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Jun 13	comment	Does John 21:20-24 indicate that the original author of the Fourth Gospel was dead? I ended up creating a question for the bigger question, in case you want to move some of your content here over there.
Jun 13	comment	Does John 21:20-24 indicate that the original author of the Fourth Gospel was dead? I think I'm understanding now, but it feels like a thin reed, so maybe I don't have it right still. Basically you think there's a literary correspondence that exists only if 1-20 and 21 are viewed separately and the best opportunity for that is a two stage composition/"publication"?
Jun 12	comment	Does John 21:20-24 indicate that the original author of the Fourth Gospel was dead? Thanks Matthew. The parallels with Ecclesiastes are interesting. Could you clarify why the pattern of the three "love" questions is more fitting of a later addition?
Jun 7	comment	Locations of the graves of the Patriarchs @BruceJames That he clearly understands his own culture and their manners of speaking much better than us? I think it says far more about us and our blind spots in interpretation if we consider something an obvious error that was no error at all.
Jun 7	comment	Locations of the graves of the Patriarchs @BruceJames Exactly. That none of Luke's contemporaries corrected what to us looks like such an obvious mistake indicates that Stephen wasn't considered to be in error at all.
Jun 5	comment	To whom should we attribute John 3:16? Interesting, I wouldn't have thought of a literary/structural approach.
Jun 5	comment	Who is judging whom in Revelation 20:4? I'll try and develop this more later when I have access to better tools.
Jun 4	comment	Was the LXX ending to Job written in Greek? @JonEricson Added a link. The LXX version of Job indeed has some interesting differences compared to the MT.
Jun 4	comment	Does Paul counsel against marriage or remarriage in 1 Corinthians 7:27b? Would it be fair to summarize your answer as saying all the circumstances I noted (single, engaged, widowered, divorced) fall under the rubric of "free from a wife", but that this caution from Paul was owing and pertinent to the circumstances (that of the imminent Jewish War)?
Jun 4	comment	What was Noah thinking when he sent a raven from the ark? Thanks, Mike. I'd read through The Bible Matrix and that helped me understand your position as well, and I already upvoted your answer from before, but I appreciate you taking the time to update it.
Jun 1	comment	Why does John interweave the stories of Jesus' questioning and Peter's denial? @MatthewMiller That's a good question, so I asked it. :)
Jun 1	comment	What significance does John perceive in the piercing of Christ's side and the flow of blood and water? A lot of great stuff here. I see the allusion to Eve as an extension of the second theme: the release of the Spirit. There is a tight connection in John's writings between the Spirit, the bride and water, culminating in Rev. 22:17. Do you think there is any significance to the way John interweaves the resurrection narrative in chapter 20 between Mary and the disciples?
May 25	comment	Is the water jar in John 4:28 a symbol? Where would something like the twelve stones on the high priest's robe fit in? Do they symbolize anything in your view? Or do the number of stones match the number of tribes by coincidence? Or is there some eschatological truth behind them?
May 25	comment	Is the water jar in John 4:28 a symbol? I guess I assumed the standard definition of a symbol as something that stands in for or represents something else. What definition do you consider the OP to be using?
May 6	comment	How should we understand the “Cleansing of the Temple”? @JonEricson Matthew's account is similar to Mark's and Luke's, but the literary structure doesn't make it quite as obvious and so it would take longer to explain. If you'd like I can add that in as well for completeness; I just thought it would stretch the length of the answer without adding much value.
May 4	comment	Why did Paul collect and deliver an offering for the Jerusalem church? @H3br3wHamm3r81 But also see 2 Cor. 8:1-2
May 4	comment	Why does Mark provide two feeding accounts? Hey Matthew, thanks for the answer and welcome to Biblical Hermeneutics! Hope you'll stay around and continue to provide answers like this one.
Apr 26	comment	Are the twenty-four elders of Revelation 4-5 angels or humans? @MonicaCellio Hopefully we'll find out: hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/4729/…
Apr 22	comment	Did 70 or 75 Hebrews go down to Egypt with Jacob? @MonicaCellio Earlier in Genesis 46:27, the LXX has "nine children" instead of "two sons". There are also a number of name differences in the lists of persons. The LXX doesn't seem to reconcile Deut. 10:22, though.
Apr 22	comment	What is the referent of “body of Christ” in 1 Corinthians 11:29? Thanks, Mike, for providing a more comprehensive answer here. Incidentally, I do hold the last view.