Two translations of Isa 40:2 are,
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. Isa 40:2 …
Understanding the situation in the ecclesia at Ephesus is crucial to understanding the context of many of the NT writings. At first glance the ecclesia at Ephesus only features in Acts 19 and in the Epistle to the Ephesians. …
The cities of Jerusalem and Samaria are metaphorically referred to as harlots in the OT. Is this language transferrable to the nation as a whole? This article hopes to demonstrate that the nation as a whole, as well as …
We are familiar with many valuable models of the church such as ‘family’, ‘house’, ‘community’; perhaps, ‘elect’, ‘believers’, ‘disciples’, ‘followers’—any number of words usefully capture something of the ‘body of Christ’. In this essay, we are interested in historical …
Self-justification is a human trait. The example I am thinking of is relevant to the EJournal which is concerned with the study of the Scriptures. Let us suppose you don’t do much reading and study of the Scriptures, how do …
The Bible is a wonderful book. The study of the Bible is an exceedingly rewarding experience. The Psalmist says,
O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser …
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles… Isa 42:6-7 (KJV); cf. Isa 49:6
This is …
Revelation 2:13 mentions the martyrdom of Antipas at Pergamum – the city where “Satan dwells”. This mention is sometimes employed to date Revelation to the reign of Domitian (81-96 AD) as Antipas is said to have been ordained as bishop …
In Phil 4:5, the expression, ‘The Lord is at hand’, quotes ‘at hand’ from ‘The Day of the Lord is at hand’ (Joel 1:15; 2:1; 3:14; Obad 1:15; Zeph 1:7, 14; Isa 13:6; and Ezek 30:3), but in respect of …
The Bible’s first mention of human gender is in Gen 1:26-27:
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of …
Discovery of the tunnel built by King Hezekiah to provide water to Jerusalem in time of siege (2 Kings 22:20; 2 Chron 32:30), was confirmed by an accompanying inscription which dates to the reign of Hezekiah. Parker says,
Discovered by …
1 Samuel 4-7 is the inspired text with the greatest concentration of references to ‘the ark’ in Scripture (37x). In these chapters, God is clearly teaching us something very significant about the ark (cf. Gen 41:32). The narrative starts with …
In 2007, Brother Ian and Sister Averil McHaffie published the booklet ‘All One in Christ Jesus’ (hereafter ‘All One’), a consideration of Biblical teaching regarding the role of sisters in the service of Christ.[1] Their conclusion was that …
The hefty price tag, along with the philosophic content, will mean that The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity will escape the attention of most readers. Yet, though it will never be bedtime reading, this two volume compilation witnesses …
Most books on the nature and identity of Jesus Christ fall into one of two categories: polemic or apologetic. Kermit Zarley’s The Restitution of Jesus Christ (hereafter “TRJC”) is a rare exception, challenging mainstream Christian readers without insisting that they …
‘Binatarian’ is a theological term akin to ‘Trinitarian’; it is used when a theologian wants to speak of ‘two’ as opposed to ‘three’ in matters to do with God; its purpose is to place Jesus and the Father on an …
Jewish historiographical work that has survived from the Second Temple period includes (among other things) the Maccabean books, Jubilees, Pseudo-Philo, the Genesis Apocryphon, Philo’s biographies and Josephus. In addition, fragments of Jewish historians have survived, for example, Aristobulus and …
This article will examine the tendentious translations offered by some of the modern versions of Phil 2:6. There is no doubt that linguists approach a text with certain assumptions and preconceptions. It is virtually impossible for anyone to approach …
John 1:1, 14 has been much studied for its background, and different proposals have held their sway in the history of scholarship.[1] Rather than discuss these contextualization theories, we will put aside the question of the relationship …
The first attempt within the Christadelphian community to systematically detail and examine the intertextuality of the Apocalypse occurred in 1977 with the publication of “701 Quotations in the Apocalypse”.[1] It is of more than passing interest that …
How far we have been distracted from Christian life? It’s a question which we can probably not answer, but it’s my intention to provoke some thought in this area.
My basic premise is a gloomy one: we are sinful creatures …
Genesis contains three patriarchal narratives with a similar sister-wife motif (Gen 12:10-20; 20:1-18; and 26:1-11). In each account the patriarch passes of his wife as his sister out of fear for his own life. This article will examine the …
Jesus said that, “A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country and in his own house” (Matt 13:57). We are familiar with the episodes of his rejection at Nazareth (Luke 4) and by his own family (Mark …
The Greek term translated as ‘mediator’ () is flexible enough to carry a range of meanings including that of an ‘intermediary’. The difference between an intermediary and a mediator is that whereas the former functions solely as a communicator …
The Greek term translated ‘mediator’ is not an uncommon word in Greek literature and so scholars will study other uses of the word when deciding what its use in the NT means, especially when that usage is only six …
The KJV is very familiar: there is one mediator of God and of men, a man Christ Jesus (1 Tim 2:5). What does the Greek underlying ‘mediator’ mean? Our case is that Jesus is an ‘intermediary’ for …
Philosophers have argued about the existence of God for millennia, and we might suppose that we could find God if we studied their arguments. There are two problems with such a proposal: the first difficulty is that philosophers disagree amongst …
If a human covenant is established then additional clauses cannot be ‘added’ or changed afterwards. God made a covenant with Abraham which promised him the birth of Christ. The Law was given 430 years after the Promise and therefore cannot …
Therefore I retract, and I repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:6 (NASB)
Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes. Job 42:6 (ESV)
These two modern translations are different in one of the main verbs; in addition …