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Who is the “one like a son of man” presented to the “Ancient of Days” in Daniel 7:13?

Answered by Bible Q · 24 May 2023 · Add Comment
The question relates to one of Daniel’s visions – of the future.   13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven     there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days     and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion     and glory and [...]
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Why does the ESV have “Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt” (Jude 1:5 ESV)?

Answered by Bible Q · 22 May 2023 · Add Comment
The ESV is the only version to have “Jesus” following the Alexandrian text where other versions have “the Lord” following the majority of manuscripts. The United Bible Society committee which produced the UBS Greek text NA27 in Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament has this comment on Jude 1:5: Despite the weighty attestation supporting [...]
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Will there be animal sacrifices in the Third Temple in the Millenial kingdom age?

Answered by Bible Q · 17 April 2023 · Add Comment
As BibleQ does not have an answer on this question we duplicate here an article by George Booker:   Animal sacrifice in the Kingdom? It is proposed, first of all, to consider the main issue: the fitness of animal sacrifice in the millennial kingdom; then, secondly, to outline an alternative view to the traditional interpretation [...]
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What is the origin of the word “Easter” in Acts 12:4 of KJV?

Answered by Bible Q · 17 April 2023 · Add Comment
What is the origin of the word “Easter” in Acts 12:4 of KJV? In the Greek text the original word in Acts 12:4 is just πάσχα Pascha, Passover, so how did the KJV end up with the English word “Easter” in just one of 29 instances? Passover had been marked by Jewish Christians as the [...]
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What is correct: God fixed the boundaries of the Gentiles according to the number of “the children of Israel” (Deuteronomy 32:8 KJV) or “sons of God” (ESV)?

Answered by Bible Q · 15 April 2023 · Add Comment
The Masoretic Text has “When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.” (Deuteronomy 32:8 KJV) 4QDeutj “When Elyon gave the nations as an inheritance, when he separated the sons of [...]
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What does God made Jesus to “be sin who knew no sin” mean? (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Answered by Bible Q · 6 April 2023 · Add Comment
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV) The simple answer is, just what it says. This is clearly a somewhat figurative message since ‘sin’ is concept like ‘wrongdoing’. And a human being cannot literally [...]
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In 1 John 1:1c in Greek is it “The Word was God” (KJV) or “God was the Word” (many modern scholars)?

Answered by Bible Q · 30 March 2023 · Add Comment
In 1 John 1:1, third clause, c, in Greek is it “The Word was God” (KJV) or “God was the Word”? In answer to this question we need to first be aware that the rendering “God was the Word” which is found in the Wycliffe Bible (c.1382) is not relevant as Wycliffe was translating from [...]
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What does God is Spirit mean? (John 4:24)

Answered by Bible Q · 30 March 2023 · Add Comment
  The sentence here in Greek is very simple: John 4:24  God is spirit (πνεῦμα ὁ θεός)  So, without the need for ‘a’ to be added as the KJV does, best reads: “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24 ESV) Compare two similar God is statements in 1 [...]
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What is the meaning of the seven unclean spirits (Matthew 12:43–45, Luke 11:26)?

Answered by Bible Q · 27 March 2023 · Add Comment
Matthew 12:43–45 43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits [...]
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Did Jesus “accommodate” to Pharisee beliefs in his casting out of demons? And if so why?

Answered by Bible Q · 27 March 2023 · Add Comment
The accommodation explanation for Jesus’ readiness to use both the language and acts of Pharisee exorcism practice is discussed below in a chapter taken from ‘Studies in the Gospels’ by Harry Whittaker. A fuller answer and additional references may be added here in due course. 30. Demons The synoptic gospels recount a considerable number of [...]
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