On First Principles, By Origen (edited And Translated By John Behr)
144 book reviews Origen (edited and translated by John Behr),On First Principles. 2 Vols (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). 664 pp. $220.00 hardback. In…
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Is εἰρήνη ὑμῖν (peace be with you) in John 20:19 Jesus using the common greeting שָׁלוֹם לָכֶם (shalom lachem) in the first century?
To clarify this question, I am asking if שָׁלוֹם לָכֶם (shalom lachem) was a common greeting in the first century?
εἰρήνη would normally be translated שָׁלוֹם
ὑμῖν — the dative as used here would be translated with לָ and the 2nd person p…
Did Jesus first appear to the 11 disciples in Jerusalem or Galilee?
There seems to be a disagreement between the gospels of Luke and Matthew regarding the location of the first appearance of the resurrected Jesus to the eleven disciples.
The author of Luke states, Luke 24:
33 And they rose that same hour …
Was there a Biblical change of day when Jesus sat and ate the Passover, and was there a change of day when Joseph came to the cross the first time? [duplicate]
If there was a Biblical change of day when Jesus sat and ate the Passover, and there was a change of day when Joseph came to the cross (the first time), this would show major differences between what tradition and Scripture say about the c…
What kind of image did "dragon" (δράκων) in Revelation give to John and first century Christians?
Question about the term δράκων in passages such as Revelation 12:3 and Revelation 13:4 and Revelation 16:13.
(I am not asking about the symbolic meaning of whom or what the Dragon represented, as that can be seen in answers to other questi…
Closing Out The Church Age Pentecostals Face The Twenty First Century
7 Closing Out the Church Age: Pentecostals Face the Twenty-First Century James R. Goff, Jr.* A perception of history is valuable to life in…
Meeting house of the first general assembly
Who owns the original meeting house of the first general assembly?YouTube Charles Page [09/18/2015 9:22 PM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAuR_6smO0Q Derrick Harmon [09/18/2015 10:18 PM]Good question. I am…
Is there a first person verb with a plural subject in Hebrew?
I am aware of singular verbs with plural subjects in the third person, masculine, singular. Such as Exodus 4:29, but I am wondering if there is a 1cs that has a plural subject?
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Exodus 4:29 Moses and Aa…
The Manila Healing Revival And The First Pentecostals
Pneuma 31 (2009) 66-84 The Manila Healing Revival and the First Pentecostal Defections in the Methodist Church in the Philippines Luther Jeremiah Oconer Graduate…
First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament
First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2021), xviii + 483 pages, ISBN 9780830813599. The First Nations Version[1] is “An indigenous Translation of the New Testament” that provides an Introduction ([ix]-xiii), including “Why the Name First Nations Version?” (x), “Partnering Organizations,” “Church Engagement,” “The Translation Council” (x-xi), […]
Why didn’t the soldiers probe him after the first malefactor?
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified[cs] with Jesus,[ct] first the one and then the other.[cu]. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. John 19:3…
Does John 14:6 and John 6:44 seem paradoxical ? Who do we seek first: the Father or Son?
John 6:44 says:
No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. (ESV)
While John 14:6 says:
No one comes to the Father except through me (ESV)
Comparing these two verses, brings to my mind the egg/chicken paradox: Which …