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War in the Bible: an Examination of Biblical Conflict and Violence
The Bible doesn’t flinch at portraying the world’s violence, especially during wartime. And while there is no such thing as a kind and gentle war, you might be surprised to learn t...
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The Vanilla δέ (Matt 28:16) - Mondays with Mounce 266
The final sequence of events in Matthew 28 raises an interesting question about the δέ in v 16.
The angel told Mary and Mary to tell the d...
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Money Bags (Luke 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36) - Mondays with Mounce 265
Jesus says, “Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out” (NIV; cf. NRSV, NLT, NET).
I ...
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The Problem of Pain - Mondays with Mounce 264
I’ve had a great summer. Good meeting with the CBT on the NIV. Time at the cabin with my wife Robin. And all the kids came back for a week b...
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Mounce Archive 22 - Using Biblical Languages
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Mounce Archive 21 - Unreliable Etymologies
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Mounce Archive 20 - Incomplete Definitions
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Mounce Archive 19 - Relying on Headers
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Mounce Archive 18 - You Plural, You Individual
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Mounce Archive 17 - Translating Father (and Mother?)
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Mounce Archive 16 - When Experiences Make Translating Difficult
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Mounce Archive 15 - Play on Words (John 15:2-3)
Everyone needs a break once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from his weekly column on biblical Greek until September. Meanwhile, w...
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Are There Mistakes in Scripture?
This excerpt taken from Greek for the Rest of Us by William D. Mounce serves as a primer for understanding why Greek manuscripts differ and...
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Ellipsis’ Ugly Head (John 12:7) —Monday's with Mounce 254
We don’t talk much about ellipsis in first year Greek, but it is a grammatical fact that occurs more than you might think.
An ellipsis is wh...
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Did Jesus “Accept” Human Testimony? (John 5:34) — Mondays with Mounce 253
Semantic range can be a pesky fellow. Take for example the range of meaning held by λαμβάνω.
In John 5:31 Jesus starts by saying, “If I bear...
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Where are the blind pastors? (1 Cor 12:22) —Mondays with Mounce 252
I just attended the Global Access Conference hosted by Joni and Friends. Everybody needs to attend something like this because it will make ...
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Divine Passives and Seminary Education (Eph 3:19) — Mondays with Mounce 247
I came across a great “divine passive” that has some interesting implications for how we study the Bible and train our seminarians and preac...
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