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Monthly Archives: July 2025

To whom is God pleading Israel’s cause in Jeremiah 50:34?

Answered by . July 15, 2025 - 3:42 pm

Jeremiah 50:34 has raised the question, how can God plead Israel’s cause, and to whom? ESV Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name. He will surely plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon.  The context of the previous and following verses […]

Did Israel tempt Christ in the wilderness? (1 Corinthians 10:9)

Answered by . July 15, 2025 - 9:56 am

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 […]

Who are the three classical authors cited by Paul? Epimenides, Aratus and Menander

Answered by . July 14, 2025 - 11:28 am

Paul makes quotations from classical writers in three places: Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 15:33, and Titus 1:12.   Acts 17 – at the Areopagus in Athens Acts 17:28 contains two key quotations. The first is: “For in him we live and move and have our being” (ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ζῶμεν καὶ κινούμεθα καὶ ἐσμέν [En autō […]

What does apokatastasis mean?

Answered by . July 14, 2025 - 11:04 am

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 […]