devil – Bible Q

Is the “arrogant man” (Habukkak 2:5) the devil?

Answered by BibleQ . February 6, 2022 - 8:30 pm

Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: (Habakkuk 2:5 KJV) It is difficult to find the origin of the suggestion that Habakkuk 2:5 has anything to do with the “devil” […]

Explain “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7) and “Give no place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27)

Answered by BibleQ . June 1, 2021 - 2:15 am

4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you […]

Does an internal or external tempter in the wilderness affect how we understand Jesus?

Answered by BibleQ . April 17, 2021 - 7:03 am

The issue of an internal or external tempter is not limited to belief or non-belief in the fallen-angel devil developed in post-New Testament church traditions, but even among those who do not accept a fallen angel devil, the idea of an external tempter – a human following Jesus into the wilderness has been suggested. The […]

What does it mean that Satan entered Judas Iscariot? (Luke 22:3) Is Satan a spirit creature?

Answered by BibleQ . June 8, 2020 - 1:47 am

The context is as follows. As we can see the longer version is in John: 22 1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. 21 And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people. 3 Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who […]

Who or what is the devil in the wilderness temptations of Christ? (Matthew 4)

Answered by BibleQ . March 8, 2019 - 1:12 am

Someone who asks the question “Who or what is the devil in the wilderness temptations of Christ?” (Matthew 4, also Mark 1, Luke 4) probably already knows enough to be thinking beyond the traditional (in fact medieval) popular fallen angel with red cloak, cloven hooves, tail and pitchfork, and is asking “What did the author of […]

Who or what is the “god of this age” in 2 Corinthians 4:4?

Answered by BibleQ . January 29, 2019 - 10:11 pm

The phrase “god of this age” is found once in the Bible: In their case the god of this world (aion, age) has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. (2 Corinthians 4:4 ESV) […]

What does the Bible say about “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”

Answered by BibleQ . December 15, 2017 - 4:38 am

The devil of Baudelaire The Bible has nothing direct to say on this subject, since the phrase did not become popular till the 19th Century. The best known version of the phrase, “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”, is a line delivered by the character Verbal (played by […]

Why does God “loosen Satan for a time” at the end of the age?

Answered by BibleQ . March 7, 2012 - 8:56 pm

Rev 20:2-3 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, (3) and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After […]

Why did the devil want to claim Moses’ soul?

Answered by BibleQ . February 23, 2012 - 12:03 am

I assume you are referring to Jude verse 9: Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” This verse in Jude, refers to the incident described in Zechariah 3. The same phrase […]

In John 8:44 who was Jesus talking to when he said, “You belong to your father the devil”?

Answered by BibleQ . September 3, 2011 - 3:42 pm

Jesus is talking to a group of Jews including some Pharisees (John 8:13) and possibly other Jewish leaders (John 8:22 NET). He had said to them “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. […]

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Is the “arrogant man” (Habukkak 2:5) the devil?

Explain “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7) and “Give no place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:27)

Does an internal or external tempter in the wilderness affect how we understand Jesus?

What does it mean that Satan entered Judas Iscariot? (Luke 22:3) Is Satan a spirit creature?

Who or what is the devil in the wilderness temptations of Christ? (Matthew 4)

Who or what is the “god of this age” in 2 Corinthians 4:4?

What does the Bible say about “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”

Why does God “loosen Satan for a time” at the end of the age?

Why did the devil want to claim Moses’ soul?

In John 8:44 who was Jesus talking to when he said, “You belong to your father the devil”?

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