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When did Jesus first exist?

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This short answer is taken from the CBM BBT leaflet ‘When did Jesus first exist?’ For longer examination of this topic see the booklets by Alan Hayward and A.E. Walker: Alan Hayward Did Jesus Christ really come down from Heaven? A.E. Walker Did Jesus Exist in Heaven Before his Birth? . . . .   […]

What are the origins of Easter?

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“Easter” The term ‘Easter’ is simply an old English word that was used in the earliest vernacular speech to substitute for the Greek (and Latin) term Pascha, which in Jewish Greek Old Testament and in the Greek New Testament is a transliteration of the Hebrew term Pesakh, Passover. The term has now been removed from […]

Did the sun really stand still? (Joshua 10:13)

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The short answer here is ‘No, it did not literally happen’. This is a poetic description of an event found in the lost Book of Jasher. Please see another answer on BibleQ for information on that book: What is the Book of Jasher? For a fuller answer here is an excerpt from a book by […]

What does “they chose new gods” mean in the song of Deborah and Barak? (Judges 5:8)

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This is the context from song of Deborah and Barak: 6 “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,     in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,     and travellers kept to the byways. 7 The villagers ceased in Israel;     they ceased to be until I arose;     I, Deborah, arose as a mother in Israel. 8 When new gods were […]

Why is 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 moved to after v40 in some old Greek Latin bilingual manuscripts?

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The full question is: Why is 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 placed after v.40 in the Greek-Latin bilingual codices D F G (Claromontanus 5th C, Augiensis 9th C, Boernerianus 9th C) and the 12th-century miniscule 88?   Metzger and the United Bible Societies textual committee No source omits 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 so the issue is not omission […]

Is the “arrogant man” (Habukkak 2:5) the devil?

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Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: (Habakkuk 2:5 KJV) It is difficult to find the origin of the suggestion that Habakkuk 2:5 has anything to do with the “devil” […]

What did Jesus mean by “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”? (John 2:19)

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 Jesus answered them and said, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’  (John 2:19) This has raised the question of whether Jesus was actually dead during the three days, contrary to the normal Bible teaching that death is sleep without consciousness or activity. The question then is this: If Jesus […]

What was the motive for Ahithophel’s betrayal of David?

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This hidden story in the life of King David was brought to light by the Anglican priest John James Blunt in his famous book Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings both of the Old and New Testaments (1833). The summary below is by Alan Hayward from Chapter 9 of God’s Truth.   Ahithophel’s Treachery Explained In another […]