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Many speculate that Jesus’ skin color was olive colored, white, black or brown, but the Bible never describes Jesus’ skin color while He had the form of a human man living on earth. Jesus was born to a Jewish mother. The skin color of Jews today varies in shades of white to dark. The Bible does not record His height, weight, hair color, eye ...
Are there any biblical references to Jesus’ skin color? No! All of the Renaissance paintings, drawings, and movies about Jesus Christ cannot be trusted to accurately reveal what Jesus looked like. The reason is that the Bible does not give us a description, a hint, or any suggestion about the color of Jesus’ skin or hair. We are not told if ...
We are aware that many people believe the Bible never teaches Jesus is God. Deepak Chopra made the comment that, “Jesus never, ever claimed to be God.”. We are going to address what the Old Testament teaches about the divinity of Jesus. But the first thing we need to examine is the doctrine of the Trinity.
Jesus is describing events prior to His coming. That is, He will not return that soon! Verses 7-14 describe events that must occur first. The major event in the timeline before verse 15 is described in verse 14. It is the spread of the gospel to every nation of the world. Once this occurs, Jesus says, “Then the end will come!”
The answer is that the Hebrew word that the NASB translated as “Jewish” is yehudi. Yehudi occurs 82 times in the Old Testament. It is translated as “Jew,” “Jews” and “Jewish” 74 times but only as Judah, Judea or Judeans 7 times. One time it is translated as “brothers.”. The root meaning of the Hebrew word helps us understand ...
Bible Answer: John 10:1-6 is a parable about the Good Shepherd. Jesus is the Good Shepherd. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep ...
Bible Answer: “Jesus” is the biblical name of the Son of God, who is often called Jesus Christ. “Jesus” comes from the Greek word Iesous. It occurs 987 times in the New Testament. It occurs in every book of the New Testament, except for 3 John. The Hebrew version of the name is Yēšua. The meaning of the name “Jesus” is given to us ...
A humble person does not yield to everyone. Jesus was not a weak man. Therefore, let us discover if we are characterized by a spirit of humility. Our study is Luke 17:7-10. Jesus’ Four Examples of Humility. Our study is a continuation of a discussion between Jesus and the disciples that started in Luke 17:1.
Bible Answer: Scripture tells us that after Jesus’ death, His spirit went to heaven or Paradis e. We know this because when Jesus was on the cross, He told a thief who was hanging next to Him that he would be in Paradise with Him that very day, And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”. Luke 23:43 ...
John 15:9-10. The Greek word for “abide” is meno. It occurs two times in these two verses. The word meno means “to remain” or “to stay.”. It is the simple idea of remaining in a place. The Greek word for love in both verses is agapao and agape. Agapao is the verb form of the noun agape. Both words refer to the highest form of love.