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10861 | Allegory? | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126772 | ||
Forgive me for jumping in here. On what basis or authority do you conclude that "the Author of Hebrews uses the creation account as allegory?" The text does not explictly state that it is being allegorical. The commentators that I have access to do not look at it this way. The orthodox position, so far as I can discern, does not state this. There are no other Biblical sources that point us to this conclusion. On what do you base this conclusion, please? |
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10862 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | DocTrinsograce | 126770 | ||
Hi, Angel... I agree with you. The way the ancients wrote always seems a little "dry" to us. Clearly there was greater "texture" and detail going on then just what is recorded. Pilate just seemed to be trying to solve this problem with as little effort as possible. However, I suspect that he was also a little worried -- maybe what might seem a superstitious way to us -- because of his wife's warnings. But, in the end, Pilate's condemnation of an innocent man, showed that justice did not weigh as heavily with him as did political convenience. Something else about Pilate... Herod was such a schmuck... and the fact that Pilate later became buddies with the man says more about the kind of man Pilate was than just about anything else we have in the scripture! But you're right... I'm sure he was a pretty canny fellow. |
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10863 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | DocTrinsograce | 126767 | ||
Gosh, Ed... I said it was an opinion! Hey, but, who ever told you that Romans respected Jews? They were made fun of in the baths and athletic activities (which were performed in the nude) because of their being circumcised. They were considered lazy for not working all seven days a week. They were considered atheists for not believing in the Greek pantheon. They were considered weird for only having one god -- and for having a god they didn't even know what he looked like. They were considered odd for refusing to eat more than half of the commonly available kind of foods. Read Josephus, Ed... Josephus spends a whole lot of time just trying to make the Romans see that Jews were at least up to par with Greeks. (See his "Antiquity of the Jews," discourse on "Hades," and autobiography. All are available online.) Rome's treatment of Israel was no different than its treatment of Egypt and other nations. They tried hard everywhere they went to keep the religions in tact and "mix them up" with the pantheon. (Look how hard they worked to make every god in Egypt correspond to a god in their (Greek) mythology.) The took what they wanted, occupied an area, and sold "fire insurance" (the kind where your house burns down if you don't pay the premium). As long as they got their taxes, they let things pretty much run their own course. If resistance increased, or there was rebellion, they turned up the heat. None of this new or weird stuff, Ed. Check your history. As Christians, we should be fully understanding Biblical eras. Understanding the context in which the people lived helps us interpret things. Disclaimer: Before someone jumps on me. I am NOT saying that the scriptures cannot be understood without understanding history. I believe very strongly in what theologians call "the perspicuity of scripture." But I think a lot of erroneous notions that Christians carry around could be mitigated if they only really read history. Secular writings should always be taken with a grain of salt, especially when interpreting a "world view." But, frankly, only hinder the message of the gospel by being ignorant about the world around us. Disclaimer 2: I wasn't being critical of any one person, denomination, or creed in Disclaimer 1. I found this failing in myself, before I ever noticed it in others. Sorry for pontificating again! |
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10864 | Things people THINK in the BIBLE but not | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126763 | ||
Interesting! In the KJV I only find Lucifer in Isaiah 14:12. It is difficult in the OT because names often meant things, which means that the meaning and the name could be used interchangably. With no other clues in the text, its hard to know if a word should be transliterated or translated. I don't envy the job of the translators! | ||||||
10865 | Is human nature Godly | Mark 7:21 | DocTrinsograce | 126644 | ||
Rom 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Psa 53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Psa 53:3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Ecc 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. Jer 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. Mat 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: Mar 7:21-23 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Jer 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 2 Pet 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: Gen 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. |
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10866 | Do portals exist between heaven n earth? | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126642 | ||
Confessing: it might become a habit. Can two puns make a last rite? |
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10867 | Things people THINK in the BIBLE but not | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126641 | ||
Correction: Luke and Mark were not disciples. The Red sea was parted once (Moses), the Jordan (Joshua), the Jordan (Elija and Elisha), the Jordan (Elisha alone) -- 4 times David took 5 stones because Goliath had 4 brothers. Fun stuff. :-) |
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10868 | Do portals exist between heaven n earth? | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126638 | ||
Snuff said. Too much PUNishment! (Sorry, that last one really stank.) | ||||||
10869 | Things people THINK in the BIBLE but not | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126636 | ||
False things people think are in the Bible... Delilah cut Samson's hair. Noah took only two of every kind of animal. The Four Gospels were all written by disciples. That there was fire on the heads of people at Pentecost. That water was only parted once in the Bible. That Ishmael and Isaac were only a couple of years different in age. That the tower of Babbel was built with normal bricks. That David picked up only one rock for Goliath. |
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10870 | Do portals exist between heaven n earth? | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126630 | ||
Aren't there "portal nosters," Emmaus? :-) Just kidding! | ||||||
10871 | Thanks! Does anyone know Hebr. who can e | Ps 91:1 | DocTrinsograce | 126629 | ||
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10872 | Spec.diff.betw. DWELL and ABIDE in Hebr? | Ps 91:1 | DocTrinsograce | 126628 | ||
