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One possibility is that it came out of the meeting in Jerusalem described in Galatians 2, where Paul writes:
and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. ...
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Your question seems to be rhetorical. Most likely, of course, Jesus knew the prophecy of Joel. Did he quote it? Very likely, even if we can not pin it down. Not all is written down. The book Revelation quotes it often. (It is said to be inspired by him. Apk 1, 1)
There is a difference between the two situations in which persons would call on the Name of ...
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εἰς is part of an idiom here and can also be translated as "unto."
αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν
"(To) him (be) the glory unto the ages, amen."
The idiom is εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ("unto the ages") and means "forever."
Source: My years in Koine Greek classes, and I think I also read it in Porter's Idioms of the Greek New Testament.
I think Edwards does a ...
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In short, Paul sees his outreach to the Gentiles as a ministry to Israel (Romans 11:12-15). God promised Abraham that in his seed all the nations (Gentiles) of the world would be blessed (Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:15). And Isaiah prophesied
In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established
as the highest of the mountains; it ...
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An alternative explanation could just be rooted in practicality.
The pattern had already been established by the Antiochene church in Acts 11:27-30. Agabus predicted an imminent famine and the church in Antioch. There were many famines during Claudius's reign (41-54), the most severe of which occurred in Judea around 46-47.
Because of the imminent threat, ...
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