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What happen to Silas after he and Paul separated?

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Almost everything we know about Silas comes in Acts 15-18. From these four chapters we learn He was a leader in the Jerusalem church around AD 50 (Acts 15:22). He was a prophet (Acts 15:32). He was a Roman citizen (Acts 16:37). He was sent to Antioch to encourage and strengthen the church, and to […]

What happen to Jonah after Nineveh?

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Apart from the book named after him, Jonah is only mentioned once more in the Old Testament, in 2 Kings 14:25. He [Jeroboam II, king of Israel] restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke […]

Who is the prince of the power of the air?

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This description only appears in Ephesians 2:2: Eph 2:1-2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience. So Paul equates the […]

Who is Satan in 2 Corinthians 2:11?

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2 Corinthians 2:10-11. Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive.  What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his designs. Satan is a Hebrew word that has been taken straight […]

What does 1 John 3:8 mean?

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1 John 3:8. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. The word ‘devil’ does not occur in the Old Testament, so this is not a direct quotation from […]

Did the thief on the cross go to heaven?

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This is a verse that is well known and famous, but it’s almost as equally well known that the text is actually a mistaken translation. The standard version goes: Luke 23:42-43 And he [the thief] said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” {43} And he said to him, “Truly, I say to […]

What does ‘the word became flesh’ mean?

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John 1:1 says: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And v14 says: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Jesus fulfilled the […]

What does ‘atonement’ mean?

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Atonement in the Old Testament The Hebrew verb ‘to atone’ (kaphar) means ‘cover’, so the noun ‘atonement’ (kippurim pl.) is a form of ‘covering’. The most usual form of the word in the Old Testament is kipper (piel form, causative form, of kaphar) which means to ’cause to be covered’, ‘make covering for’. Lev.5:18 And […]

What was Paul’s thorn in the flesh?

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Paul mentions this in 2 Corinthians 12: So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,  a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should […]