Translation is consistent across all modern Bible versions Major modern versions read: 16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (NRSV) 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, […]
Revelation 1:6 “kingdom of priests” and 5:10 “kings” or “kingdom” and priests?
The question is a textual one. Revelation 1:6 reads: καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς βασιλείαν, ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ— αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν. “and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” (NRSV) Revelation 5:10 […]
What is the restitution (KJV) or restoration of all things in Acts 3:21?
Context – Peter speaking in the temple to Jews. The “time of restoration of all things that God announced long ago through his holy prophets,” is defined as “…that God announced long ago through his holy prophets” – which concern the restoration of the kingdom of God, as also asked for by the disciples in […]
The LORD whose feet will stand on the Mount of Olives (Zechariah 14:3-4) is God or Jesus?
A parallel can be seen here between Zechariah’s prophecy about God himself standing on the Mount of Olives, and the angels telling the disciples in Acts 1:11 that Jesus would return to the Mount of Olives: Zechariah 14:3-4: Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a […]
Does “I came from the Father and have come into the world” (John 16:28) mean that Jesus existed in heaven before his conception?
John 16:28 (NRSV): I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father. In a word, no. This is is one of many verses in the Gospel of John which read very literally would mean that all the normal descriptions of Jesus […]
What is Lent? And is it biblical?
Lent is a period of fasting for six weeks prior to Easter which was instituted at the Council of Nicea in 325. There is no earlier record of such a practice, and no formal practice of fasting is instituted for any occasion, or even required on a voluntary individual basis, for Christians in the New Testament. […]
“God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man.” (James 1:14) but “God tempted Abraham” (Genesis 22:1)
Many have noted the apparently contradictory statements are made by James who says that God tempts no man, and yet in Genesis God is said to have tempted Abraham James 1:13 ” . . . God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man.” Genesis 22:1 ” . . . God did tempt […]
A contradiction in the cleansing(s) of the Temple?
Some have been confused by John placing the cleansing of the temple at the beginning of Christ’s ministry, and Matthew, and the other Gospels, place it at the end of his ministry. John 2:13-16 ” . . . Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.” Matthew 21:12,13 ” . . . […]
The women who found the tomb empty “said nothing to any man” (Mark 16:7-8), but “told all these things to the Eleven” (Luke 24:8-9)
The Mark record says the women said nothing “to any man”, and yet the Luke narrative says the women “told all these things unto the eleven and to all the rest”. It is argued, therefore, by some that the two accounts are contradictory. Mark 16:7,8 “{Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome} . […]
The disciples meeting the resurrected Christ in Galilee Matthew 28:7 and in Jerusalem Luke 24:33
Some have read an apparent contradiction, for how could the disciples be in both Galilee and Jerusalem at the same time? Matthew 28:7 ” . . . he {Christ} goes before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him . . . ” Luke 24:33 “And they rose up the same hour, and returned to […]