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    "The word was a god"?

    VIII. The Absence of the Article. I do not care to use the term “omission” in connection with the article. That word implies that the article ought to be present. As has been already shown, the article is not the only means of showing that a word is definite. This luxury in language did not...
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    "The word was a god"?

    17:15, ἕως Ἀθηνῶν; and 17:16, ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις. For further details see WinerSchmiedel, p. 152 f. Substantives in apposition with proper names may have the article, as in Ἡρῴδης ὁ βασιλεύς, Mt. 2:1; and ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἡρῴδης, Mt. 2:3; or not, as Ἡρῴδου βασιλέως, Lu. 1:5. In βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα, Ac...
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    "The word was a god"?

    I responded to your socalled study. Did you miss it? Go back and look for each response. I used well known Greek Scholars, not those of amatures like you. where is spell check friend?
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    "The word was a god"?

    Rather than calling them Christian there should be a choice of what they are, so one can know how they think.
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    Soul Sleep yes or no?

    In Peter's letters, Jesus preach to those in the grave. There is no reason to believe that has changed.
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    Soul Sleep yes or no?

    It shows that those in the grave even the bad side sleep like we do on earth and are awake like we do too.
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    Does this disprove that Jesus was physically resurrected from the dead?

    The Tomb of Jesus? Wrong on Every Count What is the Jesus Family Tomb? Has the lost tomb of Jesus Christ been discovered? | GotQuestions.org " At the time of the documentary, many experts in archeology (some Christian, some Jewish, some with no particular beliefs) examined the claims that the...
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    What is Heresy?

    qoutes from church fathers please, with links to them at newadvent.org
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    Why do Catholics…

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    Divinity of Jesus!

    The Isiah proof text does not apply. Isaiah 22:21-25 Easy-to-Read Version 21 I will take your robe and put it on him. I will give him your scepter. I will give him the important job you have, and he will be like a father to the people of Jerusalem and Judah’s family. 22 “I will put the key to...
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    Soul Sleep yes or no?

    Isaiah 14 Easy-to-Read Version Israel Will Return Home 14 The Lord will again show his love to Jacob. He will again choose the people of Israel. He will give them their land. Then the non-Israelites[a] will join the Israelites, and both will become one family—Jacob’s family. 2 Those nations will...
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    where does one post woodworking, and related topics?

    where does one post woodworking, and related topics?
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    "The word was a god"?

    Course: Free Educational Resources for the Public from Grace Communion Seminary Free Resources: The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, by Gary Deddo
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    "The word was a god"?

    Fully God Isa. 9:6; Matt. 11:27; 16:16; Mark 2:5-7; Luke 5:20-22; 9:20; John 1:1; 1:14; 2:19, 21; 3:13, 31; 5:18; 6:38; 8:58; 9: 38; 10:17; 10:30; 13:3; 14:9; 14:23; 16:15; 16:28; 17:8; 17:21-23; 20:28; Romans 9:5; 1 Cor. 10:3-4; 15:47; 2 Cor. 8:9; Phil. 2:5-11; Colossians 1:15-17, 19; 2:9; 1...
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    "The word was a god"?

    " John’s purpose for writing the gospel: “these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ” (John 20:31). John’s background for his book: “the framework for Jesus’ understanding of his own mission is shaped by the Scriptures mediated by the Jews” (D. A. Carson). John’s 2...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Revisiting the Colwell Construction in Light of Mass/Count Nouns | Bible.org https://tbcweb.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/articles_booklets/christ-as-god-in-john-1.1.pdf https://thimblefulloftheology.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/John-1_1-and-the-Jehovahs-Witnesses.pdf CHURCH FATHERS: On the...
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    "The word was a god"?

    JOURNAL ARTICLE Qualitative Anarthrous Predicate Nouns: Mark 15:39 and John 1:1 Philip B. Harner Journal of Biblical Literature Vol. 92, No. 1 (Mar., 1973), pp. 75-87 (13 pages) Published By: The Society of Biblical Literature
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    "The word was a god"?

    This enables us to see, brethren, that they of Nicaea breathe the spirit of Scripture, in that God says in Exodus, "I am that I am" [Ex. 3:14]; and through Jeremiah, "Who is in his substance and has seen his word" [Jer. 23:18, LXX]; and just below, "if they had stood in my subsistence and heard...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Hippolytus, c. AD 225 These things then, brothers, are declared by the Scriptures. And the blessed John, in the testimony of his Gospel, gives us an account of this economy [the "order" or "plan"] and acknowledges this Word as God, when he says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was...
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    "The word was a god"?

    Who that is capable of entertaining reverential thoughts or feelings regarding God can suppose or believe that God the Father ever existed, even for a moment of time, without having generated this Wisdom? For in that case we must say either that God was unable to generate Wisdom before he...