Volume 17, No.3, Aug. 2006
Matthew 28:19
"Go ye and make disciples of all the nations in my name, teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you" (Matthew 28:19). Following is the seminal article frequently quoted in scholarly studies on the modifications of Christian doctrine after the Apostles slept. Published in 1902, the Hibbert Journal article by Conybeare draws together the scholarship for the close of Matthew's Gospel to [...]
Ancient Papyri Disprove Critics
Revolutionary ideas about the Bible that have been popularized over the past century include the notions: (1) that Constantine (312-337) excluded several valid gospels from our Bibles, (2) that the Epistle to the Hebrews was not writ ten by Paul or any other apostle, (3) that the writings of John could not possibly have been written before the late 3rd century since the dragon [...]
The Conversion of Nathanael
An Expansion of John 1:43-51 Nathanael was a devout Jew with the highest of ethical standards.1 He was aware of the distinction between himself and most of his fellow Israelites. Rising above the expected always takes special effort, and Nathanael clearly recognized this. He also possessed the character trait of healthy skepticism. When his friend Philip proclaimed, "I have found the messiah!," Nathanael mused [...]
“Hastening the Presence”
We find 2 Peter 3:12 translated ''As you look forward to the day of God, and speed its coming" (New International Version), where this last phrase is otherwise translated "hasting unto the coming" (King James). A technical translation such as the Marshall Diaglott renders this phrase "hastening the presence (parousia) of the day of God." How should we understand this? This word "hastening" in [...]
Oxen and Wagons
"(1) And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; (2) That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, [...]