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Now you are clean by reason of the word, which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine: you the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.
Matthew 13:40–42 – [Jesus is talking to his disciples] Therefore, just as the darnel is collected and burned up with fire, so it will be at the conclusion of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will collect out of His kingdom all the causes-of-falling [ skandalon ] and the ones doing lawlessness.
The word keraia literally translates as horns. [4] One possibility is that it refers to the decorative crowns placed atop some Hebrew letters, this would not work for Jesus, however, as such markings only began to be used in the later part of the first century. [5] Burkitt feels it would have been waw, the second smallest letter.
I am writing as a Christian pastor — a Baptist, no less — serving churches for the past 52 years. Of course, I favor Christianity. And in my ministry, I invite persons to consider faith in ...
Jesus replies by promising him that he will be with him that same day in Paradise. [ 10 ] [ 3 ] Tradition has given this bandit the name of the penitent thief and the other the impenitent thief. The Gospel of John , thought to be written about AD 90–95, [ 5 ] also says that Jesus was crucified with two others, but in this account they are not ...
Jesus never gave his followers rules for operating a state government. Instead, he gave them the Beatitudes as a guide for blessing in life. Throughout history, government and religious leaders ...
British scientists using forensic anthropology, similar to how police solve crimes, have stitched together what they say is probably most accurate image of Jesus Christ's real face, and he's not ...
At the time of Jesus, says Wink, striking backhand a person deemed to be of lower socioeconomic class was a means of asserting authority and dominance. If the persecuted person "turned the other cheek," the discipliner was faced with a dilemma: the left hand was used for unclean purposes, so a back-hand strike on the opposite cheek would not be ...