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KJV Isaiah 14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
NRSV Isaiah 14:12
How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son…
Exodus 30:17-21 (KJV)
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and t…
In Romans 6:10, what does it mean that Christ “died to sin once”?
KJV Rom 6:10 For in that he died, he [Christ] died unto sin once:
but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
(KJV)Galatians 1:6
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
(KJV)Galatians 4:15
Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, th…
The word, Sabbatismos occurs in the Greek NT only once.
Strongest Strong’s defines it as Sabbath rest; Sabbath observance.
Thayer’s/Strong’s defines it as a Sabbath keeping.
Various English translations render this a special …
Jesus had spent quite a bit of time speaking to his disciples about the coming of the Holy Spirit in John 14, 15, & 16. So, if the Holy Spirit was indeed imparted to the disciples when Jesus breathed on them in John 21, w…
Many translations of the Bible use the word “belly” in Philippians 3:19:
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. (ESV)
The context of the pass…
In Gal. 1:1, it is written,
1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) KJV, 1769
Αʹ Παῦλος ἀπόστολος οὐκ ἀπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων οὐδὲ δι᾽ ἀνθρώπου ἀλλὰ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ θεοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἐγείραντος αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν TR, 1550
Paul writes that he is an apostle (literally, “one who is sent”) “not from men, neither by man,” but rather, by Jesus Christ and God the Father.
Does such a statement preclude the possibility that, in the eyes of the apostle Paul, the Lord Jesus Christ was simply a man (rather than God-man)?
Matthew 13:55 states:
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Mark 6:3 (ESV) states:
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary …
Biblical eLearning (http://biblicalelearning.org) presents: Dr. Craig Keener on Acts This is the second of 23 lectures Dr. Craig Keener of Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky…
What is the meaning of the white stone in Revelation 2:17, and what is its significance as a reward?
In the NRSV:
“Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I…
In Ephesians we find that light (religious truth) is described as very powerful as it is able to make dead things living just by shining on them.
But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Awake, O sleeper,
and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(Ephesians 5:13-14, ESV)
However, this is no direct quote of any biblical passage, so I imagine Paul simply puts it in his own words to apply it to the context. But what is ‘it’; what scripture is he paraphrasing here which fully suits the context? Why is it an appropriate verse to quote in this context?
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