hebrew of Exodus 21?
In Exodus 21:22-25, the consequences for hitting a pregnant woman are discussed. But the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint seem to differ. The MT refers to harm to the child, while the LXX refers to the "formation" of the child:
22 When men strive…
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How should Ezekiel 3:19 be translated, "delivered your soul" or "saved your life"?
I'm trying to understand the "Watchman" passage in Ezekiel 3:16-21 (largely repeated in 33:1-9). Excerpting from 3:18-19 (ESV):
If....you give him no warning....in order to save his life (ləḥayyōtô), that wicked person shall die for his iniquity,…
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In Hebrews 1:3 does χαρακτηρ της υποστασεως αυτου say that Jesus is the same substance or similar substance to God?
Heb 1:3 He is the reflection of God's glory [shining?] and the
exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his
[God's] powerful word. After he had provided ["performed"] a cleansing
from sins, he sat down at the right…
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According to Genesis 3:22, God knows evil. What does that mean?
Genesis 3:22:
And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." (NIV)
What exactly does it mean when…
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Is there an allusion to Psalm 22 in John 19:30, ‘It is finished’?
The allusions to Psalm 22 in the Gospel accounts of Jesus' crucifixion are well-known and have been discussed on BH.SE on several occasions. I recently ran across the claim (e.g. in a blog and a JETS paper) that the word τετέλεσται ('[it] is…
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Where is God coming from in Habakkuk 3:3, and what does that signify?
It is easy to skim through the prophets, brushing by all the unfamiliar proper nouns. However, recently I've been trying to be more attentive to the details of meaning that the prophets are including by naming specific places and people; that is why…
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Should Bible texts that are less clear be explained by texts that are more clear?
Is there any Biblical evidence to support the concept that Bible texts that are less clear should be explained by Bible texts that are more clear?
It has been explained to me that if two texts address the same topic and one text is plain while the…
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Does 1 Peter 2:8 suggest humanity is destined or called to purposes set by God?
When reading 1 Peter 2:8 (NIV) I misinterpreted the meaning of 'destiny' when applied to the non-believers:
and, "A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall." They stumble because they disobey the message--which is also…
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