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Usury is condemned in the Old Testament. Why do people think Jesus is saying usury is OK?

Aren’t God’s people the chosen ones?

Scripture warns not to take stuff out

In Matthew 23, Jesus mentioned Abel to Zechariah. Zechariah is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 24:21, which chronologically is the same time as Malachi.

I mean, Judith chapter 4 seems to say that the story takes place after the captivity, after they returned from captivity (70 years later), after the temple was rebuilt, and after the temple was polluted and re-dedicated. So couldn’t it just be talking about a different Nebuchadnezzar who ruled...

Does it begin in Artaxerxes’ 20th year, as stated in Nehemiah chapter 2? Or does it start with Artaxerxes’ 7th year, as stated in Ezra chapter 7? I’ve heard both from different Christian groups. And both claim that they pin point exactly Jesus’ crucifixion. But they can’t both be exact. They’re...

Is this right? Before Jesus came, back then they had forgiveness of sins through animals sacrifices. Those who sinned, and had no animal sacrifice for forgiveness, died and went to Hell. But Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and those righteous went to heaven. But once Jesus came, he made the ultimate...

Ahaz was 20 when he became king and reigned for 16 years. So he died at 36 (2 Kings 16:2). And Hezekiah became king when he died, at 25 years of age (2 Kings 18:2). 36 - 25 = 11? Ahaz begot Hezekiah when he was only 11?

Athanasius says Esther is Apocrypha

Or are we justified by faith alone?

As I understand it, the book of Ezra contains no prophecy. It’s just a book that details the history of the Jewish nation within the Persian empire. Ezra, being a Levite priest and scribe had the authority to write the scriptures. So the history he recorded of considered scripture. They say...

And Jesus was talking about Zechariah son of Berechiah. Not Zechariah son of Jehoiada. So please don’t confuse the two since they were literally centuries apart.

Was used by the early church?

Esther ought to be ripped out of the Bible and thrown into the trash.

After all, the New Testament never mentions anything in the apocrypha. So the Catholics must have made it up.

Clement of Rome was alive the same time the apostles were alive, and would have known Peter and Paul personally. Clement wrote a letter to the Corinthians (1 Clement) where he mentions Moses, Judith, and Esther, and calls them all scripture. Judith is an apocryphal book. If Peter and Paul...

Is that based on the authority of an early church council or a modern day council?

When did the church stop being led by the Holy Spirit?

The Jews had both Ezra and Nehemiah on the same scroll, and were both together considered one book by the early church. But early church councils said that there should be 2 books of Ezra.

In John 6, it mentions Passover. The only feast I can think of that comes before Passover is Purim.