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11 hours ago · As Ibn Ezra (to Deut. 16:1) famously writes, technically-speaking Hebrew does not have names for the months of the year (just like it does not have any names for the days of the week). Rather, in the Hebrew tradition, the months are numbered ordinally, staring with the first month marked by when the Jews exited Egypt (what we call Nissan) and ...
11 hours ago · In the Gospel of Luke, we encounter a profound verse that speaks of a remarkable destiny and a divine calling. Luke 1:15 beautifully encapsulates the life and purpose of a man who would become one of the most pivotal figures in biblical history – John the Baptizer.
11 hours ago · Celebration of Bible Translation. The Celebration of Bible Translation dinners are held in various cities around Australia each year, to provide opportunities to hear reports on what God is doing in Bible Translation around the world, and to celebrate the spread of the Word of God to the millions who as yet have no access to it in their heart language.
11 hours ago · Here are the places in the Greek New Testament of which it speaks, according to the English translation, of “everlasting punishment,” “punishment forever,” “evermore,” “ever and ever,” etc. Here, according to the Greek, is what it actually says regarding such punishment.
11 hours ago · The Syriac language ( / ˈsɪriæk / SIH-ree-ak; Classical Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ, romanized: Leššānā Sūryāyā, Leššono Suryoyo ), [a] also known as Syriac Aramaic ( Syrian Aramaic, Assyrian Aramaic, Syro-Aramaic) and Classical Syriac ܠܫܢܐ ܥܬܝܩܐ (in its literary and liturgical form), is an Aramaic language. The language ...
11 hours ago · the man whose son they killed. As in many Semitic languages, possession by a noun phrase is shown through the construct state. In Geʽez, this is formed by suffixing the construct suffix -a to the possessed noun, which is followed by the possessor, as in the following examples: [40] ወልደ. wald-a. son-construct. ንጉሥ.
11 hours ago · Commentaire de l’Évangile du samedi de la 7ème semaine du temps ordinaire : "Des gens présentaient à Jésus des enfants pour qu’il pose la main sur eux ". Savoir que nous sommes des enfants devant Dieu est un moyen sûr de nous rapprocher de Jésus et de l'avoir comme meilleur ami.
