Questions tagged [jesus]
Jesus of Nazareth is the central figure of the Christian New Testament.
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In what way was the carnal Jesus the sanctuary of God? [closed]
Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. Mark 1:24 KJV
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Did Jesus' listeners understand which father he was talking about?
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Mattews 12:50 KJV
Did Jesus' listeners understand which father he was talking about?
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What were Jesus' post-resurrection teachings about the Father? [closed]
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. John 16:25 KJV
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Was Jesus' early church composed primarily of Torah-abiding Jews?
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. Mattews. 18:17 KJV
How to understand the word ἐκκλησίας in ...
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Concerning John 9:3-4 with reference to John 11:4
John 9:3-4 - Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,
but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent ...
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Why did the blind man at Bethsaida look up and see men as if they were taller trees? [duplicate]
And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. Mark 8:24 KJV
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What people was Jesus referring to when he used the word "generation" in Luke 11:50?
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; Luke. 11:50 KJV
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Why did Jesus tell Satan to do it quickly?
And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. John 13:27 KJV
Why couldn't it be slow?
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Why did Saul the Roman and also not being of the Sadducees sect express his disbelief in the resurrection? [closed]
Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead? Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. Acts 26:8-9 ...
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Someone who could have considered Paul a false witness of Christ's resurrection and for what reasons?
1 Corinthians 15:15 KJV
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
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Did Saul the Roman know Jesus before he was killed? [closed]
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. 2 Corinthians 5:16 KJV.
When could it have happened?
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Why should the ten lepers return to give glory to God?
Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?" Luke 17:18 NET
Why should the ten lepers return after having gone to the Priests to give glory to God? Could they ...
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In whose name did they believe?
Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. John. 2:23 NET
The Name of the Father or of Jesus? ...
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Is the "faith" of Hebrews 12:2 referring to the faith of "all" of us, or "each" of us?
Hebrews 12:2, in part:
[ESV] looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith
[NIV] fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith
[KJV] Looking unto Jesus the author and ...
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regarding Jesus being God [closed]
For many years I have thought about the Triune. My conclusion is that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are one and the same. God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit have always existed from before time, ...
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Why does Jesus change the speech from who is the greatest to who is the first?
But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
Mark 9:34 KJV
And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire ...
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Does Matt. 5:8 also tell us that willing unrepentant sin causes doubt?
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
(Matt. 5:8, ESV)
This possibility is based on how Jesus describes seeing God as something occurring in this life in the Gospel of John.
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How is Jesus "υἱὸς ὑψίστου κληθήσεται" (Luke 1:32 NAS28) different from a prophet (παιδίον, προφήτης ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ Luke 1:76 NAS28)?
οὗτος ἔσται μέγας καὶ υἱὸς ὑψίστου κληθήσεται καὶ δώσει αὐτῷ κύριος ὁ θεὸς τὸν θρόνον Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, Luke 1:32 NAS28
He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the ...
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Is there any connection between the Samaritan woman's five husbands and the rich man's five brothers? [closed]
(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.' Luke 16:28 NET
for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. ...
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Why does Jesus turn to the Father to forgive in Luke 23:34?
Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. Luke 23:34 KJV
If Jesus has the power to forgive sins, why in this specific case ...
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Who is the νομοθέτης mentioned in James 4:12?
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? KJV James 4:12
Did Jesus have power to destroy unclean spirits πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ? If so, what does the ...
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What does εὗρεν mean in Luke 4:17? Finding by luck, chance or investigation?
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, KJV Luke 4:17.
What does εὗρεν mean in Luke 4:17? Finding ...
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Does Phil. 2:10-11 describe Jesus Christ as God?
This verse seems to obviously say that Jesus Christ is to be worshipped, not only by people but by all of creation.
...so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and ...
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Luke 4:20 After reading Jesus sat down [closed]
In Luke 4:20 'Jesus sat down'...
Did He sit down in the chair reserved for the Messiah in the synagogue?
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Does the pronoun ἧς (Matt. 1:16 BNT) refer to Mary or the Holy Spirit? does the pronoun refer to Mary or the Holy Spirit as Father?
"And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. " KJV Matthew 1:16
Considering that the Holy Spirit is feminine in Hebrew and the genealogy was ...
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Was there a Biblical change of day when Jesus sat and ate the Passover, and was there a change of day when Joseph came to the cross the first time? [duplicate]
If there was a Biblical change of day when Jesus sat and ate the Passover, and there was a change of day when Joseph came to the cross (the first time), this would show major differences between what ...
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Why does Jesus seemingly contradict what He states in Mt 5:19 by later appearing to relax the Law of the Sabbath?
In Matthew 5:19, Jesus states that anyone who relaxes (ESV) even the least of the commandments in the Law and teaches others to do the same would be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But then in ...
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Who do the servant and the son represent in John 8:35?
The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever. (Jn. 8:35 NET)
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Jesus took away the sin of the world; takes away or will take away the sin of the world?
On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! (Jn. 1:29 NET)
What is the proper verb tense?
