Unanswered Questions
284 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Is the "four hundred years" the equivalent of the "four generations" in the Gen. 15:13-16 prophecy?
Gen. 15:13
Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred
years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own
and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there.
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Who prophesied in 2 Kings 3:16-19, Elisha or the musician?
The Context
In 2 Kings chapter 3, the Kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom are gathered together (v.9a) to go against Moab (v.5-6). But in the hunt with their armies, they were running out of water (v.9b),...
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How might Matthew 16:22 in the Codex Vaticanus be best translated to reflect the etymology of the text?
While translating Matthew 16 today, I ran across what the NET Bible calls a "highly elliptical expression" in verse 22:
καὶ προσλαβόμενος αὐτὸν ὁ Πέτρος ἤρξατο ἐπιτιμᾶν αὐτῷ λέγων·
Ἵλεώς ...
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Why might the KJV and YLT translations of James 2:1 ('Lord' of glory) differ?
This is a question about the KJV and the TR Greek text.
... του κυριου ημων ιησου χριστου της δοξης
[James 2:1 TR - Stephens, Beza, Elzevir, Scrivener - identical]
... our Lord Jesus Christ, the ...
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Psalms superscripts: completion or choirmaster?
Many (56) of the Greek Psalms begin (in what is the superscript in English on most chapters, not represented at all in a few):
Εἰς τὸ τέλος.
This is a mystery to me. The NETS translates it, ...
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Was Jacob's dream an answer to prayer? Genesis 35:3
How can Jacob's claim that God answered him (Gen 35:3) when there is no record of Jacob petitioning or praying to God in Genesis 28?
Genesis 35:3 "Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will ...
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In Leviticus 23:20 did they wave the bread of firstfruits along with the lambs?
Leviticus 23:20 (KJV, emphasis added):
And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for ...
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Is "grown to love" a reasonable understanding of אהבת in Genesis 22:2?
One of the more perplexing statements in Genesis is God saying Isaac is Abraham's only son:
1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “...
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'Turn" or "return" in Songs of Songs 6:13?
The MT version reads,
שׁוּבִי שׁוּבִי הַשּׁוּלַמִּית, שׁוּבִי שׁוּבִי וְנֶחֱזֶה-בָּךְ;
מַה-תֶּחֱזוּ, בַּשּׁוּלַמִּית, כִּמְחֹלַת, הַמַּחֲנָיִם.
The Hebrew word שׁוּבִי is repeated several times ...
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In Matthew 13:44, who is the man in the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price?
In Matthew 13:44 the kingdom of heaven is likened to a man finding treasure hidden in a field:
KJV Mat 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid
in a field; the which when a ...
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What is the κατεχον and who is the κατεχων at 2 Thess 2:6-7?
The expression "mystery of iniquity" (more common, "hidden power of lawlessness" - Greek: μυστήριον τῆς ἀνομίας; Lat: mysterium iniquitatis) comes from the Second Letter to the ...
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What evidence is there that Mark could have been dependent upon Luke?
There are approximately 106 pericopes shared by Mark & Luke (see Synoptic Abstract by Tyson & Longstaff). Most hold to the view that this shared material - and the frequency of its common ...
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Does the LXX translate חוללתי as γεννάω to create an allusion to Genesis 4?
In various places Proverbs personifies Wisdom as a woman. In one she deviates from teaching to speak about herself. She starts by announcing her "קָנָה" at the beginning:
22 “The Lord possessed me ...
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Why does Matthew use the Greek word 'seismos' in Matt. 8:24 instead of the 'lailaps' which is used in Mk 4:37 and Lk 8:23?
Matthew uses the Greek word 'seismos' (σεισμὸς) in 8:24. This word is used 9 times in the NT and 8 of the 9 times it is translated as "earthquake." In Matthew 8:24 most translations ...
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Interpretations and translations of Moses' speech
I study Latin and I don't understand this sentence "absumat ebria sitientem", found in Deuteronomy 29:19
Context (just before the sentence):
because when such a person hears the words of ...