Category: Bible
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Aramaic in the New Testament
Abba Matthew 21:9, 15; Mark 11:9–10; John 12:13 ὡσαννά Hosanna = “Save us!” — Cf. Psalm 118:25–26 אָנָּ֣א יְ֭הוָה הֹושִׁ֘יעָ֥ה נָּ֑א אָֽנָּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה הַצְלִ֘יחָ֥ה נָּֽא׃ בָּר֣וּךְ הַ֭בָּא בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה בֵּ֝רַֽכְנוּכֶ֗ם מִבֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ — See Psalm 86:2; Jeremiah 31:7; Didache 10:6. Akeldama Matthew 27:16 Βαραββᾶς Barabbas < בַּר אַבָּא Barnabas Acts 1:23; 15:22b Βαρσαββᾶν Barsabban =…
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KJV Words that Have Changed Meaning (part 1)
This list of 857 headwords and phrases derives from Luther A. Weigle’s Bible Words that have Changed in Meaning (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1955). abhorabideabide onabroadaddictedadmirationadmireadvertiseadvise thyselfaffectaffectionsaffinityjoin in affinityafterbring againshew againtum againagainst Joseph cameagainst he comeall lost thingall manner vesselsallegeallowalongamazedamazementamiableancientsbut and ifangleanonanswered untoanyany thingany thing at allapparentlyappointappointedapprehendarmholesartilleryas it had beenas it wereask atassayassuageas…
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KJV Words that Have Changed Meaning (part 2)
This list of 824 headwords and phrases derives from Ronald Bridges and Luther A. Weigle’s The Bible Word Book: Concerning Obsolete or Archaic Words in the King James Version of the Bible (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960). A, ANABHORABIDEABROADACCEPTACCEPTABLEACQUAINTADDICTEDADMIRE, ADMIRATIONADVENTUREADVERTISEADVICE, ADVISEADVISEMENTAFFECTAFFECTIONAFFINITYAFOREAFOREHANDAFORETIMEAFTERAGAINSTAGONEAGREEAHAALARMALBEITALIKEALLALLEGEALLIEDALLOWALL TOALWAYAMAZE, AMAZEMENTAMBASSAGEAMERCEAMIABLEANCIENTAND, AND IFANGLE,ANONANOTHERANY,ANY THINGANSWERAPOTHECARYAPPARENTLY and EVIDENTLYAPPOINTAPPOINTMENTAPPREHENDARKARMHOLEARTILLERYASAS CONCERNINGASSAYASSWAGEASTONIED, ASTONISHED, ASTONISHMENTAS YETATAT THE…
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Bible Versification Compared
Chapter divisions and versification (dividing chapters by verse numbers) were added relatively late to our Christian biblical tradition. We do not attribute divine inspiration to the chapter and verse system, because, even though they are useful, they are artificial systems projected on top of the text, and, therefore, they hold no authority except as a…
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Bibliography | World Printed Bibles
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Bibliography | World Printed Testaments & Portions
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Bibliography | Early English Biblical Manuscripts
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Prefaces | Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum
The following are English translations from the German forewords and prefaces of Kurt Aland’s Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1963, ’67, ’82, ’85, ’94, ’96):
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Gospel Parallels
The following table is derived from Kurt Aland’s Synopsis Quattuor Evangeliorum, 8th ed. (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1973), Index I. Conspectus locorum parallelorum evangeliorum, pp. 551–75.
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Bibliography | Canons, Creeds, Confessions & Catechisms | Part 1