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What can the Son do nothing for himself?
So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. (...
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What were the facts seen by the man born blind narrated in John 9 that the Jews did not see?
Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind." (Jn. 9:39 NET)
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How can "sitting" be reconciled with "coming" in Matthew 26:64?
Jesus told the high priests just before His crucifixion,
"I say to all of you: in the future you will see the Son of Man
sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One" and "coming on ...
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Does "God said" (Gen. 1:1-3) imply a Fiat Creation since Jesus did miracles instantaneously by speaking too (Mtt 8:3)? [closed]
It seems at a cursory reading that God spoke things into existence immediately by simply expressing an imperative sentence, with immediate results.
Does the conduct of Jesus years later give any ...
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With what quality or sense does Simon Peter ask Jesus to leave him in Luke 5:8?
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!"
Luke 5:8 NET@
Some references to "ἐξέρχομαι ἀπό" Matt. 12:43; 17:...
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If Jesus was crucified among the malefactors, why didn't the soldiers probe him after the first malefactor? [adjusted] [closed]
So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified[cs] with Jesus,[ct] first the one and then the other.[cu]. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, ...
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Did the disciples 'see' Jesus (John 20:20) in the way Job 'saw' God (Job 42:5)?
In John 20:20, we read :
And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. [John 20:20 KJV]
Did the disciples see Jesus in ...
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Acts 2:38 vs Matthew 28:20- "In" vs "On" - By what nuance of meaning would Jesus use εἰς (eis) in Matthew while Peter would use ἐπί (epi) in Acts
By what nuance of meaning, in context, would Jesus use εἰς (eis) in Matthew and while Peter would use ἐπί (epi) in Acts?
In Matthew 28:19,
Jesus instructs his disciples regarding the nations, that ...
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Why did Jesus curse the fig tree in Matt. 21:19?
I heard a Pastor/teacher say that Jesus cursed the fig tree because it is written in the Old Testament (maybe Isaiah, I don’t remember where they said it was) that when the righteous approach, a tree ...
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Was Jesus speaking ironically of the Pharisees in Luke 15:7 when He said "99 righteous persons who need no repentance"?
Luke 15 is all about repentance
V.2-3 Both the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them". So He told them this parable...
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Why was Pilate’s statement, “What is truth?” (18:38) included in John’s Gospel?
Why was Pilate’s statement, “What is truth?” (18:38) included in John’s Gospel?
In John 21:25 John wrote that Jesus did much more than what was
recorded in his Gospel. Thus, John was selective in ...
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Does Pilate's statement "What is Truth?" in John 18:38 draw a parallel to Pharoah's statement, "Who is the LORD,..." in Exodus 5:2?
John draws parallels and references between Jesus and Moses/Pentateuch to show that Jesus is the Christ. Pharoah rejected what Moses said with "Who is the LORD?" Pilate discounted Jesus' ...
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Were the kermata of the temple moneychangers the money of the African state Kerma?
When reading the john/2-15 on expelling money-changers and cattle traders from the temple I went to look up the word kerma/ta κέρματα / κέρμα [1] which is usually translated as small (bronze) coins.
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Does Jesus 'dismiss, to go' the Jews in John 11:44?
Jesus' instructions to the Jews present is -
... λυσατε αυτον και αφετε υπαγειν [TR]
I am enquiring about the Received Text. I notice that other texts add αυτον after αφετε but I am not enquiring ...
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Is John 2:23-25 there to tell us that Jesus' conflict with the Jewish leaders wasn't a Jewish problem but a human problem?
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew ...
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What does “in bodily form” mean in Colossians 2:9?
in bodily form.
σωματικῶς (sōmatikōs)
Adverb
Strong's 4985: Bodily, corporeally, belonging to the body. Adverb from somatikos; corporeally or physically.
The actual verse:
NASB 1995 “For in Him all ...
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Was Matthew Unaware that Jesus' Family came from Nazareth to Bethlehem? (Mt. 1-2 vs Lk: 1-2) [duplicate]
Nazareth is not mentioned in Matthew's account until Jesus' family returns from Egypt after the death of Herod I. They plan to settle in Judea, but Joseph is worried that Herod's successor-son may ...
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Does Calling the Son "Theos" prove his Prexistence and his Deity?
John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is [ho ōn, i.e., “the One who is/being always”] in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him (emphasis added).
Romans 9:5
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Is Yahweh in the Old Testament not Jesus Christ in the New Testament? [closed]
The Apostles seems to reference him as "Son". We find at several places, New Testament authors citing Old Testament passages referring to Yahweh and yet applies them to the "Son" (...
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These are the very words that testify about me" what does the phrase mean
Considering the following scriptures
John 5:39 BSB You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by
them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify
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John 1:45 ...
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What does Paul mean when he says "One Lord" in 1 Cor 8:6 [duplicate]
In the New Testament, it seems as though Paul normally refers to the Father as "ho theos" and the Son as "kurios" particularly when the Father and Jesus appear in the same verse or ...