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Good News Bible (GNB), also called the Good News Translation (GNT) in the United States, is an English translation of the Bible by the American Bible Society. It was first published as the New Testament under the name Good News for Modern Man in 1966.
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10, the "man of sin" is described as one who will be revealed before the Day of the Lord comes. The Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus have the reading "man of lawlessness" and Bruce M. Metzger argues that this is the original reading even though 94% of manuscripts have "man of sin".
Moses is the only person called “man of God” in the Torah. The angel of the Lord who appeared to Samson's mother ( Judges 13:6, 8) whom she may have taken to be a prophet (Leviticus Rabbah 1:1) The man who chastised the Priest Eli ( 1 Samuel 2 :27) whom Sifre identifies as Samuel's father Elkanah ( Sifre to Deuteronomy 342:4)
Zacchaeus (sometimes spelled Zaccheus; Ancient Greek: Ζακχαῖος, Zakchaîos; Classical Syriac: ܙܰܟ݁ܰܝ, romanized: Zakay, "pure, innocent") [1] was a chief tax-collector at Jericho in the Bible. He is known primarily for his faith in climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus and also his generosity in giving away half of all he ...
Matthew 6:21–27 from the 1845 illuminated book of The Sermon on the Mount, designed by Owen Jones. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Azal (אצל), or Azel, is a location mentioned in the Book of Zechariah 14:5, in Bibles that use the Hebrew Masoretic Text as the source for this verse. In Bibles that follow the Greek Septuagint ( LXX ) rendering, depending upon the source manuscript used, Azal is transcribed Jasol (ιασολ, pronounced "Yasol"), Jasod (a corruption of ...
The Bible Speaks Today is a series of biblical commentaries published by the Inter-Varsity Press. It includes Old and New Testament commentaries as well as books on biblical themes. All the titles begin with "The Message of..." Tremper Longman notes that the series is "readable, accurate, and relevant."
The Book of Genesis in a c. 1300 Hebrew Bible The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa a), one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, is the oldest complete copy of the Book of Isaiah. The Bible is not a single book; it is a collection of books whose complex development is not completely understood.