Friday, December 5, 2025

Strack and Billerbeck on Jewish/Rabbinic Parallels to Hebrews 4:12

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   4:12: The word of God is … sharper than any two-edged sword.   See Tg. Song. 3:8 and Midr. Ps. 45 § 6 (136A) at § Eph 6:17 B. ‖ Pes...

Strack and Billerbeck on Psalm 45:7

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   Psalm 45:7f. according to the base text: “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness (uprightness) is the scep...

Strack and Billerbeck on Jewish/Rabbinic Parallels to Hebrews 1:3

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   1:3 A: The reflection of glory.   It says of wisdom in Wis 7:26: “She is a reflection ἀπαύγασμα of the eternal light and an immacu...

G. Vanoni on שִׂים śîm (TDOT) (cf. Isaiah 50:2//2 Nephi 7:2)

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   God’s helping, admonishing, destructive, and revivifying actions in such “putting” and “making” accompany Israel through their history....

Examples of Scholalry Commentaries on the Word Play in Philemon 1:11

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   11 A: The one who was useless … very useful.   ἄχρηστον … εὔχρηστον ; see a similar common wordplay dealing with the slave trade i...
Thursday, December 4, 2025

Go Fund Me for Medical Expenses

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Some already know, but today I found out that I will need to be on medication to treat my liver–will see how it is a year or so from now. So...

Andrew T. Lincoln on Jesus's Comments Concerning the Beloved Disciple in John 21:20-23 Being "Conditional," "Vague," and "Non-Committal"

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   The final part of the narrative in John 21:20-23 also portrays Jesus as a reliable interpreter of the future, this time of the fate of ...