Esteban

1 John 1.7 | This account is essentially my study notes

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@The1ClearTruth @Edenlife9 None of those screenshots are evidence. Those are claims.
Read Hijmans stuff on this. There’s no primary evidence supporting Christians co-opted pagan holidays; in fact, what evidence exists, seems to point in the opposite direction.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@DarelF61340 @ronhenzel What’s funny is I agree with this tweet but I have no idea what side you’re on.
I think Ron is actually more like the objector in Romans 9 (and 3) who believes election (ethnically) = salvation and how dare God “change” the rules on us.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@WhozMEECH Makes sense but it’s still a bad take when LeBron is leaving the moment free agency hits. 😅

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@Moshea_A @md_jatta Pretty sure that’s not Kora. I think she backed out at the last second.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@Visicert Funny thing is the Thunder were arguably the better team. They went up 3-1 and if not for Klay going crazy in game 6 they win the series 4-2.

[Jai @JaiNDoC_RL]

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

The Hebrew construction is סמיכות (smikhut), equivalent to Arabic الإضافة (al-idaafa).

So if you know even some basic Arabic, this should be obvious.

In Hebrew, מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה (malaakh YHWH) does not need הַ (ha-) on מַלְאַךְ (malaakh) to be definite. Since YHWH is definite, the whole phrase is definite: “the angel/messenger of YHWH.”

Same construct in Arabic:

You do not say الرسول الله (al-rasoul Allah).

You say رسول الله (rasoul Allah).

Even without الـ (al-) on رسول (rasoul), it means “the messenger of God,” not “a messenger of God,” because الله (Allah) is definite.

Greek, however, works differently. A genitive phrase like ἄγγελος Κυρίου (angelos Kiriou) does not automatically become definite just because Κυρίου (Kiriou) is definite.

That is why Matthew 1:20 is translated “an angel of the Lord.” There is no definite article before ἄγγελος (angelos) there.

But Matthew 1:24 says ὁ ἄγγελος Κυρίου (o angelos Kiriou), “the angel of the Lord.” That article is called an anaphoric article, meaning it points back to the angel already introduced in 1:20.

So no, this is not Christians “arbitrarily choosing.”

This is “you are ignorant of the grammar you’re discussing,” and then declared victory with emojis.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@Pastor_ChrisH @DPGBehler @Soteriology101 @HwsEleutheroi @TKJaros @DrFrankTurek Idk maybe where you characterize calling out a liar a “hit piece.”

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

Brony Augustinian?
I really just need to uninstall the app at this point.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@McJohnson922 @ETrainSports People also routinely forget Shaq shot one (1) FT in Game 4. Officiating was controversial in Sac so with the game switching back to LA it’s natural they’d get a better whistle. All is moot because the Kings lost game 7 at home.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@GuyInco15542744 @MarcoFoster_ @jamestalarico @joerogan Some accepted rare/unique instances like rape, incest, etc. Talarico types will use that to argue for all abortion which is disingenuous.
It also ignores the shifting towards outright opposition happens around the same time ultrasounds start becoming common.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@desertcynic @BayouHuguenot How did the LXX translate it?

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

He is “god” to the writers and he is evil because the show is blatantly pop-Gnosticism.
Knowing what Gnosticism teaches means you’ll predict where most movie/TV twists are heading.

[Isaac Young @HariSel57511397]

Every year or so I return to this character because the writers thought they were creating a stand-in for God when they actually made C.S Lewis’ conception of the devil. Literally every line of dialogue might as well have been from the Space Trilogy.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@WHarpine @jabba_trump @RealTheoWold He meant what he said, and it had nothing to do with modern immigration debates. He also said what he said about sexual ethics which you ignore because you don’t actually care what he said.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@WHarpine @jabba_trump @RealTheoWold (2)...so even IF we agreed that the parable maps over to modern immigration debates (it doesn't), you would be picking and choosing to ignore the same sources condemnation of homosexuality, etc.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@Hermonhammer @NickHintonn I would add Psalm 8. It works backwards through Gen. 1:26-28. Mapping the two over each other Gen 1:26's "us" = Psalm 8.5a's "elohim/angels".

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@jabba_trump @WHarpine @RealTheoWold Here you go. A (very partial) list of scholars who take the reading the primary referent is fellow Christians. Just take the L.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@jabba_trump @WHarpine @RealTheoWold These are the only 2 I have access to at the exact moment: Olmstead's handbook on the Greek text and the World Biblical Commentary series.
Note the green highlight and following. It IS in modern scholarship fashionable to universalize the language but that's not how Mat used it.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

@jabba_trump @WHarpine @RealTheoWold I’m talking about Matthew 25. Leftists commonly try to use it to argue immigration issues.
But most scholars think it’s a reference to persecuted believers and itinerant missionaries especially because of the “brothers” reference in v40.

[Esteban @DarthExegete]

For all the anti-Heiser folks…another example of how understanding ANE material helps.
Jesus sleeping is PROOF of his divinity because it’s part of the sleeping deity motif.

[Deen @Deenresponds]

Great Argument against Jesus divinity. So simple and yet many will ignore this clear verse.

might have to bring “prove i’m not your God” back 🤣