Can I translate Koine Greek into modern Greek into English? I suppose you could translate from one language to another language to English. But why would you want to do the extra work? Aside from that you may run into issues as you translate. For instance, even though it’s the…
Were Greek writers responsible for the original New Testament gospels? The four writers of the Greek New Testament are Matthew, John Mark, Luke, and John. Of these four, only one was a Gentile. Matthew, also known as Levi (Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:24) was a Jewish tax collector that Jesus called…
Isn’t Latin mass forbidden according to 1st Corinthians 14:19? “Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.” (1 Corinthians 14:19, ESV) This is an interesting question from our point of view. I must open…
Is speaking in tongues a human language or something else? We really seek to understand speaking in tongues. It is one of the strangest gifts that the Spirit imparts to us. We have so many questions about it because it is a unique and unusual gift. So I will seek…
How is the gift of interpretation used? The gift of interpretation is used alongside of the gift of speaking in tongues. Its sole purpose is to interpret the message that is given in tongues. First, the message is given by the Spirit through someone with the gift of speaking in…
In Exodus 33, how can Moses speak with God face-to-face and then only look at his back when he passes by Moses in Exodus 34? “Face-to-face” is translated literally in Exodus 33:11. Very few Hebrew idioms are translated exactly because they would make no sense in English. But most translations…