These books are considered Scripture by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, but not by Protestant denominations. What Books Are in the Apocrypha? Different scholars included different apocryphal books in their Bible translations before the official list we have today, w...
Why are there dozens of different English translations? It is because there are options as to how Bible translators carry the meaning of Greek and Hebrew texts into the receptor language. For example, some translations aim at rendering the meaning of texts word-for-word (sometimes referred to ...
While Paul’s two passages have been distorted by various groups as being “oppressive to women,” thegeneralprinciple is found in his letter to the Galatians 3:28: “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave not free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” What a radical...
The Bible was originally written in the ancient languages of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek over a period of many centuries. Although sometimes referred to as “dead” languages (because they are not commonly spoken in the same format today), all three of these languages are very much alive. Tho...
The structure of the Bible: The Christian Bible contains 66 "Books." The Books are divided into Chapters. The Chapters are divided into Verses. So, if you wanted to locate John 3:16, you would open the Bible to the Book of John, then turn to Chapter 3, and then look for Verse 16...
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As such, his translations delivered the meaning of the original texts beautifully, as well as their quality of style.Saint Jerome’s translation of the Bible, referred to as the Vulgate, became the official Catholic Bible. For a millennium or more, the Vulgate was the only translation of the...
and face the future with joy and peace of heart. The NT text provides us hope in a number of ways. The Scriptures show us how God loves us and because of this He sent His Son to die for our sins and rise again to give us eternal life. This is the good news that we are ...
or to a woman, “With what are you in labor?” Translations from AramaicLamsa BibleWoe to him who says to his father, What are you begetting? Or to his mother, What have you conceived?Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedWoe to him who says to a father: “Why do you have children?”, ...
purpose. Therefore, God's people are sometimes said to be sanctified because they are set apart for God's special purposes in the world: “Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy; for I am the LORD your God. Keep my statutes, and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you” (...