Actually, the book of Hebrews seems to clear up the subject when it says that when Jesus was on earth, he was made like us in every way: “Therefore he [Jesus] had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the se...
Paul’s Letters. In France and French Switzerland conservatism has been the key-note of the Protestant scholars Pressense and Godet; a rationalizing evolutionism that of Sabatier. Abbe Loisy’s work will be spoken of below.A brief summary of the situation of particular books in contemporary ...
The exhortations to cast out the immoral brother and to welcome him back are not simultaneous. They are in separate letters and separated by time. The general idea is that expulsion/shunning/disfellowship/excommunication helps induce repentance and that, once repentant, the “guilty party” is t...
John 18:10-1110Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.11So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?" In thes...
- `1 `2 `3 `4 `5 6 When the dagesh (the dot in the middle of a letter) is placed within some letters, such as in the nun in the word hENih, it doubles the letter. Therefore, this word is pronounced "hin-ney" rather than "hi- ney." 7 When the letter "beyt" is prefix...
Such a division engendered a complex hierarchy between the high priest, priesthood, and ordinary Israelites. These revisions and literary developments, MacDonald argues, “elevate the priesthood’s status within Judaism” and “suggest some tentative steps towards appropriating some royal symbolism and ...
Paleo-Hebrew inscription (Yehohanan the High Priest …) within wreath. Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots. THE BIRTH OF JESUS and the MAGII Indo-Scythian Kingdom in Northern India King Azes II – Indo-Scythian King – Reigned: circa 35 B.C.-...
1For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.2He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.3Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice ...
Under the left arm (of the Cross), some big letters, as it were of crystal-clear water running down over the altar, formed these words: 'Grace and Mercy.' I understood that it was the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity that was shown to me, and I received insights into this mystery ...
Around the end of the third century BCE, restoration work was carried out on the Temple Mount by the High Priest Simon, son of Onias. According to the apocryphal work of Ben Sira called Ecclesiasticus (50.1–3), the work is described as follows: ...