Tag: acts
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Response To Martin Mittelstadt’s Review Of Acts An Exegetical Commentary
PNEUMA 38 (2016) 207–211 Response to Martin Mittelstadt’s Review of Acts: An Exegetical Commentary Craig S. Keener Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky craig.keener@asburyseminary.edu I…
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Luke 23:34 “Father, forgive them” forgive or tolerate? Hermeneutics and Atonement
The text at hand: “Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.” Luke 23:34 NKJV Many English translations still say “forgive”. The definition of the G…
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Translating Acts 5:32
Acts 5:32 Peter says, “And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.” My reading of Greek grammar tells me that obey is a present participle that should normally denote an act…
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Is the sign in Isaiah 66:19 the Holy Spirit?
Isaiah 66:19 NASB And I will put a sign among them and send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, [k]Put, Lud, [l]Meshech, Tubal, and [m]Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And th…
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Why would the Holy Spirit’s coming at Pentecost be different to other occasions when people received the Holy Spirit?
In Acts 2:3, the Holy Spirit came what seemed to be tongues of fire: 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. This observable phenomenon only mentioned once in Acts. Subsequently, all …
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Are Christians being licensed not to keep the Sabbath according to Colossians 2:16-17, Romans 14:5-8 and Acts 15?
Is Paul giving Christians license to omit Sabbath observance in Colossians 2:16-17 and Romans 14:5-8? Is this corroborated by Acts 15? Below the passages: Colossians 2:16-17 16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of foo…
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Does the Greek word anēr mean man (adult male) or male (male of any age)?
Bible verse 14 And increasingly believers in the Lord, large numbers of men (ἀνήρ, G435) and women, were being added to their number, (Acts 5:14, NASB20) (Greek word study for anēr [ἀνήρ, G435]) The best Greek dictionaries define anēr (ἀ…
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Why does Acts not mention the deaths of Peter and Paul?
As far as we know, Peter and Paul died in Rome in the mid 60s. According to most scholars the Book of Acts is dated to 80+, sometimes as late as 120. Given how often the book mentions Peter and especially Paul, you’d expect there to be at …