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This is just a translation mistake. Most versions say “destroying angels.” The context shows that this is talking about the angel of death that God sent to kill the firstborn of Egypt, and perhaps referencing also similar later events such as the angels of death which destroyed the Assyrian army while they slept in their […]

This question relates to “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” in Matthew 28:19 εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος There is already a separate answer on this website showing that the whole context of Matthew 28:18-20 is about baptism that […]

The term “Son of Perdition” occurs three times in the Bible and is a name given to Judas Iscariot in Matt. 23:15 and John 17:12 and given to an end time figure some associate with 1 John’s “antichrist” in 2 Thess. 2:3. The noun ‘perdition’ (Greek ἀπώλεια  apṓleia)  simply means destruction or utter loss. It […]

The Pharisee accusation The Pharisees persistently accused Jesus of breaking the law about the Sabbath. Most of these accusations relate to Jesus healing people on the Sabbath. The main passages concern the man with a withered hand in the synagogue (Matthew 12:10 & Mark 3:2), a man with dropsy [swelling] at a Pharisee’s house (Luke […]

This occurs in Matthew 9 1 Jesus got into a boat, crossed the sea, and came to his own city. 2 Some people brought him a paralyzed man on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Cheer up, friend! Your sins are forgiven.” 3 Then some of the experts in Moses’ Teachings thought, “He’s dishonoring […]

What is the gospel? The old English word “gospel”, literally “good news”, has its roots in the Old Testament where the Hebrew verb “basar” meant to carry good news: How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say […]

Since the Aramaic translation of the Greek New Testament has only one word for “rock” Kepha, how do we know that Jesus intended to contrast Petros and Petra in Matthew 16:18? This question relates to the Greek wordplay in Matthew 16:18 “I also say to you that you are Peter (Greek masculine noun, Petros, loose […]

What is the “Dayspring” in the Luke 1 song of John the Baptist’s father Zechariah? This is old English, “the day spring” in Tyndale 1525, and occurs in the Authorised or King James Version of 1611: “Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us” (Luke 1:78 KJV) […]