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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Unanswered Bible Questions Author: tlewis Ordered by Date |
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1 | Calling of 1st disciples discrepancies? | John | tlewis | 135025 | ||
How are the different versions of the calling of the first disciples reconciled? -- Matthew's [4:18-22] account basically indicates that while Simon and Andrew were fishing on the Sea of Galilee Jesus called them. Then the sons of Zebedee were called as well. Mark's [1;14-20] account is similar except that he adds that after John was put in prison Jesus went to Galilee where he called the first 4 disciples. Luke's [5:1-11] account is the most specific and let's us know that Jesus was teaching by the Sea of Galilea maybe at the town of Gennesaret) and got into Simon's boat and pushed out and taught the crowds from there. Then he told Simon to cast out his net and they caught many fish. The sons of Zebedee were also witness to this. Jesus apparently called them into discipleship at this time. John's [1:35-42] account seems quite different. Jesus was down in Judea at Bethany where John was baptizing when Andrew, one of John's disciples, heard John call Jesus the Lamb of God. Andrew followed him and brought Simon to Jesus where he was given the name Cephas (Peter). Then the next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee.(He also called Phillip and Nathanael at this time.) From what I can tell Bethany is probably around 50-60 miles from the tip of the Sea of Galilee. (Does anyone know a good website or book that describes distances and how long it would take to travel these distances in New Testament Israel?) The synoptic gospels are all in good agreement on the event surrounding the calling: Jesus called the first disciples near the Sea of Galilee (after John had been put in prison). the Book of John indicates that John was not in prison when the first disciples were called and in fact the calling occured in Bethany which is some 50 miles south of the Sea of Galilee. [Finally on a side note: when the Bible gives an hour such as the 10th hour. What does this refer to? The 10th hour from dawn?] I have some thoughts on the apparent discrepanies, but I would appreciate other thoughts on this. |
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2 | Satan delusional in his view of God? | Bible general Archive 2 | tlewis | 134671 | ||
Is Satan somewhat delusional in his view of God? Why did he think he could "make himself like the Most High" [Isaiah 14:14] or think that the Son of God could succumb to temptation [Matthew 4:1]? |
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3 | Peacemakers and Politics? | Bible general Archive 2 | tlewis | 134046 | ||
Question: In Matthew 5:9 Jesus says, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God." Is this refering to people who make peace between countries, or people groups or individuals; or does it refer to Christians who labor to reconcile (make peace between) the unbeliever and the Father? I ask this because with the the US elections quickly approaching, this was mentioned as a topic for discussion when choosing whom to vote for. For it seems that at least one candidate is not a "peacemaker" if viewed in the non-spiritual sense. My personal thought is that if one is called a peacemaker and for this reason also a "son of God" then peacemakers seems to refer to reconcilers. Any thoughts? |
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4 | Magi a "God experience" apart from OT? | Dan 9:24 | tlewis | 134056 | ||
Question: Are the Magi an example of God's interaction with a non-Hebrew people? If you believe the Bible, specifically Romans 1:20, which basically indicates that each individual who ever lived on this earth is accountable before God without any excuse, haven't you ever wondered how other people groups interacted with God? Certainly other people groups must have. And so we look to find examples of such. Is the Magi story an example of such an event when God in his sovereignty must have reached out and enlightened their minds so that they would search out the King of the Jews and worship Him [matthew 2:1-2] apart from the teaching from Old Testament books? If their knowledge was based on Old Testament scripture one would assume that they would have known that Jesus would be born in Bethlehem which they apparently did not. This event begs the question: how long and in what way did the people who the Magi represented know God and if they knew God was it due to teachings that had come from some Hebrew or as a direct consequence of searching for the Creator? |
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5 | Mary pregnant at Elizabeth visit? | Luke 1:26 | tlewis | 134023 | ||
Let me just say that if my questions seem trivial, they probably are; but every detail in the Bible fascinates me and I want to know more. Question: Is is known how much time separated the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus? I'm curious because in Luke 1:26-38 it talks about Mary being told that she will be the mother of Jesus. Then in vs 39 it says at that time she went to visit Elizabeth who was six months pregnant; vs 56 says she stayed with Elizabeth 3 months (probably until John was born). I wonder if during these three months she became pregnant while Joseph was back in Nazareth. I also wonder if the distance from Nazareth to the hill country of Judea (probably a three day to one week long trip) was far enough apart that Joseph did not visit her during that time. And finally in Matthew 1:18-24 it relates how Mary was found to be with child and Joseph was planning to divorce her quietly. Is it possible that when she came back from the hill country of Judea, she was pregnant and this is the moment (related in Matthew) when Joseph realizes (or she tells him) that she is pregnant? |
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