Those of you who are familiar with the Septuagint and the Vulgate might have noticed that the Psalm numbers and verse numbers do not always or even often coincide with what is printed in an English translation. And you might have wondered why. The reason is both simple and extraordinary. The numbering of the Psalms […]
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The appointed reading was 1 Peter, Chapter 2 verses 18 – 25. This was the first time I had read in Church for many years…
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Recently, at one of our Greek Revision sessions, someone asked about the derivation of Easter. As an aside someone else also mentioned the derivation of Maundy. The following is taken from the Oxford English Dictionary, Compact Version, which is a ‘condensation’ of the full edition into two volumes of tiny print, 4 pages onto one
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These words are found at Revelation 21 verse 4. I think that we often do not take the Bible as literally as perhaps we ought and this remark is an example of this. Commonly we think that this only refers to tears of sadness because of tragedy or disaster or misfortune. But not all tears
… and I shall wipe away every tear from every eye… Read More »
In the AV the first verse of Hebrews runs like this: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake unto our forefathers in times past through the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us through his son This is not, strictly speaking, an accurate rendition of the original. Here is my
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I suppose you have all heard of the saying ‘be careful what you ask for – you might get it!’ and its Christian equivalent ‘be careful what you pray for – you might get it!’. Some months ago, at our Theology Group, I asked one of our members whether he knew of a Hebrew course
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