Here, Jesus refers to Himself with the title "Christ," which is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew "Messiah," meaning "Anointed One." This title affirms Jesus' divine mission and His role as the Savior and Redeemer. It highlights the centrality of Jesus in God's plan of salvation and ...
Meaning: Italian form of John, with the same meaning as the English name. Sometimes spelled as “Antonio” or “Antonelli”. It is also a diminutive in Italian, meaning “John” or “Johann”. Antonio originally means “God’s gift.” It is also commonly used in Argentina and Portugal. ...
17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is the meaning of what he is saying,[jx]‘In a little while you[jy] will not see me; again after a little while, you[jz] will see me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”[ka] 18 So...
The life offered to those who believe in Christ is "eternal," from a Greek word meaning "never ending." The alternative to life in Christ is destruction: to "perish." This passage explains that the purpose of sending Jesus was our salvation (John 3:17), but also reminds us that those...
ancient expectations and recent realization, is only twice more used in the Gospel (John 17:3 and John 20:31); but it pervades it throughout, and, though not actually said to be equivalent to the Word made flesh, yet no shadow of doubt is left that this was the apostle's meaning. ...
But when Jesus speaks of setting himself apart (consecrating or dedicating himself) on behalf of the disciples here in 17:19 the meaning is closer to the consecration of a sacrificial animal (Deut 15:19). Jesus is “setting himself apart,” i.e., dedicating himself, to do the will of ...
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We are also told in Sura 3:45 that Jesus is the “Messiah” (see also Suras 4:157, 171). However, Muslims do not use the term in the same way as Christians. It appears that Muslims do not understand the true meaning of the term and certainly do not view the Messiah as a divine...
Have you ever noticed that the English wordlovecan be used in a wide variety of ways that fail to distinguish between different shades of meaning? Our love for things we enjoy differs from the love we experience in relationships. Even within our relationships, the kinds of love we experience...
The first of these he reckons along with Peter and James and Matthew and the other Apostles, meaning clearly the Evangelist, but the other John, after expanding his statement, he places outside the number of the Apostles, placing Aristion before him, and he distinctly calls him a presbyter...