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Monthly Archives: September 2026

What is the meaning of the Greek verb form egeneto?

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  In the Septuagint (LXX), the word ἐγένετο (egeneto)—the 3rd person singular aorist middle indicative of ginomai (meaning “to become,” “to happen,” or “to be made”)—is incredibly common. It frequently functions as a rigid, literal translation of the Hebrew narrative marker וַיְהִי (wayyehî). The Septuagint uses egeneto in two primary ways: existential/creative (something came into […]

In John 16:13 Jesus says the Spirit of Truth will guide them into all truth – how then can so many Christians be wrong?

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This is a fairly straightforward question and the answer is already given with the writings of John: The Gospel of John does not explicitly predict a grand, future corporate apostasy of the Christian Church in the way Paul does in 2 Thessalonians or Timothy, but it does record Jesus warning about individual defection, betrayal, and […]

Could inheritance come via the woman in Jewish genealogies?

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It is sometimes argued by those challenging the New Testament record of the virgin birth that Mary could not be the means by which Jesus is physically descended from David. Firstly even if there was such a rule in later Judaism (which is highly debatable) there is certainly no such rule in the Old Testament. […]

Why does Luke 3:23 mention (regarded as the son of Joseph) before the genealogy of the physical descent of Jesus from Heli’s family line back to David’s son Nathan?

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The answer as to why Luke includes (regarded as the son of Joseph) in his account of the physical descent of Jesus from David’s son Nathan is fairly simple and obvious. Because Luke was a Greek writing for Greeks. Luke does make mention of other accounts of the life of Jesus in his dedication to […]