Category: The Bible
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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…
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Observation of Answering Islam’s Response to “I AM WHAT I AM : 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…
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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…
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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.…
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“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…
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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…
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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…
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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’…
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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…