Category: The Bible

  • Bible Com­men­tary on John 10:36

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi In John 10:36, we read the fol­low­ing words of Jesus : “Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanc­ti­fied, and sent into the world, Thou blas­phemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God?” The translit­er­a­tion of this verse in Greek is as follows hon ho Pateer hee­giasen kai apesteilen eis ton kos­mon humeis…

  • Obser­va­tion of Answer­ing Islam’s Response to I AM WHATAM : A Bible Commentary”

    Tera Tak Adamar & Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi The mis­sion­ary Sam Shamoun under the ban­ner of the infa­mous mis­sion­ary web­site, Answer­ing Islam, have claimed in his series of arti­cles [1][2][3][4] that he has ​“refut­ed” our analy­sis of John 8:28 regard­ing the usage of the Greek ​‘ego eimi’ (egw eimi). Unfor­tu­nate­ly, to achieve that ambi­tion, he had…

  • John 8 and the Birth of Jesus

    Fol­low­ing are some obser­va­tions on the curi­ous account of the birth of Jesus which a care­ful study of the Gospels reveal : In John 8:31 ff., there is a debate between Jesus and the Jews about their descent from Abra­ham, who is char­ac­ter­ized as their father. In verse 39, Jesus calls into ques­tion the legit­i­ma­cy of their birth…

  • Luke 6:1 : Its Cor­rupt­ed & Actu­al Understanding

    Asif Iqbal That the text of the New Tes­ta­ment, as we have it today, is loaded with tex­tu­al cor­rup­tions and mis­read­ings is an acknowl­edged fact among the NT schol­ars (cf., e.g., Met­zger, Oxford. 1987, ch., vii). Once in a while such tex­tu­al cor­rup­tions cre­ate such a gross mis­read­ing of the pas­sage that the entire sense is affect­ed.…

  • Vain Rep­e­ti­tions” in Prayer ? Exe­ge­sis on Matthew 6:7

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi A Chris­t­ian mis­sion­ary wrote that : Jesus said : ​“And when you pray, do not use vain rep­e­ti­tions as the hea­then do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.” (Matt 6:7) Prove to me that you do NOT use vain rep­e­ti­tions and many words in your RITUAL of…

  • Dis­gust­ing Lan­guage : The Prob­lem of Ezekiel 23

    Dis­gust­ing Lan­guage : The Prob­lem of Ezekiel 23

    “Does the Bible use lan­guage not fit­ting for God?” This was the ques­tion that a mis­sion­ary rhetor­i­cal­ly posed to his read­ers in an amus­ing but vain attempt to ​“defend” the inap­pro­pri­ate and unnat­ur­al lan­guage of Ezekiel 23. The fun­ny thing that this author has noticed about his whole ​“defence” (and which also prompt­ed this author to write…

  • Sto­ry of Cre­ation in the Qur’an and Old Testament

    Sto­ry of Cre­ation in the Qur’an and Old Testament

    The sto­ry of Cre­ation is locat­ed in the first Book of the Old Tes­ta­ment, i.e. in the ear­ly chap­ters of Gen­e­sis. The Old Tes­ta­ment nar­ra­tive is almost like a sto­ry­book ; hence it starts off with the sto­ry of Cre­ation as the begin­ning of the sto­ry of mankind. The Qur’an gives a dif­fer­ent pre­sen­ta­tion to its idea and…

  • Bible Com­men­tary on I Kings 8:27

    Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi In I Kings 8:27, we read that : But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heav­en and heav­en of heav­ens can­not con­tain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ? The Hebrew and the translit­er­a­tion for the verse above would be kiy ha’um­naam yeesheeb ​‘Elo­hiym ​‘al-haa’aarets hineeh hashaa­may­im uush­meey hashaa­may­im lo’…

  • To Teach or Not to Teach the Gentiles ?

    Jun­dul­lah Claim : After Paul received the sup­posed rev­e­la­tion, he went out to teach to the Gen­tiles, imply­ing the rev­e­la­tion was for the Gen­tiles or can be preached to the Gentiles. Prob­lem : The prob­lem aris­es when we see that in Gala­tians and Acts, two dif­fer­ent accounts exist as to which peo­ple that the mes­sage was revealed…