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What does the Bible say about animal abuse?

Answered by . June 15, 2012 - 8:55 pm

More detail from questioner: … like hitting and hurting animals for no reason like cats or dogs. I have to do a research paper and this site helped me a lot last time I asked a question I am not going to write your essay for you. However here are a few verses to think […]

How did the Pharisees earn a living?

Answered by . June 10, 2012 - 4:01 pm

The Pharisees were a political party, so this is a bit like asking how Republicans earn a living. Pharisees had a range of trades and professions. The apostle Paul was a Pharisee (and still called himself one long after his conversion — Acts 23:6), and he made tents (Acts 18:3). Other Pharisees were professional scribes […]

What is the name of the mighty angel in Revelation 10?

Answered by . June 9, 2012 - 2:21 pm

We are not told. In fact, we only know the names of two angels, despite many being mentioned in the Bible. The two named angels are Gabriel (Daniel 8:16;9:21; Luke 1:19,26) and Michael (Dan 10:13,21;12:1; Jude 9; Rev 12:7). The angel in John’s vision sounds extraordinarily impressive: Then I saw another mighty angel coming down […]

How long was John the Baptist in prison?

Answered by . June 5, 2012 - 10:24 pm

John’s gospel suggests Jesus’ ministry included four Passovers (see The Times, chapter 9), with the last of them being the Passover when Jesus was killed. The synoptic gospels place John the Baptist’s death just before the feeding of the 5000 and John’s gospel places that event around the time of the third Passover in Jesus’ […]

Where did Elijah come from?

Answered by . June 3, 2012 - 10:47 pm

1 Kings 17:1 describes Elijah as “the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead”. It is not known where Tishbe was located, although that doesn’t stop map-makers placing it on Bible maps or commentaries making authorative-sounding statements about its location. There are three candidate sites: Listib (shown below), Umm el-Hedamus and Abu Hummus. The most popular identification […]

Was Rahab a prostitute or an innkeeper?

Answered by . May 25, 2012 - 10:54 pm 1

The full question: Rahab is recorded as a harlot which seems unlikely. (1) She lived with her family. (2) She lived within the city. (3) Harlots lived outside the city (4) She did not wear a veil. (5) She was an innkeeper. (6) She did greet strangers. What is the Hebrew word for innkeeper versus […]

Does Proverbs 8:22 refer to Jesus?

Answered by . May 25, 2012 - 5:02 pm

Proverbs 8:22  “The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. The writer of this poetry had in his mind that he was personifying wisdom as a beautiful woman who leads men to righteousness and happiness, in contrast to the superficially attractive prostitute described in Proverbs 7 […]