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Some Trinitarian and Oneness commentators have claimed 1 Corinthinans 10:9 as evidence for Jesus having existed in the Old Testament. The problem stems from two sources – firstly a textual variant in the Greek manuscripts between Lord and Christ. This is probably another example of the problems caused by nomina sacra abbreviations in the copying […]

The Greek word apokatastasis – made up of apo-kata (again) and stasis (establishing) – occurs once in the Greek New Testament and does not occur in the Greek Old Testament, but is not otherwise a very unusual Greek term – coming from the common Greek verb “restore” – as for example Elijah coming first and […]

The question relates to Jesus’ clear statement that he did not know the day of his return: Matthew 24:36 No one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows. Mark 13:32 No one knows the day or hour when […]

Nomina sacra (the Latin for sacred names) are a common system of abbreviations used, mainly, but not only, for sacred names in some New Testament manuscripts. The main ones are as follows, where the abbreviation gives the first and last letter of the word – usually ending in -S for nominative case, and -Y for […]

The fish symbol for Jesus is an early Christian symbol playing on the initials of the Greek word for fish, ichthys. In Greek capitals this is written ἸΧΘΥΣ where the letters stand for Ἰησοῦς Χρῑστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ, Iēsoûs Khrīstós, Theoû Huiós, Sōtḗr Jesus Christ God’s Son Saviour The single letters do not display the […]

A pangram is a sentence which uses every letter of a language – a famous example in English is “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. The only New Testament verse that is a pangram, a sentence which uses every Greek letter of the alphabet, is Matthew 5:30?  There is also another verse […]

Translation is consistent across all modern Bible versions Major modern versions read: 16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, (NRSV) 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, […]