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@Brother Rando February 17 The first two Characters יה also refer to Jah So Yah makes a Ja pronunciation which is short for Jehovah.

@Brother Rando February 17 Notice the Name doesn't refer to Jesus. But Jesus the Angel who was sent would have God's Name in him.

@Brother Rando February 17 The LEB engages in (Arianism) in Exodus 7:1 ...

Chapter 6

Nominative and Accusative; Article

(First and Second Declension Nouns)

Exegetical Insight

The nominative case is the case that the subject is in. When the subject takes an equative verb like “is” (i.e., a verb that equates the subject with something else), then another noun also appears in the nominative case—the predicate nominative. In the sentence, “John is a man,” “John” is the subject and “man” is the predicate nominative. In English the subject and predicate nominative are distinguished by word order (the subject comes first). Not so in Greek. Since word order in Greek is quite flexible and is used for emphasis rather than for strict grammatical function, other means are used to distinguish subject from predicate nominative. For example, if one of the two nouns has the article, it is the subject.

As we have said, word order is employed especially for the sake of emphasis. Generally speaking, when a word is thrown to the front of the clause it is done so for emphasis. When a predicate nominative is thrown in front of the verb, by virtue of word order it takes on emphasis. A good illustration of this is John 1:1c. The English versions typically have, “and the Word was God.” But in Greek, the word order has been reversed. It reads,

καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος

and God was the Word.

We know that “the Word” is the subject because it has the article, and we translate it accordingly: “and the Word was God.” Two questions, both of theological import, should come to mind: (1) Why was θεός thrown forward? and (2) why does it lack the article?

In brief, its emphatic position stresses its essence or quality: “What God was, the Word was” is how one translation brings out this force. Its lack of the article keeps us from identifying the person of the Word (Jesus Christ) with the person of “God” (the Father). That is to say, the word order tells us that Jesus Christ has all the divine attributes that the Father has; lack of the article tells us that Jesus Christ is not the Father. John’s wording here is beautifully compact! It is, in fact, one of the most elegantly terse theological statements one could ever find. As Martin Luther said, the lack of the article is against Sabellianism; the word order is against Arianism.

To state this another way, look at how the different Greek constructions would be rendered:

καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν ὁ θεός

“and the Word was the God” (i.e., the Father; Sabellianism)

καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν θεός

“and the Word was a god” (Arianism)

καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος

“and the Word was God” (orthodoxy).

Jesus Christ is God and has all the attributes that the Father has. But he is not the first person of the Trinity. All this is concisely affirmed in καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.

Daniel B. Wallace

 William D. Mounce, Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar, ed. Verlyn D. Verbrugge and Christopher A. Beetham, Fourth Edition. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019), 33–34.

And after we were brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta. And the local inhabitants showed extraordinary kindness to us, for they lit a fire and welcomed us all, because of the rain that had begun and because of the cold. And when Paul had gathered a large number of sticks and was placing them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. And when the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, “Doubtless this man is a murderer whom, although he was rescued from the sea, Justice has not permitted to live!” He, in turn, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly to fall down dead. So after they had waited for a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began saying that he was a god. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Ac 28:1–6.

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 18 Puzzling is Watchtower Society teaching Jah [Heb., Yah] inconsistency with Jehovah because the first syllable of Jehovah has an "e" vowel sound, not an "a" vowel sound.

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 18  Jehovah does NOT start with Jah. Hallelujah does NOT end with Jeh(ovah).

@Brother Rando February 19 Watchtower is correct and I used the LEB, Wikipedia, Logos software, Biblehub, and Blueletter bible to show Jehovah's Witnesses are correct.

The vocalization of the Tetragrammaton Jehovah was first introduced by William Tyndale in his translation of Exodus 6:3, and appears in some other early English translations including the Geneva Bible and the King James Version.*

* In the 7th paragraph of Introduction to the Old Testament of the New English Bible, Sir Godfrey Driver wrote, "The early translators generally substituted 'Lord' for [YHWH]. [...] The Reformers preferred Jehovah, which first appeared as Iehouah in 1530 A.D., in Tyndale's translation of the Pentateuch (Exodus 6.3), from which it passed into other Protestant Bibles."

@Brother Rando February 19 Elijah = My God is Jehovah (Found in both Hebrew Scriptures and the Greek Scriptures

@Brother Rando February 19 You have come accustom to lying every time you speak. 

@Brother Rando February 19 @Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus Christ

@Brother Rando February 19 @Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 18 Puzzling is Watchtower Society teaching Jah [Heb., Yah] inconsistency with Jehovah because the first syllable of Jehovah has an "e" vowel sound, not an "a" vowel sound.

@Brother Rando February 19 @Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 18  Jehovah does NOT start with Jah. Hallelujah does NOT end with Jeh(ovah).

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 19 My personal relationship in/with Holy יהוה אלהים includes my  prayerful abiding & communion  with my meditation on Holy יהוה אלהים words => slowly transforming me to be Holy as Holy יהוה אלהים 

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 19 Note: Jewish Haftorah (from the prophets) readings leave out Isaiah 52:13-53:12 to avoid arguments.

