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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...

What was Jesus' definition of a believer? Please support your answer with a verse. This is the 2nd time I have asked.

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...

So Jesus was wrong to call those people "believers" according to you? Again, we are talking about definition. I am not trying to stop you from using your definition. I prefer Jesus' definition myself. Please focus on the concept of definition. What is Jesus' definition of a believer? That's...

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 :)

Genesis 16: Genesis 25: Medan and Midian were stepbrothers of Ishmael. Years later, Joseph's brother sold Joseph in Genesis 37: Who bought Joseph: Ishmaelites or Midianites? 8 verses later, Young's Literal Translation: Who bought Joseph: Ishmaelites or Midianites or Medanites? Pulpit...

Shimei cursed David in (ESV) 2 Samuel 16: In David's head, God could have told Shimei to curse David even though it was wrong for Shimei to do it. Well, the Hebrew was ambiguous. Septuagint translated it as "will look upon my affliction". NIV:

Matthew 20: If they had been standing there all day long, wouldn't they have run into the landowner earlier? Jesus told this as a parable. It wasn't meant to be a detailed account of a real narrative. It was a symbolic story to illustrate a spiritual lesson:

ESV, Luke 8: Strong's Greek: 868. ἀφίστημι (aphistémi) — 14 Occurrences BDAG: ① to cause someone to move from a reference point ② to distance oneself from some pers. or thing According to Jesus, could a believer fall away? Yes, shallowed believers could easily fall away.

Right. But we are talking about definitions. The Bible uses the verb "believe"; according to Jesus, they were believers. According to you, they are not. I prefer to stick to Jesus' usages.

No. I would not bother thinking much about it until he has performed some signs/miracles. For better or worse, I am an efficient person. I don't like to spend much time reading stuff like that. My brain prefers to read the Bible, exegeses, and science. However, if you have a more specific...