Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, says of John the Baptist, whose birth he predicts and pronounces, that ‘he shall go before him’ that is to say, in context, before ‘the Lord their God’ – ‘their’ being ‘the children of Israel’ :
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The Syriac of Luke 23:54 seems to affirm an interpretation of "Sabbath Dawning". In addition, the same word seems to be used 43 times in the Syriac New Testament to mean "Dawn".
So, Why is ἐπέφωσκεν, (Dawning) interpret…
Jesus is quoted as speaking of those who are "least in the Kingdom" in two situations: the Sermon on the Mount (or the Plain as in Luke) and in reference to John the Baptist, after John asks if Jesus is "he who is to come.&q…
1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate
being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his
brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and
Lysanias tetrarch of Abilen…
Luke 23:34 (DRA) (emphasis added)
34 And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.
Addressing the Father, Jesus acknowledges God’s ability to forgive their sin (…
In Acts 19, there were a few traveling Jews that had heard Paul was removing demons by the name of Jesus, so they attempted to do the same:
"Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evi…
Why “these things” in Lk 1:20 when only the birth of John the Baptist and not the “things” he would do seems sufficient for Zacharias’ voice to return?
Luke 21:25,26 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring…
Scholar Bruce R. McConkie wrote:
Mary’s ancestors were the same as Joseph’s. She was a descendant through the royal line of King David. “Matthew says Joseph was a son of Jacob, and Luke says that he was a son of Heli. It appears, however,…
Luke states the following in 1:35 :
και το γεννωμενον αγιον κληθησεται υιος θεου
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God [KJV]
Note : My question relates to the TR text (I am quoting Stephens 1550)…
I’ve heard this theory before, but I’m trying to find a reliable source to cite. In English, sometimes we say things like, "when in Rome…" and expect our hearers to complete the figure of speech in their heads. Does Jesus have …
Luke 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
Evil (πονηρός, sc#4190) is used 76x’…