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Who wrote the book of Hebrews?

Answered by . February 2, 2010 - 8:19 am 3

There are various views about who wrote the Letter to the Hebrews– Paul, Luke, Clement, Barnabas, etc.1 –but, really, we don’t know who the author was. One idea is that perhaps we aren’t supposed to know who wrote the Letter to the Hebrews. A large part of the letter tells us that Jesus is the pinnacle of […]

Why did Paul change his name from Saul to Paul?

Answered by . February 2, 2010 - 7:57 am 12

As the comments below highlighted to me, it is possible that Paul didn’t change his name. Rather, as it says in Acts 13:9, Saul ‘was also called Paul’ — i.e. he (always had) had two names. Referring to the Saul/Paul, F. F. Bruce says: He was born into an orthodox Jewish family, and as his […]

On what day did Jesus die?

Answered by . February 1, 2010 - 10:58 am 3

The timing and sequence of events in the last week of Jesus’ mortal life is very uncertain with nearly as many attempted chronologies as commentators. The one fixed time is the resurrection which occurred “on the first day of the week” before dawn (Lk 24:1; Mk 16:2-3); that is, early Sunday morning. But the day […]

What was the eye of a needle?

Answered by . January 31, 2010 - 3:18 pm 1

Jesus said “For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” (Luke 18:25. Also Matthew 19:24; Mark 10:25.) He is using hyperbole — deliberate exaggeration to make his point. The eye of the needle is the tiny hole […]

Who was King Nebuchadnezzar’s son?

Answered by . January 30, 2010 - 6:58 pm 7

Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon from 605BC to 562BC. We know of two of his children: a son, Amel Marduk (known as Evil-Merodach in 2 Kings 25:27), and a daughter Nitocris. Amel-Marduk succeeded Nebuchadnezzar as king. According to Berossus (Jos Ap 1.20), Amel-Marduk was killed in a coup. His brother-in-law, Neriglissar (probably the same as Nergal-Sharezer […]

Was Ishmael the father of the Midian nation?

Answered by . January 28, 2010 - 8:12 pm 1

Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah’s handmaid (Genesis 16:15), and the Ishmaelites were his descendants. Midian was the fourth of the six sons of Abraham and his wife, Keturah (Genesis 25:2), and the Midianites descended from him. Ishmael was not the father of the Midianite nation, but the Ishmaelites and Midianites are […]

If Satan was not an angel, where did he come from?

Answered by . January 28, 2010 - 8:09 pm

‘Satan’ is a Hebrew word that means ‘adversary’ and in the Old Testament it is translated as adversary on 10 occasions, although on 16 other occasions it is left untranslated as Satan. There is not just one satan. Any adversary is a satan. In the account of Balaam and his ass in Numbers 22, we […]

Can tithes and offerings be paid in ways other than money?

Answered by . January 28, 2010 - 8:05 pm 4

Under the Law of Moses the Israelites were required to tithe the seed of the land, the fruit of the trees, and herds and flocks (Leviticus 27:30,32). It was permitted to contribute money instead (Lev 27:31). Jesus refers to the practice of tithing by the Jews in Luke 11:42 where he mentions the tithing of […]