From Strong's: Dwell: yaw-shab' A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry: - (make to) abide (-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell (-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit (-ant), make to keep [house], lurking, X marry (-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set (-tle), (down-) sit (-down, still, -ting down, -ting [place] -uate), take, tarry. Abide: loon/leen A primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain): - abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night). |
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10873 | Thanks! Does anyone know Hebr. who can e | Ps 91:1 | DocTrinsograce | 126626 | ||
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10874 | I need some help. | 1 Cor 6:16 | DocTrinsograce | 126625 | ||
Paul is hearkening back to Genesis 2:24 when he speaks of two becoming one flesh. (Christ quotes this passage as well in Matthew 19:5.) Of course, this is to be understood as copulation. In some very special way, a man and a woman become joined in the sex act. This was intended to be part of God's plan for the consummation of marriage. However, although the body is to be used for righteousness, people often use their bodies for baser purposes (Romans 6:19). The idea of joining a prostitute to the body of Christ is utterly odious! Paul uses this shocking statement to drive home his point. |
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10875 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | DocTrinsograce | 126623 | ||
Oh oh... now you've got me going! :-) I'm sure going to put people to sleep tonight! :-) Now, I'm not a professional scholar, so I may have this wrong. But I do tend to read a lot. Since language interests me (and I have the good fortune of having an uncle who is a linguist), I've kind of dug around. I'll try to specify, therefore, exactly what in the following is just speculation and what I'm fairly certain about. One thing we know for a fact was that Latin is actually a rather rural dialect of Greek (most Greeks would have -- and still do -- used the term "vulgar"). At the time of Christ, Rome had already been pretty Hellenized. Remember that their empire grew up out of the shattered remnants of the Greek Empire of Alexander the Great. So as they took over the East, they took over an area that was also Hellenized. They did nothing to discourage the use of Greek. In fact, we know that they tended to administer at least the Eastern provinces in Greek! They primarily used Latin among one another, and in communications to Rome. The majority of Romans, especially the ones that traveled, spoke Greek. (By the way, most of them would have called themselves Greek, too. Of course, they would have also called themselves more specifically Romans. To the Romans, the world only contained Greeks and barbarians. The same way we say civilized and uncivilized.) Even in Rome itself there was a large Greek speaking community (some of them Jews). (This is why it is not surprising to find Paul's letter to the Romans in Greek, rather than in Latin.) Although Joseph and Mary were quite poor (we know this because of the offering they made in the temple (see Lev 5:7 and Luke 2:24)), it is quite likely that Joseph, after their return to Nazareth, was able to make a living due to the large amount of construction that was going on in Caesarea. (We know he was a carpenter, but we don't know if that meant furniture or larger things.) At the time of Christ there were efforts to make the city of Caesarea rival any other in the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. Caesarea was one of the busiest ports along the Mediterranean. This is speculation about Joseph, but it was a common scenario for the people in that reason, and is therefore quite possible. Now, if you are going to do extensive business in an international port with the Romans and the wide variety of people who were employed directly or indirectly by Romans, a command of Greek would be imperative. (Just like in India and Africa, English is the only language some folks have in common.) In an early post I commented in this thread that frequently Jews -- from all over the known world -- only had Greek in common with one another. Greek would have almost been imperative in a large city like Jerusalem. If you wanted to do business with all those Jews who came to Jerusalem from far away, you would have had to be able to speak in Greek. (This is why the warning signs in the temple were in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. It is also why the sign on the cross was in these languages (John 19:20).) Take this along with the clue about Christ sometimes teaching in Greek (from the first post in this thread), and it seems highly reasonable to assume that Christ, in addition to speaking the local language of Aramaic, also spoke Greek. Now, from all I've said so far, we can be assured that Pontius Pilate spoke Greek. We don't know a great deal about this man from extra biblical sources, but we do know when he was procurator of Jerusalem. We also know that he was from a fairly influential family in Rome. So, assuredly we know he spoke Latin. (There is, by the way, some stuff that is supposedly written by Pilate to Caesar that is, of course, in Latin.) Pilate might have picked up some Aramaic while he was procurator, which wouldn't be beyond the realm of possibility. But most Romans looked down on the local languages, and thought of them as uncivilized and dissonant sounding. Therefore, in my very humble opinion, the exchanges between Pilate and Jesus were in Greek. Sorry for being so long winded again! I guess I could have just written the conclusion! :-) |
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10876 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | DocTrinsograce | 126514 | ||
Careful now, there, bigfella... with the least provocatoin I'll start pulling out the heavy artillary: Tammy Bay Faker! | ||||||
10877 | May the Lord keep you. | Bible general Archive 2 | DocTrinsograce | 126513 | ||
What happened? I don't understand! | ||||||
10878 | What does Genesis 3:24 mean? | Gen 3:24 | DocTrinsograce | 126511 | ||
This is the account of how man was separated from the Garden of Eden. The way was blocked in order to clearly demonstrate that, unless the law and justice of God was completely satisfied, no life or salvation was to be had. There is only one way to the tree of life, and that is three the shed blood of Christ on Calvary. | ||||||
10879 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | DocTrinsograce | 126506 | ||
Since Greek was more commonly read and understood by Jews throughout the ancient world than was Hebrew, the Septuagent translation was prepared. Good for us, too, because it gave us Koine Greek of NT times for comparison with Hebrew. A great resource! | ||||||
10880 | Christ Sometimes Taught in Greek | Mark 12:30 | DocTrinsograce | 126505 | ||
Yes... except for the Romans, who were speaking Latin. | ||||||
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