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Do the New Testament "sin no more" and "your sins are forgiven" have likely Hebrew models that restrict their interpretation?
The Egerton papyrus has a version of Jesus's healing of the leper that adds further information at the beginning and end:
Egerton 1 recto (35)
And behold, a leper came, saying, “Rabbi
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In Psalm 40:12: is he surrounded by "evils" or by "iniquities"?
Psalm 40:12 (KJV) " For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to
look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore ...
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Saul and Persecution
Acts 8:1-3 NIV
1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. 2 Godly men buried Stephen and ...
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What evidence supports the theory that the author of 1 Peter was familiar with Galatians?
In another forum, a question was raised about 1 Peter which implied that the author of 1 Peter was familiar with Paul's Epistle to the Galatians.
What textual evidence (within 1 Peter) supports the ...
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Is there a first person verb with a plural subject in Hebrew?
I am aware of singular verbs with plural subjects in the third person, masculine, singular. Such as Exodus 4:29, but I am wondering if there is a 1cs that has a plural subject?
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What is the "lattice" (heb: arubbah) described at Genesis 8:2 and is it connected to the "bands" (heb: aguddah) described at Amos 9:6?
Here are the definitions of the words aguddah and arubbah on Biblehub.
Arubbah literally means "lattice windows" (or windows in the lattice). It can be translated as "floodgates of the ...
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Why is 1 Samuel 14:49-51 missing such a large portion of Saul's family?
1 Samuel 14:49-51 tells us that:
49 Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi and Malki-Shua. The name of his older daughter was Merab, and that of the younger was Michal. 50 His wife’s name was Ahinoam ...
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What is the difference between gifts of healing (1 Cor 12) and praying for the sick to get healed (James 5)?
1 Corinthians 12 (ESV):
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has ...
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Evidence for the unity of Daniel
I understand that the book of Daniel is comprised of two languages: Aramaic from chapter 2:4 to 7:25, the narrative part, and Hebrew in chapters 8 to 12, the prophetic and apocalyptic part. I ...
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What does it mean for the government to "praise" those who do good (1 Pet. 2:13-14; Rom. 13:3)?
My question pertains to two passages. The first one, 1 Peter 2:13-14 reads (NKJV),
Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to ...
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Significance of Paul's conversation with the Tribune in Acts 22:26-28
In Acts 22, Paul is about to be flogged, but mentions to a centurion that he is a Roman citizen. The centurion gets the tribune in charge of the situation and brings him to Paul, and this conversation ...
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What are the alternatives to marriage in 1 Corinthians 7:9?
1 Corinthians 7:8-9 NRSV
8 To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is well for them to remain unmarried as I am. 9 But if they are not practicing self-control, they should marry. For it is ...
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In Psalm 139 - Does God use His Book (סִפְרְךָ) to document 'our design' or 'our time' on Earth?
In Psalm 139 - Does God use His Book (סִפְרְךָ) to document 'our design' or 'our time' on Earth?
Tehillim (Psalms) 139:16 [MT] : "Your eyes saw my unformed body, and on Your Book they were all ...
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In Acts 22:5, what authority did Paul have to destroy Christians?
[Act 22:5 NLT] (5) The high priest and the whole council of elders can testify that this is so. For I received letters from them to our Jewish brothers in Damascus, authorizing me to bring the ...
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Allusion between Revelation 17:10 and John 4:18, 25
In Revelation 17:10, John receives an explanation of the seven heads of a beast he has seen:
They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he ...
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