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What is the "double" mentioned in Isaiah 40:2?

What is the "double" mentioned in Isaiah 40:2?

Isaiah 40:1-2 (KJV)

1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD’s hand…

In Luke 16:21 why were the dogs mentioned?

In Luke 16:21 why were the dogs mentioned?

who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
(Luke 16:21, ESV)

Some see the dogs as further insult to Lazarus.

Some see the dogs a sympathetic to Lazarus. Dogs likin…

Drinking Deadly Things in Appalachian Pentecostalism

Drinking Deadly Things in Appalachian Pentecostalism Drinking poison, typically strychnine dissolved in water, is one of the lesser-practiced but highly symbolic signs of faith among certain Appalachian Holiness and Pentecostal groups. Like serpent handling, this ritual…

"Overcome" vs "comprehend" in John 1:5

"Overcome" vs "comprehend" in John 1:5

John 1:5 reads in the ESV:

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

I recently heard the KJV quoted and was struck by the difference:

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended…

Can you tell me about the wineskin parable?

Can you tell me about the wineskin parable?

Can you explain the parable of the wineskin? what was Jesus trying to tell the disciples?

 "Neither is new wine put into old wineskins. If it is, the skins burst and the wine is spilled and the skins are destroyed. But new wine is p…