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in Ephesus, the goddess Artemis received the right to accept legacies and estates ( 1K Ephesos 274), privileges for which the city thanked its "founder" and "savior" Hadrian, even though he was not the first emperor to grant privileges to Artemis, as we know that at least August...

Neokoros was a sacral office in Ancient Greece associated with the custody of a temple. The term neokoros (νεωκόρος) was probably derived from νεώς ('temple') + κορέω ('to sweep'), as in a temple-sweeper: the custodian of a temple, analogous to a sacristan. Synonyms for neokoros were ζάκορος (zakoro...

. σοφίζω (sophízō) Verb to make wise, instruct ( passive voice ) to become wise, clever, skilled ( middle voice ) to teach oneself, learn ( middle voice ) to practice an art; to be subtle; to speculate ( with accusative ) to devise skillfully ( with accusative of person ) to deceive Synonyms σοφόω ...

The term 'Second Sophistic' is a literary-historical term referring to the Greek writers who flourished from the reign of Nero until c. 230 AD. It comes from Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists , recalling the original Sophistic movement of the 5th century BC. Although Philostratus traced the beginn...

The issue really is not so much the translation as the understanding. well, it's both, ie., they're inter-related. I agree here, ie., in this thread, that really the only word at issue is "in" or "into". What he's saying is NOT that people who claim that Jesus Christ "came ...

Acts 5:34-40" "a Pharisee named Gamaliel [is said to have said]": “...some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. μετὰ this man [/u], Judas of...

2 ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ· πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν, 3 καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν· καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου, ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι ἔρχεται, καὶ νῦν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη. I essentially* agree* with ...

. 12.10 . ἴδε πάλιν Ἰησοῦς, οὐχὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ἀλλὰ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ---- τύπῳ δὲ ἐν σαρκὶ φανερωθείς. . Behold again Iesous, not a son of man, no, indeed, [the] Son of [the] God, . but (δὲ) a /the type / figure (τύπῳ) revealed (φανερωθείς) in / by /with (ἐν) flesh (σαρκὶ). I'd say "τύπῳ δὲ ἐν ...

Mark 12 :35-37 35 ... ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἔλεγεν διδάσκων ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, Πῶς λέγουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖς ὅτι ὁ Χριστὸς υἱὸς Δαυίδ ἐστιν; (How say the scribes that Christ is [the] son of David?) 36 αὐτὸς Δαυὶδ εἶπεν ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ, (David himself said by the Holy Spirit), Εἶπεν κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου, (Said the L...

. 12.11 . καὶ πάλιν λέγει οὕτως Ἡσαΐας· εἶπεν κύριος τῷ Χριστῷ μου κυρίῳ, οὗ ἐκράτησα τῆς δεξιᾶς αὐτοῦ, ἐπακοῦσαι ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ ἔθνη, καὶ ἰσχὺν βασιλέων διαρρήξω. ἴδε, πῶς Δαυὶδ λέγει αὐτὸν κύριον, καὶ υἱὸν οὐ λέγει. . . And again thus says Isaiah; The Lord said unto my Christ the Lord, whose rig...