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1. (1-3) Jephthah’s background before his rise to leadership. Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah. Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for ...
Jun 26, 2023 · The name Jesus, announced to Joseph and Mary through the angels ( Matthew 1:21; Luke 1:31 ), means “Yahweh saves” or “Yahweh is salvation.”. Transliterated from Hebrew and Aramaic, the name is Yeshua. This word is a combination of Ya, an abbreviation for Yahweh, the name of Israel’s God ( Exodus 3:14 ); and the verb yasha, meaning ...
A. Greeting and giving of thanks. 1. (1) Whom the letter is from: Paul, a called apostle. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother. a. Paul: The apostle Paul follows the normal pattern for writing a letter in ancient times. We write a letter by saying who the letter is to first, and we ...
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. THE CREATIVE WEEK ( Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3 ). (1) In the beginning. —Not, as in John 1:1, “from eternity,” but in the beginning of this sidereal system, of which our sun, with its attendant planets, forms a part. As there never was a time when God did not exist, and as activity is an ...
Nov 2, 2015 · To avoid these problems, some scholars have proposed that Paul’s key terms have rare or figurative meanings. First, they say “baptism” is metaphorical, as in Peter’s expression “baptism with fire.”. Second, they say “for” does not mean “on behalf of.”. Third, they say “the dead” are the spiritually dead or the dying, not ...
Malachi means “my messenger” and could be either a personal name or a title. Prophetic names regularly match their ministry, and messengers appear throughout the book ( Mal 2:7; twice in 3:1). Malachi as a proper name is most likely since every other use of this formula introduces the proper name of an individual.
Apr 24, 2021 · As a name for the Devil, the more common meaning in English, "Lucifer" is the rendering of the Hebrew word הֵילֵל (transliteration: hêylêl; pronunciation: hay-lale) [3] in Isaiah (Isaiah 14:12) given in the King James Version of the Bible. The translators of this version took the word from the Latin Vulgate, [4] which translated ...
