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Where is the citation of John 7:38 taken from?
Whoever puts his trust in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living
water will flow from his inmost being!" (John 7:38 CJB)
I always read John 7:38 as "If I believe like the scripture says...", but I lately read this verse differently.
Let…
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Translation of "Selah" (סֶלָה)
What is the current scholarly opinion on the possible translations for "Selah" (סֶלָה) as used in the Psalms?
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Is Genesis 1 a type of Hebrew Poem?
Is Genesis 1 structured so that there is a general category and then with what will fill it, which would be a type of Hebrew poem of parallel ideas? In this case day one (light), would relate to day four (sun, moon, and stars) while day two (sea…
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Did God lose a fight to another deity?
2 Kings 3:26-27 reads
26 When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and 700 swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed. 27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered…
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Did Jonah actually die in the whale?
I know the common understanding is that Jonah waited, alive and conscious, in the belly of the whale until he was spat out.
Has a euphemized "children's version" become accepted truth? Perhaps we can set preconceptions aside for the moment and take…
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Who subjected the creation to futility in Rom. 8:20-21?
Paul says that creation was subjected to futility in Romans 8:20-21 ESV:
For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to…
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What are the arguments in favor of Markan priority?
The synoptic problem refers to scholars' attempts to understand the relationship among the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (known as the synoptic gospels because they have so much material in common).
Two solutions to this problem—the Q or…
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What are the arguments in favor of Matthean Priority?
Closely Related:
- What are the arguments in favor of Markan priority?
- What are the arguments against Marcan Priority?
The synoptic problem refers to scholars' attempts to understand the relationship among the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke…
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Were 1 John and John’s gospel written by the same person?
I’m interested in internal evidence based on the linguistic/stylistic and (if you like) thematic patterns of the two books. I am less interested for the purpose of this question in whether either was written by John son of Zebedee. Recognizing that…
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Is ἐγώ εἰμι testified in extra-biblical Greek as an expression for saying "I am he"?
This question arises from this insightful answer to another question about John 8:58. That answer makes an argument that the Greek ἐγώ εἰμι (literally "I am") is the wording used to translate the Hebrew אֲנִי הוּא (literally "I he," but is a…
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Can αδελφοί refer to cousins?
Matthew 13:55-56a (ESV)
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? And are not all his sisters with us?
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οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός; οὐχ ἡ μήτηρ…
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Understanding Numbers 11:25
As I am studying, I have encountered different renderings of the last phrase in this verse, which describes the prophesying of the seventy elders of Israel after the Spirit was placed on them. An initial search has shown me that the KJV reads "and…
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The serpent told Eve she would not die from eating the forbidden fruit; How does Eve know what death is?
Genesis 3:4 CSB
“No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman.
How would Eve know what death was?
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Why is Elohim translated as God rather than gods in Genesis 1:1?
I mean Elohim is a plural form of God. So the correct translation would be gods.
Now, perhaps the word elohim is followed by singular words and hence the word Elohim must mean plural.
So what? That doesn't change the fact that elohim is plural.
Why…
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In Hebrews 1:2, to what does the Greek word «αἰῶνας» refer?
In Heb. 1:1-2, the Greek text according to the Textus Receptus states,
Αʹ Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις Βʹ ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων ἐλάλησεν ἡμῖν ἐν υἱῷ ὃν ἔθηκεν κληρονόμον πάντων δι᾽ οὗ καὶ…
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