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  2. The Bible and humor - Wikipedia

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    The root of Nabal's name—"n-b-l"—(and the word "fool") appears as two nouns one of which appears in the expression for "wine skin"; Nabal is a drunk. "The second noun from 'n-b-l' is a feminine form ending with the Hebrew letter he. With the vocalization (that is, vowels) I am thinking of, the word means carcass or corpse.

  3. Sayings of Jesus on the cross - Wikipedia

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    The sayings of Jesus on the cross (sometimes called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words". The seven sayings are gathered from the four canonical gospels. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In Matthew and Mark, Jesus cries out to God.

  4. Biblical inspiration - Wikipedia

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    Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that the human writers and canonizers of the Bible were led by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God. [ 1 ] This belief is traditionally associated with concepts of the biblical infallibility and the internal consistency of the Bible.

  5. -ing - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. -ing is a suffix used to make one of the inflected forms of English verbs. This verb form is used as a present participle, as a gerund, and sometimes as an independent noun or adjective. The suffix is also found in certain words like morning and ceiling, and in names such as Browning.

  6. Chapters and verses of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    There are 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament. This gives a total of 31,102 verses, [ 29 ] which is an average of a little more than 26 verses per chapter and 471 verses per book. Psalm 103:1–2 being the 15,551st and 15,552nd verses is in the middle of the 31,102 verses of the Bible.

  7. Matthew 4:19 - Wikipedia

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    Matthew 4:19. Matthew 4:19 is the nineteenth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has just begun preaching in Galilee and has encountered the fishermen Simon Peter and Andrew. In this verse he calls the pair to follow him.

  8. Genesis 1:1 - Wikipedia

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    The word is in the masculine singular form, so that "he" is implied; this verb is used only for the God of Israel. [2] Elohim (אֱלֹהִים ‎): the generic word for God, whether the God of Israel or the gods of other nations; it is used throughout Genesis 1, and contrasts with the phrase YHWH Elohim, "God YHWH", introduced in Genesis 2.

  9. 1 Timothy 2:12 - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 1 Timothy 2:12 is the twelfth verse of the second chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy. It is often quoted using the King James Version translation: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. — 1 Timothy 2:12, KJV[1] The verse is widely used to oppose ordination of women as clergy ...