answer to Overbeck, who argues that as the patristic literature about Simon presupposes the emanation theories of the Gnostics so the expression in the verse before us must be explained in the same way, and that thus we have a direct proof that the narrative is influenced by the Simon ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionFor John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”New Living TranslationJohn baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”English Standard Versionfor John...
Read full chapter Footnotes Acts 15:6 tn The translation for ἰδεῖν (idein) in this verse is given by BDAG 279-80 s.v. εἶδον 3 as “deliberate concerning this matter.” A contemporary idiom would be to “look into” a matter. Acts 15:7 tn Or “discussion.” This...
several days had passed, King Agrippa[f]and Bernice arrived at Caesarea[g]to pay their respects[h]to Festus.[i]14While[j]they were staying there many days, Festus[k]explained Paul’s case to the king to get his opinion,[l]saying, “There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix...
Chapter 2: The Mystery of the Gospel: The Whole Bible Points to Jesus Christ, The “Word” In Proverbs 25:2 (KJV) we find this extraordinary verse, “[It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.” If we look carefully at ...
It's a project that I wrote mostly when I was around 19 years, so it reflects a very transitional stage in my life," Joaquina explained. "Where, for the first time, I was learning to be an adult, discovering many things about myself and the world, and thinking about the ...
Acts 2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? Verse 7.- Sayingforsaying one to another, A.V. and T.R.Amazed(ἐξίσταντο; seeActs 8:9, note).Galilaeans; describing merely their nationality. Th...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionThe eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”New Living TranslationThe eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, was the prophet talking about himself or someone else?”English Standard VersionAnd...
Chapter 11 - The Baptism of the Gentiles Explained. Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the
Daniel 2:4 Aramaic: from this verse to the end of chapter 7, the original is written in Aramaic, the current language of the period. Daniel 2:18 God of heaven: a title frequently used in the Persian period for the true God, Yahweh; Daniel and his companions ask mercy from this God....