Why did god didn’t forgive us
Jesus said to god to forgive us for our sings we did in ignorance. But why do god still punished us and still. Didn’t he heared jesus?
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Which gold were they referring to in Matthew 23:16?
Matthew 23:16 NIV
16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.
Could the blind guides have been referring to the golden ves…
Septuagint/LXX—why 70 and not 72?
The answer to this might be "go back in time to ask those who said it" but …
There are several documents extant that say 72 scholars produced the Septuagint. So why is it called Septuagint (for Septuagint, 70) and abbreviated LX…
Priest or Nazirite who waved the offering in Numbers 6?
Numbers 6:19-20 NASB
19 The priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the [i]hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his [j…
In Isaiah 19:16-25, we have a future scenario for Egypt. The 19th verse refers to an ‘altar’ and also a ‘pillar’. What could these be in reference to?
There are some relatively new (in the last 25 years say) theories as to what Is 19:19 and 20, in whatever Bible translation one cares to look at, is referring to when talking about ‘altar’ and ‘pillar’, which one will not find being refere…
Is “will of God” inferred or is it just “of God” John 1:13
In John 1:13 does it grammatically follow that they were born by the will of God, even though the word will θεληματος is omitted or is the word will omitted on the grounds that it’s not the will of God that they are born of but (born) of G…
Thirty Pieces of Silver
Matt. 26:14-15 says,
Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests, 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him
unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silve…
How can we understand the meaning of bara and asa in its text
Irrespective of whether one believes in Gap theory or not we see that the word Bara and asa is used several times in Genesis interchangeably. What confuses me is how are we to understand the actual meaning of the word in the text. Eg. in G…
Was Pharoah killed in the Red Sea?
Was Pharoah killed in the Red Sea along with his army? I can’t find any reference to this in exodus. Only mention of pharoahs chariots, horses, and army killed but not him. Popular believe presumes he was killed too. Is this the case?
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What does "me apoletai" mean in John 3:16?
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever belives in him should not perish but have eternal life". ESV My emphasis.
ESV: "should not/me apoletai".
New American Bible: "might not…
How to discount this self contradictory statement in the Bible?
Now the main word to focus on here is the term world. God proclaims His love for the world by sending his one and only begotten Son to die for the world so that the world may not perish. You can find the above from the Book of John.
John 3…
Are women really saved by childbearing according to 1 Timothy 2:15?
In 1 Timothy, Paul says:
1 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
15 Yet she will be saved through childbearing—if they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.
Does the "she" refer to Eve, or all women? And does the "t…