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Is there an implicit comparison between the lines of Cain and Seth?
Many commentators note that the lineage of Cain in Genesis 4 is followed by a genealogy of Seth in Genesis 5 and compare the two lines, treating Cain's line as godless and Seth's line as godly. This particularly appears, for example, in some…
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Did the apostles travel with their wives?
I was doing some research for an answer and came across this verse:
This is my defense to those who would examine me. Do we not have the right to eat and drink? Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and…
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Is there a contradiction between Ecclesiastes 9:5 & Luke 16:19-31?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (KJV)
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Luke 16:19-31 (KJV)
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed…
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Is there a difference between "the sin" and "sin" in Romans?
In the Youngs Literal Translation, Romans 5:12 reads
Romans 5:12 because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
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What is meant in John 3:13 by *the son of man who's in Heaven* yet He still says 'He came down from Heaven'?
John 3:13
And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
What is the meaning of this verse?
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Why is διὰ παντὸς translated as "continually" in Hebrews 13:15?
I wonder if anyone can clarify why διὰ παντὸς is universally translated as continually here, in all modern translations? I looked up παντὸς in BDAG, but it didn't offer any clues, not sure what I am missing.
Δι᾿ αὐτοῦ οὖν ἀναφέρωμεν θυσίαν αἰνέσεως…
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What does it mean that the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John the Baptist? Matthew 11:11
Matthew 11:11 (KJV):
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Since the least person in the kingdom…
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In Ecclesiastes 4:12 what is the meaning of the "three strands not quickly broken"?
My small group was looking at this verse in Ecclesiastes 4:12:
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of
three strands is not quickly broken.
I was curious the meaning of three strands. Is it a reference to God, or if…
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What is the significance of switching from Gideon to Jerubbaal?
Gideon got a new name in this story:
When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. And they…
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What does it mean in Genesis 1:2 and Jeremiah 4:23 when they refer to the earth as void?
Genesis 1:2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.....
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Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; And the heavens, they had no light.
The obvious interpretation…
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Peter's Psalm quotations in Acts 1:20
In Acts 1:20, Peter quotes Psalm 69:25 and Psalm 109:8:
20“For it is written in the Book of Psalms,
“‘May his camp become desolate,
and let there be no one to dwell in it’;
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“‘Let another take his office.’ (ESV)
What are the psalms…
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Is He "who searches hearts" the Holy Spirit or the Father (Romans 8:27)?
My question is a bit two-fold.
It's regarding the proper understanding of Romans 8:26-27, specifically verse 27. Recently, I've come to disagree with many commentator's understanding of this passage. The consensus of verse 27 is that the "He who…
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Is Philip in Acts 8 the deacon or the disciple?
I would like to know if the Philip who baptized the eunuch in Acts 8 is Philip the disciple or the deacon mentioned in Acts 6
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Does Job's "covenant with [his] eyes" refer to marriage?
Job's final appeal to God includes this assertion of innocence:
I have covenanted with my eyes
Not to gaze on a maiden.—Job 31:1 (NJPS)
The ESV reads this as a rhetorical question:
I have made a covenant with my eyes;
how then could I gaze…
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Why is the healing of Malchus’ ear only found in the Gospel of Luke?
Is there any legitimate reason given by scholars as to why Luke uniquely adds the account of Jesus healing the ear of Malchus after it being severed off?
In Luke 22:50-51, it is written,
50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest,…
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