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At least two Church Fathers had commented on this (i.e. that Acts 5:3 witnessed that the Holy Spirit was one of the Divine Persons of God). Ambrose of Milan in his commentary on Acts wrote: They have …

There doesn't seem to be any indications that Greeks reading the passage understood ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον to mean anything other than to lie to the Holy Spirit, despite how the phrase might …

The fact that it was not until after the Lord was resurrected that He explictly gave the power to forgive sins (John 20:23) leads us to conclude that this particular power was not bestowed on them ear …

The Patristic consensus was that on this occasion Jesus did, in fact, impart the Holy Spirit to the Apostles, but that this was a partial gift. For example, Theophylact comments: And when he had sai …

The word for "spirit" is πνεῦμα (pneuma). πνεύματος is the genitive case ("defilement of ..."). Paul does not always distinguish clearly between πνεῦμα and ψυχή (psyche) in his writings. This is e …

I believe, as someone has already answered, that the Philip mentioned in Acts 8:5ff was not Philip the Apostle. This understanding is also expressed in the writing of the Church Fathers. John Chry …

The Greek word translated here as Advocate is παράκλητος (paraklētos). I believe you are quoting from the NIV. In other versions, παράκλητος is translated as "Helper" (NKJV, ESV), "Comforter" (KJV), …

I believe that I am correct in saying that the patristic understanding here would be that both are in a sense correct. As has been noted in another question, the words "soul" (ψυχή) and "spirit" (πνε …

The Seven Spirits of God Ancient commentaries (e.g. Oikomenos, Andrew of Caesarea) relate the seven spirits of God here to the seven spiritual gifts prophesied by Isaiah:1 Isaiah 11:1–5 LXX And …

Ambrosiaster, a 4th century commentator whose identity is somewhat mysterious, was commenting on the Latin version and not the Greek version of the text, but I think his explanation is still relevant: …

There is actually no Greek manuscript that explicitly states what the NIV implies in Matthew 7:11: "how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts ...". The Greek simply contains the adjec …

One Portuguese translation of this verse gives it: Mas o fruto do Espírito é amor, alegria, paz, paciência, amabilidade, bondade, fidelidade, mansidão e domínio próprio The underlying Greek word …