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Why does John the Evangelist not mention the Transfiguration?
The Gospels according to Matthew, Mark and Luke narrate the Transfiguration to which three apostles namely, Peter, James and John were the privileged witnesses. But it is quite intriguing why neither the Gospel according to John, nor the Epistles…
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How did Old Testament prophets "earn their bread"?
For example in Amos 7:12 (NAB), it is written:
To Amos, Amaziah said: "Off with you, seer, flee to the land of Judah and there earn your bread by prophesying!"
How did Old Testament prophets "earn their bread?"
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Who is the lord in Mark 11:3?
In Mark 11, Jesus tells his disciples to fetch a colt and explain to anyone who asks about it that the Lord (ὁ κύριος) needs it:
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,…
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Why are "Tax collectors and Sinners" usually mentioned together by the Pharisees?
If sinners refers to the hard core, notoriously evil people (1 Timothy 1:9), why are tax collectors singled out? (When Jesus is caught eating with them, Luke 15:1, Mark 2:15, Matthew 9:11, 11:19, Luke 5:30) (Gk. 'oi 'amartoloi)
Or is sinners just a…
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Is "calling on the name of the Lord" in Acts 9 literal or figurative?
How did Paul fetch out the followers of Jesus in Acts 9?
I've always thought that it was simply their practice of calling on the name of the Lord (precisely "Jesus") aloud as the phrase "calling on the name" is mentioned twice there: firstly when…
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Is it clear from the text that Aaron was lying about the golden calf coming out of the fire?
In Exodus 32:24 Aaron says to Moses:
So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”
it seems reasonable that this is a lie because later it is…
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What does "unsearchable" mean in "the unsearchable riches of Christ". Ephesians 3:8?
Ephesians 3:8
"To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,". ESV. My emphasis. [unsearchable/anexichniaston].
Are these riches of Christ "unsearchable" to…
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How were Biblical names (in the past) differentiated from common nouns?
I am new to this site, so if someone has asked this, please accept it as a newbie move and denigrate not. (lol)
Caleb חלב means dog. How did Caleb (Joshua 1:9) know he was being called a human name, and not a dog (slur)? (Revelation 22:13-16)
Helev…
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Was Haman an Agagite?
Esther 3:1 says
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Wikipedia says "Esther is usually dated to the 3rd or 4th century…
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Why is Moses' reference to God's promise in Exodus 32 effective?
Exodus 32:9-14 (NIV quoted):
9 “I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great…
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"For it was without number" - Numeral system in the time of Genesis 41
Genesis 41:49 (King James Version)
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Without being a perfect equivalent, this english version is very close to the french version by…
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A purported Hebrew translation of Deuteronomy 22:5; is it accurate?
This question pertains to this article regarding transgenderism. Deuteronomy 22:5 is sometimes cited as a Biblical passage condemning transgender behavior. It states:
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man…
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What does the "splendour of Israel" has been hurled down to earth mean?
In Lamentations 2:1 it is written:
How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with the cloud of his
anger! He has hurled down the splendour of Israel from heaven to
earth, he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.
I want…
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What kind of image did "dragon" (δράκων) in Revelation give to John and first century Christians?
Question about the term δράκων in passages such as Revelation 12:3 and Revelation 13:4 and Revelation 16:13.
(I am not asking about the symbolic meaning of whom or what the Dragon represented, as that can be seen in answers to other questions such…
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Dropped articles for νόμος in Galatians 3
Paul uses the word νόμος 14 times in Galatians 3:
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ἐξ ἔργων νόμου
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ἐξ ἔργων νόμου
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ἐξ ἔργων νόμου ... τοῦ νόμου
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ἐν νόμῳ
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ὁ δὲ νόμος
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τοῦ νόμου
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ὁ μετὰ τετρακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη γεγονὼς…
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