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The term may mean effeminate with respect to boys or men who take the role of a woman in homosexual relationships. [3] Nor is the meaning of the word confined to sexually exploited males. [note 4] Standard Greek lexicons and dictionaries understand this word as a reference to the passive partner in a male homosexual act. [note 5] [note 6] [note ...
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and its traditional interpretations in Judaism and Christianity have historically affirmed and endorsed a patriarchal and heteronormative approach towards human sexuality, [5] [6] favouring exclusively penetrative vaginal intercourse between men and women within the boundaries of marriage over all other forms of human sexual activity, [5] [6] including ...
Matthew 10 is the tenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible.This chapter opens with Jesus calling some of his disciples and sending them out to preach and heal.
[6] This commissioning of the apostles takes place before the crucifixion of Jesus, while the Great Commission in Matthew 28:16–20 takes place after his resurrection. St. Jerome comments on this passage saying, "A kind and merciful Lord and Master does not envy His servants and disciples a share in His powers. As Himself had cured every ...
Just as inserting 'behold' at verse 16 to mark the beginning of the section, so Matthew marks the end of the section with 'truly, I say to you'—this is parallel to the end of the prior section, at 10:15. [43] The parallel here with verse 15, and at 16 with verses 5-6 , draws a strong connection between the two passages.
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Matthew 26:6–13, Mark 14:3–9, John 12:1–8. Jesus is quoted in Matthew as assuring that the story of a woman's sacrificial love and devotion to him will have a place in the gospel wherever preached. Mary probably anticipated Jesus's death, but that is not certain.
The first occasion (Luke 9:1–6) is closely based on the "limited commission" mission in Mark 6:6–13, which, however, recounts the sending out of the twelve apostles, rather than seventy, though with similar details. The parallels (also Matthew 9:35, Matthew 10:1, and Matthew 10:5–42) suggest a common origin in the hypothesized Q document.