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Revelation 17:8-14. The beast that thou sawest, &c. — The mystery of the beast is first explained, and the beast is considered first in general, (Revelation 17:8,) under a threefold state or succession, as existing, and then ceasing to be, and then reviving again, so as to become another and the same.
The Scriptures are a magnificent picture of a loving God who wants the very best for us, forever. We may know Him through the Bible. When you are reading comments on a verse, you will want to click for other verses which explain it. Often the thought requires the context and several clarifying references.
Matthew chapter 2 English Standard Version 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?
2 Kings 13:7), but that dove’s dung should have been specially gathered for this purpose would be very strange. There could be but so small a supply. There could be but so small a supply. It appears better therefore to take the words as the name of some vegetable.
The book of Romans is one of the longest and most significant things written by the Apostle Paul, formerly known as Saul of Tarsus. Paul was a Jewish rabbi belonging to a group called the Pharisees, and he passionately devoted his life to observing the Torah of Moses and the traditions of Israel. He viewed Jesus and his followers as a threat to ...
It has nothing to do with God or the church. In the symbolism, God tells John - and thus the Two Witnesses - that they should reject the world or perhaps less harshly, disregard it. The literal Greek rendering of casting, throwing, or ejecting that court is a bolder, sterner way of phrasing it. This can have two senses.
Jul 5, 2022 · By any estimation 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 frames the Bible’s greatest text on comfort. The word “comfort” occurs no less than ten times in its noun and verb forms in this brief paragraph — essentially one-third of all thirty-one occurrences in the New Testament. 3 Paul says more about suffering, and more about comfort, than any other writer in the Bible.
