grammar

Is Mark 12:30 explicitly saying all WILL love God?

Is Mark 12:30 explicitly saying all WILL love God?

I don’t know Greek myself, but comparing various translations of Mark 12:30 I was wondering whether what is often translated as ‘shall’ is necessary in the Greek? If it is an ‘englishism’ carried over from the Shakespearean English transla…

Does Romans 9:5 assert the deity of Christ?

Does Romans 9:5 assert the deity of Christ?

Also known by the more pedestrian title: *How should Romans 9:5 be punctuated?*

Romans 9:5, NA28 (punctuation omitted):

ὧν οἱ πατέρες καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν

Two markedly d…

Sanctified or being sanctified Hebrew 10:14

Sanctified or being sanctified Hebrew 10:14

Focusing purely on the Greek grammar is it saying those who are being sanctified or those who are sanctified?

μια γαρ προσφορα τετελειωκεν εις το διηνεκες τους αγιαζομενους

What is "a sprinkling of blood" in 1 Peter 1:2

What is "a sprinkling of blood" in 1 Peter 1:2

κατὰ (according to) πρόγνωσιν (foreknowledge) Θεοῦ (of God) Πατρός (Father) ἐν (by) ἁγιασμῷ (a sanctification) Πνεύματος (of spirit) εἰς (into) ὑπακοὴν (obedience) καὶ (and) ῥαντισμὸν (a sprinkling) αἵματος (of blood) Ἰησοῦ (of Yeshua) …

Not Declining the Divine Name?

Not Declining the Divine Name?

John writes some strange things in Revelation, aka The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ. An angel fills a golden censer with fire from the heavenly altar, and throws it to the earth. And there’s an angel standing in the sun, crying with a loud voice to birds…