Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Jude 1:5 has major textual variants. One reads
"Ὑπομνῆσαι δὲ ὑμᾶς βούλομαι, εἰδότας ὑμᾶς ἅπαξ πάντα, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς λαὸν ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου σώσας τὸ δεύτερον τοὺς μὴ πιστεύσαντας ἀπώλεσεν"
Why is Ἰησοῦς translated as ‘Jesus’ instead of …
How can we reconcile that the Bible indicates that Jesus would be in the earth for three days and three nights (Matt. 12:40) but we also read that he died right before the start of the Passover and arose on the morning of the day after the…
I’m comparing both Matthew and Luke’s genealogy of Jesus.
Matthew wrote this:
Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon… –
Mat 1:3 (NASB)
And Luke wrote this:
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, th…
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27).
One major change is that the values and quantities of the money is very different in each parable, as well as the number of …
I have a question concerning a potential contradiction in the order of events in Galilee.
In Luke 4:31-36, Jesus visits the Capernaum synagogue and heals the man of unclean spirits. Early in Luke 5, Jesus makes his first call for his disci…
The Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19:11-27) is nearly identical to the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30).
Perhaps the most surprising variation of the Ten Minas is that it references the ruling nobleman in a manner that evokes one…
I found this verse odd
Luke 23:12 (ESV) 12 And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
Why would the impending death of Jesus make these two friends?
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…
What does it mean when the Bible said that Angels came and ministered to Jesus after He was tempted by the devil?
John 19:38-40 – Afterward, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of
Jesus (but secretly for fear of the Jews), asked Pilate to let him
remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and
removed His body. Nicodemus, who…
John 11:6 has Jesus receiving word of Lazarus’ illness and then staying put for two days. When Jesus reaches Bethany, Lazarus has been dead for four days (11:17). So when the messengers reached Jesus in 11:6, it seems that Jesus must have …
The text delves into a perplexing narrative from John’s gospel, where post-resurrection, Jesus initially forbids Mary from touching Him but later invites Thomas to…