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In the Gospel of John, why does Jesus say (four times), "I will raise him up at the last day"?
It’s obviously significant since he repeated it four times, but what actually is the significance of the phrase?
The phrase is translated from the Greek ἀναστήσω αὐτὸ (ἐν) τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ which occurs in the following four verses:
John …
How might the NIV justify putting "husband" in John 1:13?
John 1:13 "children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God" NIV.
Also: NET Bible "a husband’s desire".
Weymouth N.T. "the will of a human father".
I think "…
In defending His actions on the Sabbath, does Jesus use φιλέω rather than ἀγαπάω to imply equality with His Father?
In defending His actions of healing the invalid and instructing him to pick up his bed and leave the pool, Jesus compares His actions to His Father’s and makes this statement:
For the Father loves (φιλεῖ) the Son and shows him all that he…
John Paul II A Personal Account Of His Impact And Legacy
Pneuma 27,1_f2_2-34 8/17/05 8:06 AM Page 3 Pentecostal Theology, Volume 27, No. 1, Spring 2005 S SP Articles John Paul II: A Personal Account…
Were the Pharisees correct: "no prophet arises out of Galilee" (Jn. 7:52)?
In the Gospel of John, the following exchange takes place between the Pharisees and Nicodemus:
John 7:50-51: "Nicodemus (he who came to [Christ] before, being one of them) said to them, 51’Our Law does not judge a man unless it first…
Is “will of God” inferred or is it just “of God” John 1:13
In John 1:13 does it grammatically follow that they were born by the will of God, even though the word will θεληματος is omitted or is the word will omitted on the grounds that it’s not the will of God that they are born of but (born) of G…
What does "me apoletai" mean in John 3:16?
John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever belives in him should not perish but have eternal life". ESV My emphasis.
ESV: "should not/me apoletai".
New American Bible: "might not…
How to discount this self contradictory statement in the Bible?
Now the main word to focus on here is the term world. God proclaims His love for the world by sending his one and only begotten Son to die for the world so that the world may not perish. You can find the above from the Book of John.
John 3…
Is the event recorded in John 12:1-8 considered to be the same event as Mark 14:3-9?
Both describe a woman anointing Jesus with costly ointment on his head or feet. The place is the same (Bethany), and in John, the woman is identified as the sister of Lazarus. However, there are three problems:
The place is different with…
Is πνεῦμα ὁ θεός, "God is Spirit" a multivalent phrase?
In two later New Testament writings we find different explicit statements about God: God is Spirit… (John 4:24); …God is light… (1 John 1:5); …God is love (1 John 4:8, 16).
God is Spirit: πνεῦμα ὁ θεός
God is Light: ὁ θεός φῶς ἐστ…
How do you reconcile world (κόσμος) in 1 John 2:15-17 with John 3:16-17?
How do you reconcile world (κόσμος) in 1 John 2:15-17 with John 3:16-17?
κόσμος has obviously different meanings as used in the following two passages.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in h…