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English Standard Version Jeremiah 29: 10 “For thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, you אֶתְכֶ֑ם (’eṯ·ḵem) Direct object marker | second person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case "you" refers to the...

Genesis 12: The verb H1288 appears 330 times. It is used positively all the time except on seven occasions: 1 Kings 21:10, 13; Job 1:5,11; Job 2:5,9; Psalm 10:3. Psalm 10: On all these 7 occasions, the object of cursing is God. The usual H799-curse is never used to curse God. In the OT, when...

On some occasions, he might have. Mark 7: Matthew 16: The Peter-rock (Πέτρος-πέτρᾳ) pun only makes sense in Greek. Peter Πέτρος (Petros) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle...

Paul visited James and the brothers in Jerusalem in Acts 21. They updated him of the accusation against him, Berean Literal Bible: They accused Paul of teaching rebellion against Judaism/Moses. Strong's Greek: 646. ἀποστασία (apostasia) — 2 Occurrences BDAG: 2 Thessalonians 2: There will be...

After the Last Supper, Mark 14: Strong's Greek: 4624. σκανδαλίζω (skandalizó) — 29 Occurrences BDAG: ① to cause to be brought to a downfall, cause to sin The disciples will sin and fall. In particular, Peter will deny Jesus.

Jesus was preaching in the synagogue in Capernaum in Mark 1: This impure spirit acknowledged that Jesus was the Holy One of God. 1 John 4: Didn't the impure spirit acknowledge that Jesus Christ came in the flesh? Was the Capernaum spirit from God or Satan? It was from Satan. Before Jesus'...

The Bible was written in sexist cultures and practices. Back then, all cultures were sexist in the modern sense of the word. The writings reflected this inequality. The central message, however, was not sexist. Galatians 3: If you think the Bible was/is sexist, then you are judging the Bible...

Genesis 2: Two trees stood in the center of the Garden: one gave life, the other death. Each represented an option for Adam and Eve. Unfortunately, they disobeyed and ate from the tree, which caused death. Genesis 3: Man no longer had access to the Tree of Life. Many years later, God sent...

Matthew 8: Demons possessed these people against their will. Jesus drove the demons out of them. They were happy to be healed. When a demon possesses a person, it lives inside the person. Luke 8: Did demons possess Mary? Yes, they possessed her against her will. John 13: Was Judas...

Deuteronomy 10: They wouldn't be too big for Moses to carry them up the mountain and smaller than the dimensions of the ark. Exodus 37:1 The ark was approximately 131×79×79 cm or 52×31×31 in. Wiki:

In the OT, the Lord kill Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, on Day 1 in the inauguration of the brand-new tabernacle/temple. In the NT, God was setting up a brand-new church. Two brand-new members of this church, Ananias and Sapphira, lied to the Holy Spirit. Peter said to Ananias in Acts 5...

Genesis 3: God created everything good back in Gen 1. Now, God used the serpent to test Eve. Eve misquoted God's words but that's an innocent mistake. The serpent formally contradicted God according to First-Order Logic. God knew everything. God knew evil existed. At this point, has anyone...

2 Cor 5: I.e., according to our fleshly eyes. We are to look deeper. We now have spiritual eyes/insights. We thought Christ was only a human being. We looked at Christ from human wisdom's point of view. We have moved beyond this limited view. Now, we can look at Christ with spiritual...

Mark 15: Pilate thought Jesus was innocent. Why did he scourge Jesus? Mark was succinct. Luke gave more timeline detail in 23: Some time elapsed between Pilate's decision to scourge Jesus and his decision to crucify him. He thought scourging Jesus might satisfy Jesus' enemies for blood. John...

Jonah 1: Jonah disobeyed and went in another direction. Does the name "Ninevah" mean fish? If it does, then it is ironically funny. The following is from Wiki: The original meaning of the name is unclear but may have referred to a patron goddess. The city was said to be devoted to "the...

Did Samuel sleep in the holy of holies at Shiloh? No. Leviticus 16: Where did Samuel sleep? 1 Samuel 3: Eli was in his room. Samuel might not have his own room but somewhere near the ark of God before the veil. Samuel was within shouting distance of Eli. The night had passed. Eli had his...

Revelation 21: here comes the contrast: The cowardly are too scared to fight the good fight of faith (1 Timothy 6:12). Gill's explained the cowardly were:

On the day of Pentecost, after the tongues of fire happened, Peter gave a sermon to some non-believers in Acts 2: They repented and were baptized the same day. One day, Philip the Evangelist met an Ethiopian eunuch, Acts 8: The eunuch was reading Isaiah 53. Nothing. Philip baptized the...

Ephesians 4: Is it OK to resolve your disagreement tomorrow? Yes, it is time to press the reset button when the sun goes down. Replace anger with peace and get some restful sleep. There are always issues that cannot be resolved in a single day. Jesus informed us in Matthew 6: How do we get...

Micah 7: These are acts of God: pardoning, subduing, and casting our sins. God casts our sins into the depths of the sea, never to surface or be seen again. Isaiah used similar metaphors in 38: and in 43: Great metaphors! God will not see or remember our sins. Praise the Lord :)