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Luke 9: Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers: This guy's heart is divided. He is not competent. Jesus demands the best of our efforts to work for him. We should work for Jesus with our whole hearts. I don't think Jesus was particularly against him saying goodbye to the people in his...

Luke 3: Tax collectors were considered sinners because they were greedy. They extracted more money from the people than necessary to pay Rome. John baptized the tax collectors who repented of their sins. Luke 7:28-31 Tax collectors were singled out here to contrast the Pharisees. The former...

There are different forms of hypnosis. Some decades ago, a famous hypnotist came to town. Out of curiosity, I attended the show. He asked for volunteers. I went forth, doubting that he would be able to hypnotize me. Well, he didn't pick me. I went back to my seat and watched him making some...

Nathanael expressed surprise in John 1: Apparently, Nathanael had a moment of personal quiet time with God under the fig tree just between him and God. Nathanael was impressed that Jesus knew that particular moment and concluded that Jesus had to be God's Son to know that. On the other hand...

Yes. Jonathan was a good guy and his body was burned, 1 Samuel 31: See also What happens to your soul when you die?.

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The first Pentecost was a special event. John prophesied in Matthew 3: Before Jesus died, he promised his disciples in John 16: When? The 50th day (the seventh Sunday) from resurrection Sunday. God sent the Paraclete on the Pentecost. After the resurrection, Acts 1: i.e., the Paraclete...

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In Leviticus 18, the phrase "uncover the nakedness" appears 11 times as a euphemism or idiom for "having sexual intercourse". E.g. Leviticus 18: Did any of the sons of Noah uncover the nakedness of Noah (or having sex with Noah's wife) in Genesis 18: No one uncovered Noah's nakedness; he did...

What exactly? Can you quote my words?

That's a different question from the OP's. Feel free to raise this question in a separate OP.

On the positive side, Exodus 20: Moses addressed the Israelites. On the negative side, Exodus 21: Do we follow the last command today? No, Moses gave the law to the Israelites when a parent wanted to press charges against their children. Each gentile nation had its civil code. In Canada...

This is how to do quotations in a scholarly manner: Display and indent the quoted text. Selectively bold the relevant keywords that are important to the point that you are making. No need to bold the entire sentence. Have a laser-sharp focus. Be concise and precise to the point. No need to...

Can you be precise and quote my words that are wrong? I prefer to argue with people who can.

Answer the question and you will see. Let proposition P1 = If God has not told us, we should not try to find out. True?

Therefore?

Let proposition P1 = If God has not told us, we should not try to find out. True?

What precisely?

See If you don't think that Jesus was God and wish to wager on it, and follow up there

:) fair engough. Jesus says in Rev 22: 12 “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Both the Lord God and Jesus have the title "the Alpha and the...