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Is in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit missing in early manuscripts of Matthew 28:19?

Answered by BibleQ . July 29, 2021 - 5:27 pm

No. This is a constant claim based on unreliable sources – one of the sources strangely a Catholic Encyclopedia article from 1913 – but there is no truth in this claim. The Greek text The verse is found in this form in all Greek manuscripts. There is no Greek manuscript of the last page of […]

Isaiah 54:5 (KJV) “For thy Maker(s) is thine husband(s) the LORD of hosts is his name”

Answered by BibleQ . July 21, 2021 - 11:00 pm

54:5 כִּי בֹעֲלַיִךְ עֹשַׂיִךְ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ וְגֹֽאֲלֵךְ קְדוֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֱלֹהֵי כָל־הָאָרֶץ יִקָּרֵֽא׃ Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Whole Bible For thy Maker is thine husband – Both these words, ‘maker’ and ‘husband,’ in the Hebrew are in the plural number. But the form is evidently the pluralis excellentiae – a form denoting majesty and honor (see 1 Samuel 19:13, 1 Samuel 19:16; Psalms 149:2; Proverbs 9:10; […]

Is “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth” (Hebrews 1:10) about God or about Jesus?

Answered by BibleQ . July 19, 2021 - 9:07 pm

‘In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.” (Hebrews 1:10 NIV) In Hebrews 1:10 the writer applies this quote from Psalm 102 about God to Jesus. The answer below is taken from Ron Abel’s Wrested Scriptures. However before reading it note that […]

what does “come before God” (RV) “come before the judges” (KJV) mean in Exodus 22:8-9?

Answered by BibleQ . July 9, 2021 - 5:58 am

The passage is as follows: “7 “If a man gives to his neighbour money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man’s house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. 8 If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God to show whether or […]

Who were the “judges” (pelilim) in Exodus 21:22, Deuteronomy 32:31, Job 31:11; 31:28?

Answered by BibleQ . July 7, 2021 - 5:54 pm

The normal term for judges, in the military sense of the leaders, captains, who judged and led Israel in the book of Judges is Hebrew shaphatim, as in this example: “And Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.” (Numbers […]

When did Luke visit Israel to interview the eyewitnesses for his Gospel?

Answered by BibleQ . July 3, 2021 - 5:24 pm

In Luke 1:2 Luke tells Theophilus that he has recorded the account of eyewitnesses for his account. This is significant in that Luke’s mentor Paul was not himself an eyewitness – as far as we know – of any of the events in the Gospel of Luke. 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile […]

Was it God or an angel in the burning bush to Moses?

Answered by BibleQ . July 2, 2021 - 6:21 pm

It was an angel, it says so at the beginning of the passage in Exodus 3: “And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. .” (Exodus 3:2) This confuses some people when it […]

What is the evidence in the New Testament for the virgin birth?

Answered by BibleQ . July 2, 2021 - 5:04 pm

The main five proof verses of the virgin birth are found in the angel’s appearance to Joseph in Matthew. 1:18, 19, 25 and Gabriel’s appearance to Mary in Luke 1:34, 35 Matthew 1 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, […]

Did Mary have other children after Jesus?

Answered by BibleQ . June 27, 2021 - 4:53 am

Yes. Mark 6:3 and Matthew (13:55–56) mention James, Joses, Jude and Simon as brothers of Jesus, the son of Mary and unnamed sisters. Mark 3:31–32 tells about Jesus’ mother and brothers looking for Jesus. This incident tells us two things: firstly that Jesus’ adoptive father Joseph, is probably dead at this point. Something certainly the case at the cross when […]

What is “sin in the flesh”?

Answered by BibleQ . June 26, 2021 - 7:52 am

This is an awkward question. “Sin in the flesh” is not really a term found in the Bible, but a misunderstanding based on Romans 8:3 in the King James Bible. “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful […]

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Is in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit missing in early manuscripts of Matthew 28:19?

Isaiah 54:5 (KJV) “For thy Maker(s) is thine husband(s) the LORD of hosts is his name”

Is “In the beginning, Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth” (Hebrews 1:10) about God or about Jesus?

what does “come before God” (RV) “come before the judges” (KJV) mean in Exodus 22:8-9?

Who were the “judges” (pelilim) in Exodus 21:22, Deuteronomy 32:31, Job 31:11; 31:28?

When did Luke visit Israel to interview the eyewitnesses for his Gospel?

Was it God or an angel in the burning bush to Moses?

What is the evidence in the New Testament for the virgin birth?

Did Mary have other children after Jesus?

What is “sin in the flesh”?

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