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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. The New International Version translates the passage as: "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
The word "shalom" meaning "peace" has been absorbed into the usage of the language from its Biblical roots and from there to many of the world's languages, religions and cultures as prized idioms and well-worn expressions. A New Concordance of the Bible: Thesaurus of the Language of the Bible [8] lists over almost 300 words connected with the ...
(The Good News Bible, as a footnote, gave this as: "At every Passover Festival Pilate had to set free one prisoner for them.") Reasons: The same verse or a very similar verse appears (and is preserved) as Matthew 27:15 and as Mark 15:6. This verse is suspected of having been assimilated into Luke at a very early date.
8. "Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you." - 2 Thessalonians 3:16. 9. "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow ...
The recurring comments to the effect that "This verse resembles such-and-such verse (that remains in the text)" serves two purposes: The most important one is to show that the omission or deletion of the particular verse being discussed does not cause a Biblical teaching to disappear because the same teaching survives elsewhere in the Bible ...
Project Ploughshares is a Canadian non-government organization concerned with the prevention of war, the disarmament of weapons, and peacebuilding. Though it is an agency of the Canadian Council of Churches and is sponsored by the nine national churches of Canada, Project Ploughshares is run by and for people of a variety of different faith backgrounds.
When faced with physical or emotional pain, Bible verses about healing provide strength, comfort, and encouragement. Read and share these 50 healing scriptures.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. The World English Bible translates the passage as: