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What does the word ‘beguiled’ mean in Genesis chapter 3?

Answered by . September 28, 2013 - 1:52 am

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat (Gen 3:13 [KJV]) The English word “beguiled” means “to charm someone, perhaps deceptively”. The Hebrew word here is nasha meaning “to lead astray”, “to delude” or “to seduce”. […]

What does the name Zechariah mean?

Answered by . September 28, 2013 - 1:41 am 1

The name Zechariah comes from the Hebrew words zakar, meaning “to mark” or “to remember”, and Jah, which is an abbreviated form of the name of God. So Zechariah means “the LORD has remembered”.

Please explain this scripture: Zechariah 8:11?

Answered by . September 28, 2013 - 1:24 am

But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as in the former days, declares the Lord of hosts (Zechariah 8:11) Zechariah is talking about the restoration of the people of Israel when God will bless them. The remnant are those faithful ones who will receive that blessing. In verse 13 it […]

How should we understand John 14:5-12?

Answered by . September 24, 2013 - 8:11 pm

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:5-6) Jesus explains the way to be with Jesus eternally, is through […]

Was Moses king of Ethiopia for forty years?

Answered by . September 23, 2013 - 5:45 am

No. Moses was the (adopted) son of a pharaoh’s daughter in Egypt for forty years (Acts 7:21,23), a shepherd in Midian for forty years (Ex. 3:1; Acts 7:30), and the leader of the children of Israel in Egypt and the wilderness for the rest of his life (see Ex. 3 to Deut. 34), but never […]

One of the Ten Commandments is ʺThou shalt not killʺ: if this is so, why does the Bible say God told his people to kill other people?

Answered by . September 16, 2013 - 6:01 am

“Thou shalt not kill” is taken from Exodus 20:13 in, e.g., the KJV of the Bible. A better translation of this verse is “You shall not murder”.1 The Law of Moses, from where the Ten Commandments are taken, didn’t outlaw all forms of killing. For example, in some instances people were allowed to kill other people: see Numbers […]

Is Persia the same as Babylon?

Answered by . August 30, 2013 - 2:17 am 1

Most often, Babylon is not synonymous with Persia. Babylon was the capital city of the Babylonian or Chaldean Empire, whereas Persia (along with the Medes) was the name of the country whose empire defeated and replaced the Babylonian Empire.1 However, after the Babylonian Empire was defeated by the Persians, the city of Babylon was still […]