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The disciples' power to forgive sins is linked to the gift of the Spirit in John 20:22, and not in human power. [3] The verbs for forgiving and retaining are in the passive form, indicating that God is the one in action. [3]
The word "all" (Ancient Greek: παΎ¶σα) are found multiple times in the verses 18–20, tying them together: all power/authority, all nations, all things ("that I have commanded you") and all the days ("always"). [2] Dale Allison considers the suggestions of the verse 18 allusion to Daniel 7:13–14 or 2 Chronicles 36:23 improbable. [3]
This evil wandered through desert places, but when they reject God's grace which Christ offers that spirit returns to them and causes them to blaspheme Christ. [1] It is said that the house is the soul, which is empty, since it is lacking God, and devoid of His grace. It is swept clean of all virtue, piety and goodness.
19: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: 19: Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Saint Remigius: And be it known that where Matthew says, He shall give good things, Luke has, shall give his Holy Spirit. (Luke 11:13.) But this ought not to seem contrary, because all the good things which man receives from God, are given by the grace of the Holy Spirit. [7]
Such heaviness would remind to the heaviest weight of all, the kabod (lit. heaviness) of God in the Temple of Jerusalem, accordingly the most heavy of all is the mercy of God. [22] Similarly, a reflection in the Carmelites' website defines the talents as "love, service, sharing", the "money of the master". [23]
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]
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. The World English Bible translates the passage as: He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me." The Novum Testamentum Graece text is: