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This is the scene when the hero and heroine meet for the first time, picturesque and romantic. It should make your heart beat just a little bit faster when you read this passage. Jacob, our hero, ran away from his brother Esau and left his father, mother, and home. He traveled many days alone...

Strong's Hebrew: 430. אֱלֹהִים (elohim) — 2598 Occurrences Brown-Driver-Briggs: plural in number. a. rulers, judges, either as divine representatives at sacred places or as reflecting divine majesty and power b. divine ones, superhuman beings including God and angels c. angels d. gods Plural...

Jesus said in Matthew 18: Paul added in 1 Corinthians 6:

Numbers 23: A man may change his mind. God as a divine being is immutable, i.e., he does not change his mind. What about (NASB 1995) Exodus 32: This was a case of anthropomorphism. He changed his mind like a man by attributing a human quality to the LORD. By treating God as if he were a man...

Probably not, not the real Samuel. Leviticus 19: King Saul solicited the service of a medium in En-dor, 1 Samuel 28: The writer thought it was Samuel. The medium was surprised that she saw Samuel. I think this was the spirit (elohim) figure that pretended to be the ghost of the dead Samuel...

Isaiah 7: So why Jesus wasn't given the proper name "Immanuel"? Barnes explained: Isaiah used the idiom "call him" to designate an attribute. He did it again in Isaiah 62: Matthew explained in 1: "Call his name Immanuel" was an idiom for attributing "God with us" to Jesus. Another similar...

Matthew 5: i.e., the new physical earth. The old heavens and old earth will be burned, 2 Peter 3: According to modern physics, our physical bodies and even the atoms in our bodies are perishable. However, our resurrected bodies are not perishable, 1 Corinthians 15: The new earth will obey...

There are more commandments in the New Testament than in the Old. Every day, I read some of them. In practice, how do I know which to obey? Paul gave us some guidelines in Colossians 2: Further, the indwelling Spirit will show us, Hebrews 10: "my laws" refers to the Paraclete or Holy Spirit...

Leviticus 26: Buddhism requires you to bow down before what a Christian think is an idol. No idol worship in Christianity.

English Standard Version, Matthew 24: pass away παρέλθῃ (parelthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular take place γένηται (genētai) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be...

ESV Luke 22: The linguistic evidence strongly suggests that this is a simile and not literal. However, medically, sweating blood is possible. The condition is called Hematidrosis. Did Jesus literally sweat blood? I think so.

Find something that you enjoy doing and excel at. You will be happier. In the film The Martian (2015), Mark (the protagonist) sent a message to his friend: Glorify God with your talents.

Genesis 15: 5 Hebrew words are translated to "vision". G4236 is used least often, only 4 times in the OT. This part of the vision happened while he was awake, probably while lying down. Abram performed the above physical acts. Brenton Septuagint Translation Genesis 15: The LXX Greek word is...

Let's look at the broader context from a story-telling point of view. Let's try to watch it like a movie, scene by scene. Scene 1: Mark opens chapter 11 with the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. He rides on a colt. Mark 11: It is a great day. People are expectant of great things to...

Matthew 22: i.e., Christ marrying the church, signifying the heavenly celebration ceremony of eternal life. Matthew Henry: "The guests first invited were the Jews." The first invitation did not work out. Now Plan B: There was a second invitation, an on-the-spot spontaneous one. Some of them...

Matthew 22: Let proposition R1 = there is resurrection. The Sadducees do not believe in the resurrection. They believe ¬R1. Yet, their question assumed the resurrection. Were the Sadducees being sarcastic? No. In modern logic terminology, they attempted a proof by contradiction by assuming...

Deuteronomy 22: I don't think one should apply the above legalistically or blindly. This law seemed to have been motivated by the abominable practices of heathens. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: 1 Samuel 16: In Deuteronomy, God gave a general rule of thumb about clothing from an...

Matthew 22: Revelation 7: Relatively speaking, even the chosen few will become a great multitude. Another possibility is that some uninvited within their lifetime will also join the great multitude after the resurrection.

ESV Genesis 4: LXX used the lexeme G615-ἀποκτείνω. Exodus 20: LXX: Is aborting a baby murder? The Didache, also known as "The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles," was written in the 1st century AD. Its authors thought so, Didache 2: Lightfoot: The Christians of Didache, around the time of...

New King James Version Psalm 60: What was the imagery of casting one's shoe? Ellicott might be helpful: Arabs associated shoes with foul objects. Egyptians associated shoes with religious uncleanness. Even today, when you visit a Japanese home, you take off your street shoes at the entrance...