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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    We would not expect to see this many definite anarthrous predicate nominatives following the stative verb if Colwell’s Rule applied, unless he would argue that many of these predicate nominatives are not definite nouns to begin with. Anarthrous Predicate Nominatives following the verb where a...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    A case could be made three times for adjectives acting as substantives and therefore as predicate nominatives: · Mark 6:35, ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος (“This place is a desert [literally, deserted]”) · John 9:30, τὸ θαυμαστόν ἐστιν (“It is the marvelous”) · Jn 18:15, ὁ δὲ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος ἦν γνωστὸς...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Examples are: · Matthew 3:3, οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ῥηθεὶς διὰ Ἠσαΐου (“For this is the one who spoke through Isaiah”) · Revelation 14:4, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἳ μετὰ γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν (“These are those who did not defile themselves with women”) There are 17 instances of unstated but understood...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Examples from each category are: · John 15:1b, καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ὁ γεωργός ἐστιν (“and my Father is the vinedresser”) · Luke 8:11b, ὁ σπόρος ἐστὶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ (“The seed is the word of God”) · Ephesians 5:23a, ἀνήρ ἐστιν κεφαλὴ τῆς γυναικὸς (“the husband is the head of the wife”) · John...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    Examples from each category are: · Matthew 3:17, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός (“This one is the Son of Me, the beloved one”) · John 1:21c, ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ (“Are you the prophet?”) · Ephesians 1:14, ὅ ἐστιν ἀρραβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν (“He is the downpayment of our inheritance”) · John...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    So it is impossible to say that a “definite” noun must always be definite. Consequently, it is best not to think of this as a category for our investigation of word order signaling whether an anarthrous predicate nominative is definite, indefinite or qualitative. As to word order as a clue, an...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    When it comes to anarthrous predicate nominatives, things get a bit more complicated. The reason for this is that despite the lack of an article a Greek speaker could still intend that noun to be definite. And if not, the noun could be indefinite or qualitative. Is there no sure way to tell? It...
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    Where does the Pope get his authority?

    A little NT Grammar all: Predicate Nominatives in the New Testament and the “Problem” of John 1:1 and Other Passages A predicate nominative in the New Testament is, by definition, a noun in the nominative case that is linked by a stative or copulative verb to the subject of that verb and thus...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    I am the image of myself. "image--exact likeness and perfect Representative. Adam was made "in the image of God" (Gen 1:27). But Christ, the second Adam, perfectly reflected visibly "the invisible God" (1Ti 1:17), whose glories the first Adam only in part represented. "Image" (eicon) involves...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Vision is possible, but the text does not say it was one. Isaiah 6 Easy-to-Read Version God Calls Isaiah to Be a Prophet 6 In the year that King Uzziah died,[a] I saw the Lord sitting on a very high and wonderful throne. His long robe filled the Temple. 2 Seraph angels stood around him. Each...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    https://www.thetextofthegospels.com/2020/01/first-john-57-and-greek-manuscripts.html https://evangelicaltextualcriticism.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-greek-manuscripts-of-comma.html "In the 16th century, when Desiderius Erasmus was compiling what became known as the Textus Receptus, he did not...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Interresting Bowman gives us a biblical outline of the Trinity as the title. Concerning I John 5 text, I remember from Textual Criticism class that the compiler for the KJV Greek text was told to add that verse. He said something like, show me a greek text that has it. It is likely...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    The early church fathers were taught by the Apostles. The only church in existence back then was Catholic. Your spew is
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    https://answersingenesis.org/contradictions-in-the-bible/has-anyone-seen-god/ https://www.gotquestions.org/seen-God.html https://www.calvarychapelboston.com/Biblical%20Basis%20Trinity%20Bowman.pdf
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    https://answersingenesis.org/who-is-god/face-to-face/ “I saw God face to face” (Genesis 32:30) Psalm 110:1 The Lord said unto my Lord, “Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    This is the close to that. John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son is the one who has shown us what God is like. He is himself God and is very close to the Father. John 14:7-9 Easy-to-Read Version 7 If you really knew me, you would know my Father too. But now you know the Father...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Matthew 9 Easy-to-Read Version Jesus Heals a Crippled Man 9 Jesus got into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town. 2 Some people brought to him a man who was paralyzed and was lying on a mat. Jesus saw that these people had much faith. So he said to the paralyzed man, “Young...
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    Too long to copy and paste: print it and do the study: https://www.calvarychapelboston.com/Biblical%20Basis%20Trinity%20Bowman.pdf
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    Did Jesus claim to be God?

    https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/28833 https://thesacredfaith.co.uk/home/perma/1641338700/article/the-trinity-in-the-early-church-writings.html Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism. And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of...
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    There is no spiritual gift called "the gift of tongues".

    For any JW guest, friend Do you beleive you are indwelt by Jesus? Spirit of Christ?