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The Word Biblical Commentary (WBC) is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Bible both Old and New Testament. It is currently published by the Zondervan Publishing Company . Initially published under the "Word Books" imprint, the series spent some time as part of the Thomas Nelson list.
The Egyptian, Ethiopian and Sabaean peoples "are apparently represented here as already conquered by Cyrus". The text may be interpreted as foretelling "spontaneous homage rendered to Israel by distant nations of the earth", or in terms of a prospective conquest; for Skinner in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges "the whole scene strongly suggests a submission that has been preceded ...
1 Textual variants in 1 Corinthians 9 1 Corinthians 9:20 μη ων αυτος υπο νομον ( being not himself under the law ) – omitted by D 2 K (L) Ψ 81 88 326 330 424 451 460 614 629 c 1241 1518 1852 1881 1984 1985 2138 2464 2492 Byz Lect syr p eth geo slav Origen pt Nestorius Theodoret
The Hebrew scriptures were an important source for the New Testament authors. [13] There are 27 direct quotations in the Gospel of Mark, 54 in Matthew, 24 in Luke, and 14 in John, and the influence of the scriptures is vastly increased when allusions and echoes are included, [14] with half of Mark's gospel being made up of allusions to and citations of the scriptures. [15]
For 2 Corinthians 13:14, the KJV has: 12 Greet one another with an holy kiss. 13 All the saints salute you. 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all. Amen. In some translations, verse 13 is combined with verse 12, leaving verse 14 renumbered as verse 13. [149]
Proto-Isaiah/First Isaiah (chapters 1–39): [17] 1–12: Oracles against Judah mostly from Isaiah's early years; 13–23: Oracles against foreign nations from his middle years; 24–27: The "Isaiah Apocalypse", added at a much later date; 28–33: Oracles from Isaiah's later ministry; 34–35: A vision of Zion, perhaps a later addition;
Although the New Testament does not refer to Isaiah 11:1-2 regarding these gifts, [15] [16] according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, these gifts "complete and perfect the virtues of those who receive them." [17] Initiates receive them at Baptism and they are strengthened at Confirmation, so that one can proclaim the truths of the faith.
The terms used by the author of Deutero-Isaiah are reminiscent of certain passages in the Cyrus Cylinder. [1] Traditionally, these passages in Isaiah were believed to predate the rule of Cyrus by about 100 years; however, most modern scholars date Isaiah 40–55 towards the end of the Babylonian captivity. [8]