Arguments for early/late date of authorship of Daniel
What are the most significant arguments for an early date of authorship of Daniel (6th century BC)? What are the primary arguments for a late date (2nd century BC)?
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What does Gen 4:7 mean in the Septuagint?
Most of the translations of Gen 4:7 read something like (LEB):
If you do well will I not accept you? But if you do not do well,
sin is crouching at the door. And its desire is for you,
but you must rule over it.
I also re…
Why Devil’s sin didn’t bring death?
1 John 3:8 King
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin
Since the devil sinned before Adam and sin will bring d…
What is meant by "loose the loins of kings"?
What is meant by “loose the loins of kings” in Isaiah 45:1?
What was Onan’s sin?
Genesis 38:6-11 (NJPS):
Judah got a wife for Er his first-born; her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s first-born, was displeasing to the Lord, and the Lord took his life. Then Judah said to Onan, “Join with your brother’s wife and do you…
Is Jesus giving the Holy Spirit in John 20:22?
After the resurrection in John’s gospel, Jesus appears to the disciples and in John 20:22 he breathes on them and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” What is happening here? Is Jesus giving them the Holy Spirit by breathing on them?
Edit: Ma…
Ecclesiastes 12.6: What is the ‘silver cord’?
Ecclesiastes is not a book I’ve read very much. I know the broad outline of the book, and its concluding thesis (‘Fear God and keep his commandments’), but not much of the specifics.
I came to Ecclesiastes 12.6, and I’m curious about this…
Does the Greek word anēr mean man (adult male) or male (male of any age)?
Bible verse
14 And increasingly believers in the Lord, large numbers of men (ἀνήρ, G435) and women, were being added to their number, (Acts 5:14, NASB20)
(Greek word study for anēr [ἀνήρ, G435])
The best Greek dictionaries define anēr (ἀ…
How can the second harvest in Revelation 14 be the unrighteous when in every other place it says the second harvest will be the righteous?
Matthew 13 and Revelation 14 contradict. Who are the grapes?
Matthew 13
The weeds/tares are gathered first and burned.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and b…
What does "the life was the light of men" mean in John 1:4?
What does ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων mean in John 1:4?
John 1:4 (KJV);
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
The best I can come up with is the knowledge of Jesus’ exemplary life shows us how to live.: τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπ…
Which stones "are there to this day" in Joshua 4:9?
Joshua 4:8-9 read
8 So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over wi…
Hello. This website claims that the Father determined creation
And Jesus brought His plans into reality. They don’t quote a lot of scripture to support their claim.
Here’s the link
https://www.gotquestions.org/all-things-visible-and-invisible.html
This is the actual quote:
God the Father is the archi…