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Why does Paul say that God doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands?
General Survey
The statement of Act 17:24 specifically states:
does not dwell in temples made with hands
To "dwell" (κατοικέω) means (from BDAG):
to live in a locality for any length of time, ...
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Why should the ten lepers return to give glory to God?
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. [Luke 17:15,16 KJV]
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Does 1st Kings say that pi = 3?
Let us take a look at all the measures (of time, length, surface, and volume) involved in 1 Kings 6-7, describing the construction of Solomon's Temple :
1 Kings 6:1 In the four hundred and ...
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Uncut stone for altar
I see no contradiction.
Deuteronomy 27:5-6 says:
There, too, you shall build an altar to your God יהוה, an altar of stones. Do not wield an iron tool over them;
you must build the altar of your God ...
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Why was the prophecy of Zechariah 4:9 - that Zerubbabel would finish building the Temple - not fulfilled?
Historically Zerubbabel did not complete God's house, namely the
restored Temple of Jerusalem. It was finished in a later generation
during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. Ezra 4 describes how ...
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Why is it significant for the author to point out that no iron tools were used on the site of Solomon's temple? (1 Kings 6:7)
This is because the stone was already honed from the quarry from which it was taken so it did not require to be chizzeled or hammered at the building sight. It only required to be put in position. ...
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In Luke, Was Jesus Dedicated in the Second Temple, or Third?
Excellent question. It was the second temple. More specifically it was King Herod's rebuilt second temple. He began the project in 19 BC and aspects of this rebuild lasted 75 years. This information ...
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Was Paul arguing that Christians are the "true Temple," in contrast The Temple?
It's unlikely Paul is saying the Temple in Jerusalem is replaced with human beings:
Paul doesn't use "true Temple" terminology, as if to say the Temple of God in Jerusalem is no longer God's house. ...
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Which "house of the forest of Lebanon" had gold "shields" & "vessels" (1 Kg 10:17, 21)?
1 Kings 7:1-7 seems to come down in favor of (2), and v.8 to argue against (3). The reference to shields bears out the IVP Bible Background Commentary - O T's comment that, "Like other palace ...
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When does the cleansing of the Temple happen? At the beginning of Jesus's ministry or later?
There are two possible explanations.
One is that the individual Gospel writers did not arrange events in a chronologic order; each one organized the events in a way that made the most sense to their ...
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Building temple in I Kings 6
Gold, like lead, can be fashioned with wooden tools. Lead flashings on roofs are still, to this day, fashioned with the same wooden tools used in Roman times. I have done it myself when I did an ...
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Is there a Temple in the New Jerusalem? (Rev. 3:12 vs. Rev. 21:22-23)
The word ναός (naos) = "temple" is used in several distinct senses in the NT:
Literally, of temples generally, eg, Acts 17:24, 19:24, including the temple in Jerusalem, Matt 23:17, 35, 27:5,...
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Where does John get the idea that Jesus' comment about the Temple was really about his own body?
What may have been John's source for believing this ?
...other than the obvious ?...
John 2:18-22 The Jews then said to Him, “What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?” ...
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Reason for old men weeping in Ezra 3
The account of weeping and joy is ambiguous and the narrative does not resolve the ambiguity.
Were they weeping because the first temple was so much better than the second ?
Or were they weeping with ...
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Did Elijah violate the law in 1 Kings 18:19-20?
Elijah did not violate the Law, because he performed no sacrifice
Of course, that is not strictly true. He gave up his time for God, and maybe put himself in danger, and generally presented his body ...
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Did Elijah violate the law in 1 Kings 18:19-20?
Actually, this is far less complicated than it appears.
The ministry of the prophet Elijah was well-after the time of Solomon and thus during the divided kingdom. Elijah largely worked in the ...
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Leviticus 16 - Does the casting of the lots mean that the two goats are actually one sacrifice?
Yes, I believe it's to show it is the same sacrifice. This originated in the fall:
Genesis 3:21,24 (KJV 1900)
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of
skins, and clothed them. ...
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Hermeneutics on "Not one stone left upon another"
Indeed, there are more places that use the phrase "stone upon another":
Matt 24:2 - And answering, He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, no not even a ...
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When does the cleansing of the Temple happen? At the beginning of Jesus's ministry or later?
In answer to the question, when did Jesus cleanse the Temple, I would suggest we consider to two Old Testament contexts, first from Lev 14:34-45 concerning the investigation of corruption in a house (...
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What happened to the poles once the Ark was placed in the Solomon's Temple?
I think you are mistaken here.
The literal translation of ויאריכו is "and they lengthened". The root of this word is ארך which in Hebrew means "long", thus ויאריכו is to be rendered lengthened. ...
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Does 1st Kings say that pi = 3?
The Septuagint version of 1 Kings gets it right with a diameter of 10 cubits (interior diameter) and a circumference of 33 cubits (exterior circumference). Divide 33 by 3 1/7 and you get exactly 10 1/...
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In Mark - What is the Basis for a House of Prayer for all Nations?
Good question. So of course Christ here is quoting Isaiah 56:7 -
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices ...
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In John, how many years did it take to build Herod's Temple?
"The construction of all this work occupied, according to John ii. 20, forty-six years; in reality, however, it was not completed until the procuratorship of Albinus (62-64 C. E.), more than eighty ...
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Are there any Architectural Similarities between Herod's and Ezekiel's Temples?
Yes there is Talmudic evidence that - at least - some parts were modeled after Ezekiel's temple. There are few places in the Mishna in Middot (2:5; 3:1; 4:1; 4:2) where it is explicitly stated that ...
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Why does Paul say that God doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands?
One possible answer that deals with the supposed difficulty is centered on two ideas:
The verb that Paul used (κατοικεῖ), "dwelleth" in the KJV is in the present active indicative, meaning that Paul'...
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