... This event in Acts 19 is cited by many Charismatics and Pentecostals as being supportive of a post-conversion Baptism with the Holy Spirit; but this is based on an unclear translation of the original Greek by the authors of the King James Version, which reads, 'Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?' (v.2). Instead, the literal ... translation reads: 'Believing, did you receive the Holy Spirit?', or 'Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?' And this is the translation given by all other versions of the Bible today. As readers will notice, this clearer ... transla...

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... the gospel of Christ, that it had nothing of the nature of the gospel about it. Martin Luther actually placed the book of James at the end of his German Translation of the New Testament. The books of Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation soon joined the book of James. Martin Luther detested these books so much that he did not list them ... in the table of contents. Even the modern editions of the German translation still has these books at the end, only now they are included in the table of contents. Even today, the book of James is still not as popular as other ... ...

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... scholars to be Elijah and Moses. They believe that Elijah and Moses will return during the great tribulation and witness to the world about Jesus Christ. This would be a literal translation of this passage in order for this to be true. This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. In Revelation 11:5 John states that ... ...

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... scholars to be Elijah and Moses. They believe that Elijah and Moses will return during the great tribulation and witness to the world about Jesus Christ. This would be a literal translation of this passage in order for this to be true. This passage is symbolic to represent the two witnesses similar to Moses and Elijah. In Revelation 11:5 John states that ... ...

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... become much more explicit. The RSV translates the verse way " "You were unmindful of the rock that begot you; you forgot the God who gave you birth-. Now the translation-the God who gave birth- is accurate but very tame. The Hebrew word that is used here for God can only be used to describe a woman writhing in labour pains ... ...

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... his Gospel were he states that " He who believes and is baptized will be saved (Mark 16:16 RSV); but he who does not believe will be condemned." In early translation the distinction that is was the disbelief in Christ that condemned them was not as clear. Due to this misunderstanding the Church started to baptize infants thereby setting a dangerous precedent ... ...

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... of its past. Linguistic Breakdown The English word "gospel" comes from the Anglo-Saxon "god-spell" meaning "God story"# or "good story." The word gospel, in every instance, is the translation of euangelion. The word eu meant, in classical Greek, "well" as opposed to kakos which meant "bad" or "evil." Aggello meant "to bear a message, bring tidings or news, proclaim."# Our ... ...

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