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John 3:13 “… even the Son of man which is in heaven.” Paid Members Public
WILL KINNEY John 3:13 KJB (Revised Version 1881, ASV 1901) – “And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man WHICH IS IN HEAVEN.” (ὁ ὢν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ) ESV (NIV, NASB, NET, Holman, Jehovah Witness NWT, Catholic New
Where Bart and I Agree Paid Members Public
I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post found here: Where Bart and I Agree . Despite his reputation as a Gospel skeptic, Bart Ehrman holds that the Gospels do contain accurate information about Jesus, his life, and his teachings. Speaking as a secular historian, Ehrman does not hold that any historical
The Fate of Judas Iscariot Paid Members Public
I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post: The Fate of Judas Iscariot. How should we understand the differences in how Matthew and Luke (in Acts) record the fate of Judas? Taken from my book A Daily Defense: Day 170: How Judas Iscariot Died Challenge: Matthew and Luke contradict each other.
The Enrollment of Jesus’ Birth Paid Members Public
I am republishing Jimmy Akin’s post found here: The Enrollment of Jesus’ Birth. The Gospel of Luke describes the timing of Jesus’ birth as follows (Luke 2:1-6): 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2 This was
HAS JESUS ALWAYS BEEN JEHOVAH GOD? PT. 3 Paid Members Public
I now come to the final segment of my discussion: HAS JESUS ALWAYS BEEN JEHOVAH GOD? PT. 2. Further evidence that Christ has always possessed the divine name seeing that has always been God as to his very nature comes from Thomas’ climactic confession after beholding the risen Lord in
James White’s A&Ω’s Wishful Thinking about Real Exegesis Pt. 2 Paid Members Public
This is a continuation of James White’s and A & Ω’s Wishful Thinking about Real Exegesis. 1. The Scandal of the Mysterious “Albrëcht-Kappes” Translation Presumably because of Dr. White’s and TF’s lack of comfortability with Greek, about 300/1400 potential original words of their 3, 623
WATCHTOWER PROVES THE FATHER IS NOT THE OMNISCIENT LORD! Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to show how the method [J]ehovah’s [W]itnesses employ to deny Jesus’ being Jehovah God in the flesh can be used to refute their belief that God the Father is Jehovah as well. I will be referencing the 2013 revision of the
The Meaning of “Lord” in 1 Corinthians 8:6 Paid Members Public
Robert M. Bowman, Jr. What a Jew would understand is that the apostle Paul in this epistle has all along been treating the Lord Jesus as if he were the Lord (YHWH), while also distinguishing him from the Father. The various ways in which Paul distinguishes God the Father from