Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Ephesians 4:9
SBLGNT:
τὸ δὲ Ἀνέβη τί ἐστιν εἰ μὴ ὅτι καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὰ κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς;
KJV
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
ESV
(In saying, “He …
Given the similarities between the two accounts (feeding the 4000 vs the 5000), it seems that these are two variants of the same event.
What are the scholarly opinions about this?
I was reading Genesis 33 and noticed extra dots (i.e. not part of the niqqud that I understand) above the letters of “and he kissed him” in verse 4 (picture from archive.org’s Biblia Hebraica):
and he fell on his neck and kissed him, and…
In Genesis 2:19-20, God identifies a problem: Adam is alone. He then presents possible solutions to the problem by bringing all the animals before Adam.
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will
make a helper suit…
Exodus 3:15 Literal Standard Version
And God says again to Moses, “Thus you say to the sons of Israel: YHWH, God of your fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, has sent me to you; this [is] My Name for all time, and this…
Why do Isaiah 37 and 2 Kings 19 contain the same verses? Of course, consulting or referring to an older and reliable source of eyewitness information is expected and acceptable, but what is strange is that the writer of 2 Kings 19 has copi…
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts are all written in a narrative style, but are treated as biographies of Jesus and his apostles. Are there other examples in the ancient world of a biographical account of a real person being written in …
Revelation 19:5 (ASV):
And a voice came forth from the throne, saying, Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him, the small and the great.
I’ve been reading and re-reading Revelation recently and many interesting thin…
Daniel 12:6-11 ESV
6 And someone said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the stream,[b] “How long shall it be till the end of these wonders?” 7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the…
Luke 22 is a great description of this event. Jesus said, "Keep on doing this in remembrance of me." It occurred on the night of the Passover, a celebration occurring once a year. Jesus’ celebration as well should occur that nig…
Ephesians 2:1-3 (ESV):
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— …
In the Hebrew
ĕ·lō·hîm – God
ĕ·lō·hāy – gods
ĕ·lō·he·ḵā – gods
ĕ·lō·hê – gods
Elohe
Gen 31:32 BIB+ עִ֠ם ‘im with אֲשֶׁ֨ר ’ă·šer anyone here , תִּמְצָ֣א tim·ṣā If you find אֶת־ ’eṯ- – אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮ ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā your gods לֹ֣א lō he …