Why Couldn’t Mary Touch Jesus?
The text delves into a perplexing narrative from John’s gospel, where post-resurrection, Jesus initially forbids Mary from touching Him but later invites Thomas to…
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The Promises And Perils Of The Azusa Street Myth
PNEUMA 38 (2016) 367–371 The Promises and Perils of the Azusa Street Myth Accompanied by religious fervor and supernatural manifestations, the out- pouring of…
Why did death reign from Adam to Moses?
Rom. 5:14 says:
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
In what way did death reign from Adam to Moses whe…
Link Hudson, Melvin Harter I Peter 3:3 KJV Whose adorning…
Link Hudson, Melvin Harter I Peter 3:3 KJV Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing…
Does Jude 1:9 allude to Zechariah 3:2?
Zechariah 3:2
New International Version
The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?"
Jude 1:9
But even the archan…
Exodus 23:20 what is meant by “he won’t forgive you”
“Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.”
Exodus 23:21
Is this saying the messenger has the ability to forgive but won’t or is …
Why does Paul interchange the armour in Ephesians 6 and 1 Thessalonians 5?
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When advising the church at Ephesus the apostle Paul tells them to put on the breastplate of righteousness
Name KJV Ephesians 6 : 14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousnes…
What prayers of Jesus did the Father answer in Hebrews 5:7?
“In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety.”
Hebrews 5:7 NASB1995
What prayers and supplicati…
Formless and void rather than chaos?
The Hebrew words תֹהוּ and וָבֹהוּ are translated to empty/formless and void in Genesis 1, but that isn’t what they mean.
In my research, I have found that one of the two words is unknown, and the other means chaos or waste. Throughout my …
What does it mean to be "equal with God" in John 5:18?
John 5:18 (ESV):
18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
The concept of equality with God is…
In Matthew 11:10 where does Matthew/Jesus get the reading "before *your* face"?
In Matthew 11:10 we read that Christ said of John the Baptist in reference to his role of heralding and preparing the way for Christ:
Matthew 11:7-10 (DRB) 7 And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concernin…
What is the referent of "this mountain" in Mark 11:23?
In Mark 11:23, Jesus tells his disicples, “I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.”
Does…