Monthly Archives: December 2025

Why does Trinitarian art sometimes show three faces for three persons?This isn’t a Bible question so is slightly outside the normal remit of BibleQ. However, we can address the question then compare with the Bible.1. The origin of the three faces idea.In fact the idea of three faces is a literal application of the Greek […]

First there is some variation in translations about whether the verse should be “when” or “if”. Although 2 Samuel 7:14 speaks of God chastening the Davidic king “with the rod of men” when he commits iniquity, those who read this as a prophecy will understand its deepest fulfillment in Christ—not because He ever sinned, but […]

No. The father of Mary is named as Heli, a descendant of Solomon’s brother Nathan, in Luke 3:23. The name of Mary’s mother is not mentioned, but she was presumably the sister or another close relative of Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, and consequently like Elisabeth a descendant of Aaron. The confusion about […]