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Does Peter intend to identify the Pauline Epistles as canonical?
In 2 Peter 3:15-16, Peters states:
And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There…
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What does the Old Testament phrase 'cut off from their people' mean?
What does the Old Testament phrase 'cut off from their people' mean?
I have often read it, but am having difficulty imaganing how it may have actually been practiced? If it was determined that so and so "must be cut off from their people. "…
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Are the "rulers of this age" of 1 Corinthians 2:8 human rulers or demonic rulers?
Starting in verse 5.
1Co 2:5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. 2:6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to…
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Did Eli rebuke his sons?
In 1 Sam 3:13, the LORD tells Samuel of his judgement on the house of Eli:
“For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them.”…
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Does Mark 5:27-28 contain an allusion to Malachi 4:2?
"Healing in his wings" is described in Malachi 4:2. In Mark’s Gospel, the woman with a "discharge of blood for twenty years" stated her belief that if she touched Jesus’ garment she would be made well.
Mark 5:27-28
She had heard the reports about…
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Shall I Know Pleasure?(Gen. 18:12)
In Gen. 18:12, Sarah, after hearing the Lord tell Abraham that in a year's time she will bear a son, says, (Gen. 18:12)
וַתִּצְחַ֥ק שָׂרָ֖ה בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַחֲרֵ֤י בְלֹתִי֙ הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֣י עֶדְנָ֔ה וַֽאדֹנִ֖י זָקֵֽן׃
"So laughed Sarah in…
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When was the Hebrew Bible's exact text/spelling synchronized globally?
The Hebrew Bible is essentially identical in all Jewish communities, despite significant differences in spellings and wordings from the Septuagint or texts in the Dead Sea Scrolls, or even from quoted verses in the Talmud. For example, there are…
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What "spirit" is 1 Peter 3:18 referring to?
There seems to be disagreement as to whom/what the spirit in 1 Peter 3:18 is.
(ESV) For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the…
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Where did James get the idea that breaking one commandment means breaking all?
James 2:10 (NIV) reads:
For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is
guilty of breaking all of it.
Is it in the torah?
So all sin are capital sin? No misdemeanor, no felony, no capital offense? All are capital offense…
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Ephesians 3:4 "πρὸς ὃ"
I'm a beginner at NT Greek. I'm studying through Ephesians right now and am working on translating Ephesians 3. I get to verse 4, and I'm struggling to make any sense of how to translate it. I get the overarching sense of the verse, but the
πρὸς…
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Who wrote James?
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Paul identifies one James as the brother of Jesus (Galatians 1.19; cf. Mark 6.3). He also implies (1 Corinthians 15.7) or says outright…
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What is the "Theological Interpretation of Scripture" movement?
As the title asks--what is meant by "Theological Interpretation of Scripture", a.k.a. TIS, and how does it differ from other methods?
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Do linguistic features of Ecclesiastes rule out Solomon as the author?
Franz Delitzsch is famously quoted as saying:
If the book of Koheleth were of old Solomonic origin, then there is no history of the Hebrew Language.
His argument seems to be that the Hebrew is characteristic of a much later era, with substantial…
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What are the common solutions to the minor agreements of Matthew and Luke?
There are a number of points where Matthew and Luke agree against Mark in their reading, but which cannot be explained by their supposed reliance on the Q source.
For instance, in the narrative of Jesus' trial before the Sanhedrin Mark…
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What are the differences between allegorical and typological interpretation?
In a recent discussion on a question about allegory, it was pointed out that allegory and typology are not the same thing. What are the differences between the two approaches? Is one a subset of the other? Are they at odds with one another? Or are…
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