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Did Jesus pray, “Father, forgive them”? Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Denny Burk’s post: Did Jesus pray, “Father, forgive them”?. January 24, 2011 Luke 23:34 is one of the most famous sayings of the Bible because it is one of the seven last words of Christ from the cross: “Father, forgive them; for they
ANOTHER BIBLE ERROR: TAKE A STAFF OR NOT? Paid Members Public
Skeptics claim that Mark contradicts Matthew and Luke in that the former states that Jesus instructed his followers to take a staff with them as they embarked on their missionary journey, where Matthew and Luke record Jesus forbidding them from doing so. I will let the late Dr. Gleason L.
ANOTHER BILE ERROR: TAKE A STAFF OR NOT? Paid Members Public
Skeptics claim that Mark contradicts Matthew and Luke in that the former states that Jesus instructed his followers to take a staff with them as they embarked on their missionary journey, where Matthew and Luke record Jesus forbidding them from doing so. I will let the late Dr. Gleason L.
JEREMIAH OR ZECHARIAH: AN ERROR IN MATTHEW? Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from the late Dr. Gleason L. Archer’s book, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, published by Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI 1982, p. 350. Why does Matthew 27:9 attribute to Jeremiah a prophecy from Zechariah? Matthew 27:9-10 describes the purchase of Potter’s
JESUS: THE GOD FOR WHOSE SAKE WE ARE FORGIVEN Paid Members Public
The prophet Isaiah proclaims that YHWH forgives sinners for his own sake: “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.” Isaiah 43:25 Isaiah further teaches that YHWH could not find any one righteous and worthy
GOSPEL AUTHORSHIP Paid Members Public
In this post I share some of the earliest surviving evidence for the authorship of the Gospel. In one of the references, I quote Irenaeus who was a disciple of Polycarp, who himself was a disciple of the Apostles such as the Apostle John. This is significant since it provides
MATTHEW 27:9-10: A MISTAKEN ATTRIBUTION? Paid Members Public
Some critics of the Holy Bible claim that Matthew false and mistakenly attributed a prophecy from Zechariah 11:13 to the prophet Jeremiah (cf. Matt. 27:9-10). Here I will cite the lengthy refutation to this argument from Dr. Michael L. Brown’s book, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume
CATHOLIC FAITH ON THE SON’S KNOWLEDGE Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing specific Catholic authorities regarding the Son’s ignorance of the day and hour (Cf. Mark 13:32; Matthew 24:36). All emphasis will be mine. POPE GREGORY ST. GREGORY I, THE GREAT 590-604 474 Dz 248 “(But) concerning that which has been written: