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Is Mt Moriah the same as Mt Calvary?

Mt Moriah is the mountain on which Solomon’s temple was built (2 Chronicles 3:1) and so is the hill now called the “Temple mount” in Jerusalem. It is also associated with where Abraham offered Isaac (Genesis 22:2). At the time of Jesus’ death, it was occupied by Herod’s enormous temple. Calvary is mentioned in some Bible […]

In what sense did Jesus descend from heaven? (John 3:13)

The whole of the verse in John 3:13 reports Jesus’ words to Nicodemus this way: “No one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” The KJV adds the words, “which is in heaven.” Even without this addition it is clear that Jesus is not talking about his geographic […]

Did Jesus claim any divinity in the bible?

Well, he claimed to be the son of God. Say, for example, Matthew 26:63, where he says more: But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.” “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus […]

How many days was Jesus alive on Earth?

> My son (6-3/4 yrs old) is asking “how many days was Jesus alive on Earth?” Well, we don’t know exactly how old Jesus was when he died. He was born in summer (shepherds in the fields at night) and died in spring  (passover). He was thirty years old when he started his ministry (Luke […]

Who or what is the Advocate or Comforter?

The conventional answer to this question, according to the doctrine of the Trinity, is that the Comforter is the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit. However that is not the view of the the owners of and contributors to this Bible Answers website, and it is also an answer which comes from […]

What is the meaning of: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God”?

This is a quotation of Jesus which is found in Matthew 19:24 (parallel passages in Mark 10:25; Luke 18:25). The camel was the largest animal that most of the people Jesus was speaking to would have known about. The eye of a needle is the tiny hole through which the thread goes. The saying can […]

How many times was Jesus anointed by a woman?

There are four reports of Jesus being anointed by a woman while he was alive on earth. These appear to describe three separate cases: In Luke 7:36-38 and 44-50, a woman wet Jesus’ feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair and anointed them with ointment from an alabaster flask. She is described as […]

What does 1 John 3:8 mean?

1 John 3:8. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. The word ‘devil’ does not occur in the Old Testament, so this is not a direct quotation from […]