KNOWING HIM OR MOLDING HIM
Tuesday’s (10/09/18) Thought! KNOWING HIM OR MOLDING HIM An idol is anything worshiped other than the true God. Idolatry involves more than just hand-made…
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Did Peter cut off the slave’s ear to disqualify him as a priest (John 18:10)?
In John 18:10 (as well as the other gospels), Peter cuts off the ear of the slave of the high priest (NRSV):
Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Ma…
In Colossians 1:16, what is the meaning of the phrase “in him” (ἐν αὐτῷ)?
Sorry if this seems like a really simple question but this always confuses me. For example Colossians 1:16:
For it was in Him that all things were created.
Would it mean the same thing if the word ‘through’ or ‘by’ were to be used in…
Jesus says His Father is greater than Him so does Jesus’ death show that His love for those for whom He died was greater than His Father’s?
In John’s account of the final night before crucifixion, Jesus uses the word μέγας, "greater" six times (13:16 twice, 14:12, 14:28, 15:13, and 15:20). Three of the sayings are given in a way in which the meaning of μέγας is made …
Who is the righteousness who will go before him Psalms 85:12-13?
Psalms 85:12-13 NASB
Indeed, the Lord will give what is good,
And our land will yield its produce.
13
Righteousness will go before Him
And will make His footsteps into a way.
In the earlier part of this chapter the righteous…
With him I will speak face to face
פֶּ֣ה אֶל־פֶּ֞ה אֲדַבֶּר־בּ֗וֹ וּמַרְאֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א בְחִידֹ֔ת וּתְמֻנַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה יַבִּ֑יט וּמַדּ֙וּעַ֙ לֹ֣א יְרֵאתֶ֔ם לְדַבֵּ֖ר בְּעַבְדִּ֥י בְמֹשֶֽׁה׃ Numbers 12:8
With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he wil…
Why did Jesus tell Mary not to hold onto Him?
John 20:17a:
Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father.”
Why did Jesus tell Mary not to “hold on to” Him? Presumably it was not a problem with touching, since Jesus told Thomas to touch Him. Was it …
Mt 4:10 and Dt 6:13 from where did Jesus take this?
I searched in the LXX, OT massoretic text but I didn’t find one place where we have a such "only" equivalent in scripture, yet J.C seems to cite it as a scripture !
If you have any answer on that !
(I wonder what the targumim say…
In Mark 3, is it Jesus’ family or friends who try to take him away
Mark 3:21 NLT “When his family heard what was happening, they tried to take him away. “He’s out of his mind,” they said.”
IN other versions it says “own people” or “friends”
The greek was not very clear to me; it looks like an interpret…
What does "my name is with him" mean in Exodus 23:21?
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
21Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him….
How can Christ be the firstfruits of the resurrection when others were raised before him?
In 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, we read of Christ as firstfruits but in Matthew 27:52-53, we read that at the death of Jesus Christ, many saints arose. How do I then draw the line in explaining Christ as the firstfruits since a group arose bef…
Where does Moses say the things which Paul attributes to him in Acts 26:22-23?
In Acts 26:22-23, Paul says that
I stand here…saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our pe…