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. If Job were not mentioned anywhere else in the Bible apart from for the book that bears his name, those who claim he was not a real person might be able to argue their position more confidently. But the fact is, Job is mentioned in three different verses in Scripture (outside the book of Job)...

What was the Temple used for? Primarily it was used for prayer Secondarily it was used for sacrificing The Feast of Dedication was celebrated as the sacrifices were able to be made to God once again. Jesus was the Sacrifice that would take away sin forever, ending the need for future...

Divorce is not the sin Jesus referred to; adultery is. Adultery is marrying again after a divorce. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The question that needs to be asked is -Why did John mention the Feast of Dedication in his gospel? Answer that and you might be able to know why Jesus went up to Jerusalem at that time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Paul addressed the crowd in Hebrew yes. He was an educated Jew , one who studied under Gamaliel In other words he attended Yeshiva the equivalent to a Hebrew seminary. Most Jews were not educated as Paul was. He called himself a Pharisee of Pharisees The tribe of Benjamin was the original...

The Jewish people lost their Hebrew tongue while in captivity in Babylon. If the Book of Hebrews was written in Hebrew it would have to have been a person from the tribe of Levi, the Scribes who alone retained their Hebrew tongue. If you check the quotes from Hebrews with the Septuagint you...

The author of Hebrews quoted from the Septuagint (LXX) when quoting Scripture. That’s why the translation from the Hebrew differs Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The word used in Isaiah for virgin is alma which means a young woman betrothed to be married assumed to be a virgin ; it can also mean a young woman. A virgin not betrothed is bethulah Both can translate as virgin.

Scripture always needs to be read in context not one verse taken out of context because there is the danger of forming your own pretext. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You are correct. I double checked and he did include the apocryphal books in his first work. “Finally, in 1534, he published the whole Bible including the Apocrypha.” https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1534.php Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If God is selling it, buy it. If He’s not, don’t Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Martin Luther was the one in 1534 who removed the Apocrypha from his version of the Bible. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

From a Jewish perspective and a scholarly viewpoint the Book of Maccabees was originally written in Hebrew although the original was not called Maccabees. “The Hebrew original seems not to have borne the name "Maccabees," though it is not known what was its real designation. Eusebius ("Hist...

The historical context of this Psalm may be seen in 1 Samuel 21:10-15. Abimelech is probably a royal title for the king and not his proper name, which is Achish. It was not uncommon to have more than one name: Gideon was also Jerubbaal (Judg. 6:32; 7:1) and Solomon was also Jedidiah (2 Sam...

The New Testament authors and early Christian writers in the second century cite only books contained in the Hebrew canon.6 Furthermore, the early Christian canon lists from 2 CE and many lists from 4 CE closely cohere with the books of the Hebrew canon and do not include the deuterocanonical...

Not all writings of the Scripture are written by prophets. That’s not a requirement for a writing to be inspired by God and part of Scripture. Solomon wrote Proverbs and Song of Solomon yet he was not a prophet. He was king and a man of God He was inspired to write the words he did; that...

The books that were not included in the Hebrew Tenach were removed. The logic: if the Hebrew Bible does not contain these writings then they didn’t belong Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hebrew sources say that Ezra was a Scribe, one from the Tribe of Levi. Scribes were the ones entrusted to copy the Holy Scriptures from generation to generation. When the Hebrew people were imprisoned in Babylon they lost their Hebrew tongue, all except the Scribes or the copiers of the...