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One of his missions to the world was to heal the people of the earth. so as GOD him self so loved the word he gave in his only begoten son and who so ever beleives in him will not perish but have evalasting life.After the fall of man the connection between GOD and man was broken so he had to find a way of uniting man and him thats one of the ways jesus had to heal the many and unite them to his father who sent him.

By: Makoena Henry Lubwama
Category: Jesus Heals Many

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The Sea of Galilee is located in the northern part of Palestine. It is approximately 13 miles long and 8 miles wide. It is the lowest freshwater lake on earth. Capernaum is on the Northwest coast of the Sea of Galilee and is approximately 20 miles Northeast of Nazareth.

By: Makoena Henry Lubwama
Category: Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit

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In Luke 16:16 Jesus declares: . The last words, , are lacking in some manuscripts;1 this may be a sign of a certain difficulty with these words and their meaning. In fact, modern translations, as I shall argue, generally are unsatisfying precisely in regard to these words. The NRSV renders: "The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force," and the RSV has: "The law and the prophets were until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone enters it violently." The God's Word translation runs as follows: "Moses' teachings and the prophets were in force until the time of John. Since that time, people have been telling the good news about the kingdom of God, and everyone is trying to force their way into it." The KJV and the Webster translation have: "The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached and every man presseth into it." The ASV runs as follows: "The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached and every man entereth violently into it."2 Luther renders: "Das
I am very grateful to the anonymous readers of JBL and to James VanderKam for their helpful suggestions. 1 I.e., the first hand in the Sinaiticus (fourth-fifth century, London), G (tenth century, London), 788 (tenth century, Athens), and 716 (fourteenth century, London). See, e.g., the critical apparatus of Andreas Merk, Novum Testamentum graece et latine (Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1984). 2 The Darby Bible translates: "The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced and everyone forces his way into it

By: Makoena Henry Lubwama
Category: The Calling of the First Disciples

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