In thefirst postI wrote about the many variations of the quotation that are floating around, and how the “wall of a cellar in Cologne” attribution has been warped and distorted over the years. In thesecond post, I wrote that the earliest printed version I could find — in English — w...
Daniel 2:20 sn As is often the case in the Bible, here the name represents the person. Daniel 2:20 tn Or “blessed.” Daniel 2:21 tn Aram“kings.” Daniel 2:21 tn Aram“the knowers of understanding.” Daniel 2:23 tn Various explanations have been offered for the plurals we and ...
This is all well and good. But we quickly confront the limitations of a word study. These lists don’t help us to understand what the word meansin Ecclesiastes. We won’t get at the message of the book by simply choosing our favorite option from the menu and running with it. We need...
But this does not mean that God’s people did not have his word in Scripture before then. All the way along, at least from the time of Moses, the nation Israel had some portion of God’s covenantal word in written form, given through prophets, poets, and historians. You can ...
18 So they were asking each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little while’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.” 约翰福音 16:18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)18 They said, “What does he mean by this ‘a little while’? We do not know...
15So what does this mean? It means that I will pray with my spirit, and I will pray with my mind. I will sing psalms with my spirit, and I will sing psalms with my mind.16Otherwise, if you praise God only with your spirit, how can outsiders say “Amen!” to your prayer of tha...
29. Cited from the RSV to avoid the use of "slave" in the NRSV (which would be jarring in this context). 30. "John Darnielle Tells the Story Behind the Mountain Goats' Biblical New LP," Pitchfork September 8, 2009 . Darnielle has indicated in concerts and interviews that this song ...
6.3 The Bible does speak of cooperation ("be of one mind," "that they may all be one," "labourers together," "keep the unity of the Spirit," "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord," also 1 Cor 12:25). However, biblical cooperation is...
6.3 The Bible does speak of cooperation ("be of one mind," "that they may all be one," "labourers together," "keep the unity of the Spirit," "Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord," also1 Cor 12:25). However, biblical cooperation is ...
What I mean is that each of you says, ‘I belong to Paul’, or ‘I belong to Apollos’, or ‘I belong to Cephas’, or ‘I belong to Christ.’ Has Christ been