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Why did Saul the Roman and also not being of the Sadducees sect express his disbelief in the resurrection?
Nothing in the quoted verses says that Paul ever disbelieved in the resurrection. In fact there is no direct connection between them, because v9 starts a new theme.
In the RSV, vv4-8 are a distinct ...
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In what sense was Paul considered a false witness to Christ's resurrection?
We need to follow through the logic of the argument.
Paul and the other disciples have been witnessing that Christ rose from the dead (vv1-11).
So IF (and only if) Christ did NOT rise from the dead, ...
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Did Saul the Roman know Jesus before he was killed?
What strikes me here is that Paul says "Christ" rather than Jesus.
When Paul says KATA SARKA ("according to the flesh"), he is normally making a distinction from KATA PNEUMA ("...
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Does Acts 21:20–26 tell us that it is OK for a Christian Jew to continue to observe Jewish rituals?
Is it OK for a Christian Jew to continue to observe Jewish rituals?
Yes, of course it is (depending upon what is meant by "rituals").
God and Israel made a covenant, and it would be quite ...
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Why was it Abagus who prophesied about Paul's arrest in Acts 21:11?
Here's a little background to put the verse in context.
Paul was hurrying to go to Jerusalem to be there at Pentecost.
Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time ...
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Why was it Abagus who prophesied about Paul's arrest in Acts 21:11?
The key point is verse 10
10 While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
The gift of prophesizing of Philip and his 4 daughters, may well observed as their ...
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Why was it Abagus who prophesied about Paul's arrest in Acts 21:11?
Again, we are not told so we cannot be certain. However, here are some suggestions:
the four daughters might have also prophesied but Luke was not inspired to record it
Agabus prophesied because the ...
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Psalms 8:3-6 - has this been manipulated by Paul to imply it relates to Jesus?
It is in Hebrews chapter 2 that Psalm 8 is directly and fully quoted, so this answer deals with what the writer to those first century Hebrew Christians explained. That might not be the apostle Paul. ...
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Psalms 8:3-6 - has this been manipulated by Paul to imply it relates to Jesus?
Not at all unnaturally, but very logically or better theologically does Paul relate this Psalm to the Lord.
Here's how.
Of course, Paul, no less than John, understands that the Son is the co-Principle ...
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Psalms 8:3-6 - has this been manipulated by Paul to imply it relates to Jesus?
You are confusing the modern Hebrew translation of Psalm 8 with the texts which were available to Paul and the NT authors at the time. Commonly the New Testament tends to cite the LXX when referring ...
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Galatians 4:13: What was Paul's "infirmity of the flesh"?
Honestly, I would like to know what his infirmity was - or as someone else (above) noted from the translation - that it was some weakness not from a disease. And… in v 14 of chapter 4 (right after v ...
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What did Paul entrust God to guard?
Timothy is the cherished responsibility of Paul, which he's confident of God to protect.
Bob Utley states on 1Tim1:18 (The charge or command, I entrust to you),
This term is used of:
This is a ...
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Kindness and goodness - fruit of Spirit, what is the difference?
From Mark 10:17-18. I don't see Jesus refusing to be called "Good." He says "Why do you call me good?" I see him trying to let the rich young ruler recognize the fact that only ...
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What did Paul entrust God to guard?
The BLB gives a more literal idea of the ambiguity in the Greek:
For this reason I also suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, for
I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that He is able ...
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Significance of Paul's conversation with the Tribune in Acts 22:26-28
I suggest that Luke has reported this conversation because of its relevance to the way Paul's appeal in Rome was resolved.
We need to remember that the case which sent Paul to Rome was a jurisdiction ...
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Psalms 8:3-6 - has this been manipulated by Paul to imply it relates to Jesus?
The logic explaining the identification is found in Hebrews.
Hebrews ch2 v6 quotes the same passage from Psalm 8, about what God has done for "man". The writer then points out that the ...
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Is 2 Corinthians 3:14 contradictory to the OT?
There is no contradiction!
Take an analogy: if a drug-addict is offered a methadone plan to overcome the addiction, this plan implies that after three months of substitution of drugs with the ...
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