Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
2Pe 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
The context of 2 Peter 2:1-3 suggests that the subject up to that point in the ch…
In John 3:5, Jesus tells Nicodemus that to enter the kingdom one must be “born of water and the Spirit”. How is this phrase understood? Is it a single construct (i.e. one birth of both water and Spirit)? Or are two births in view (one of w…
We have been studying the book of Revelation and it was noted that the tribe of Dan was missing from the list of tribes of Israel listed in Revelation 7:5-8. Is there any biblical explanation why Dan was excluded from this list?
5 From…
On the cross Jesus asked a question:
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
(Matthew 27:46 ESV; also Mark 15:34)
Forsaken her…
I was reading Psalm 22 (from this question) and I found this verse:
Psalms 22:21 (KJV)
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
When I switched translations I found “wild oxen” instead:
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While at least two people didn’t die, Jesus spoke of only the Son of man ascending into heaven. Jesus next said the Son of man would need to be lifted up.
John 3:13-14 (KJV)
(Jesus said) “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but …
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path. (ESV)
has similar wording to John 1:1,4.
In the beginning was the Word… In him was life, and the life was the light of men. (ESV)
Is there any connection? The traditional in…
After Jesus’ arrest:
15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that
disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into
the palace of the high priest.
16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then wen…
In some translations, the second half of the verse is placed outside the quotation mark, while in other translations it is included inside the quotation mark.
For example:
English Standard Version
it was granted her to clothe herself wit…
1 Corinthians 2:8 says:
the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for
if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of
glory
Mark 8:31-33 says:
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man m…
In The Clementine Gospel Tradition by Dennis Barton, the following comments are made:
Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215) was a pupil of Pantoris, the first
great Christian teacher at Alexandria in Egypt. Clement records that
he himself ha…
In church this morning, I stumbled across Romans 4:9 in my bilingual English/Spanish NIV/NVI Bible, and was puzzled by the Spanish translation of this verse.1 (Emphasis added for sake of comparison)
In English, the text reads:
Is thi…