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Does “ask in my name” (John 14:13-14, 15:6, 16:23-26) mean that all prayers must end in “in the name of Jesus”?

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The context is this: Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. (John 14:13-14) You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, […]

Why did God give the Law to the Israelites?

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This is an interesting question with several mutually possible ways of answering. Although some elements of the Law appear to have already been in place with the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the 10 Commandments and the detailed Law were given only from the time in the wilderness onwards. The following are explanations that the […]

Machmaddim (Song of Songs 5:16)

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Song of Songs 5:16 “His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.”  Problem: The underlined word is the Hebrew Machmaddim. Moslems claim that this word is a reference to Muhammad for two reasons, The word Machmad (singular of Machmaddim) sounds a […]

What about the souls under the altar? (Revelation 6:9)

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Revelation 6:9 “And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.”   This passage is sometimes read super-literally to support the teaching of the immortality of the soul, that souls of the […]

“I am in the Father and the Father is in me” (John 14:11), and “I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you” (John 14:20)

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The context of John 14 8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I […]

Why did Jesus say “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46)

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The context of the verse is here: The Death of Jesus 45 Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. (3:00pm) 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” 47 And some of the […]

What was the “Gospel of Jesus’ wife” hoax?

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The Gospel of Jesus’ wife was a forgery by a certain Walter Fritz. Fritz managed to convince a historian of early Christianity at Harvard, Karen L. King,  the a fragment of papyrus, written in the ancient language of Coptic, contained a legend about Jesus having married. King presented it at a conference in Rome in […]