@Brother Rando February 19 Your false claims make you nothing more than having a false and hypocritical faith.

@Brother Rando February 19 For instance, you reject Jesus is 'the Christ, the Son of the living God. (Matthew 16:16 LEB)

Now when Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he began asking his disciples, saying, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

And they said, Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living אלהים!”

And Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it! I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven.”

Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was the Christ. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Mt 16:13–20.

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the door. Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all these things take place! Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows — not even the angels of heaven nor the Son — except the Father alone.

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Mt 24:32–36.

@Brother Rando February 19 Yet, it written in the Logos software and the LEB that uses all kinds of names that refer back to Jehovah.

@Brother Rando February 19 * Hallelujah means "Praise Jehovah"

@Brother Rando February 20 Surprise Surprise ...  I also notice every time you respond and few moments later another question comes from ...

@Brother Rando February 20 I was writing this as you responded no longer than two minutes after @Pages?

@Brother Rando February 20 Now you would be engaging in Deception would you?

@Brother Rando February 20 You write finally giving credit that Jehovah is now in the Logos Bible Study??

7:5 A He who blasphemes [M. 7:4D1] [Lev. 24:10] is liable only when he will have fully pronounced the divine Name.

B Said R. Joshua b. Qorha, “On every day of a trial they examine the witnesses with a substituted name, [such as], ‘May Yose smite Yose.”

C “[Once] the trial is over, they would not put him to death [on the basis of evidence given] with the euphemism, but they put out everyone and ask the most important of the witnesses, saying to him, ‘Say, what exactly did you hear [in detail]?’

D “And he says what he heard.

E “And the judges stand on their feet and tear their clothing, and never sew them back up.

F “And the second witness says, ‘Also I [heard] what he heard.’

G “And the third witness says, ‘Also I [heard] what he heard.’ “

 Jacob Neusner, The Mishnah : A New Translation (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988), 597–598.

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the door. Truly I say to you that this generation will never pass away until all these things take place! Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows — not even the angels of heaven nor the Son — except the Father alone.

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Mt 24:32–36.

@Brother Rando February 21 The Tyndale Bible is one the Oldest Bible translations that coincide with the timing of some 500 years ago of when the Name Jehovah was being used. Translations of the Scriptures were forbidden and William Tyndale was struggled to death by Catholic Clergymen then tied to a stauros for burning. The King James Bible which is one of the most known Bibles, also had God's Name when it was published in 1611.

[I:3 A] R. Ishmael b. R. Isaac, R. Yohanan in the name of R. Simeon b. Yohai: “The bullock offered on the Day of Atonement requires [the service of] a priest.”

[B] Why has he not made reference also to the goat?

[C] For he cites the language of Scripture, which reads, “Then he shall kill the goat and bring its blood” (Lev. 16:15).

[D] Just as the bringing of the blood must be done by a priest, so the slaughtering must be done by a priest.

[E] [Concurring on the law but not on the formulation thereof,] R. Jacob bar Aha, R. Yosé, R. Yohanan in the name of R. Simeon b. Yohai: “The bullock and the goat offered on the Day of Atonement require the services of a priest.”

[II:1 A] [With reference to M. 3:7E,] said R. Haggai, “In the first confession he says, ‘O [holy] Name.’ But in the second confession he pronounces the Name [of the Lord].”

[II:2 A] It has been taught [in T.’s version]: How does he state the confession?

[B] “O Lord, I have committed iniquity, transgressed and sinned before you, I and my house. O Lord, forgive the iniquities, transgressions, and sins, which I have done in committing iniquity, transgression, and sin before you, I and my house, as it is written in the Torah of Moses, your servant, ‘For on this day shall atonement be made for you, to clean you; from all your sins shall you be clean before the Lord’ (Lev. 16:30) [M. 3:7F–G].

[C] “And the high priest further says, ‘[And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat,] and confess over him all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins’ (Lev. 16:21),” the words of R. Meir.

[D] And sages say, “ ‘Iniquities’—these are those done deliberately. ‘Their transgressions’—these are acts of rebellion. ‘Their sins’—these are the misdeeds done inadvertently.

[E] “Now after he has confessed the deliberate iniquities and the acts of rebellion, shall he go back and confess their inadvertent misdeeds as well?

[F] “But how does he say the confession?

[G] “O Lord, I have committed iniquity, transgressed, and sinned before you.…’ And they respond to him, ‘Blessed is the name of the glory of his kingdom for ever and ever’ [M. 3:7F–H].

[H] “For so do we find that it is the way of all those who confess in this way.

[I] “David said, ‘Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly’ (Ps. 106:6).

[J] “Solomon said, ‘We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have done wickedly’ (1 Kings 8:47).

[K] “Now what is it that Moses said, ‘Forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin’ (Exod. 34:7)?

[L] “But since he was making confession for deliberate violations of the law and acts of rebellion, it is as if they are deeds done inadvertently before him.

[M] “And thus did he confess, ‘I have sinned, I have transgressed, I have done wickedly before you’ ”[T. Yoma 2:1].

[II:3 A] Ten times that day he expressed the Divine Name, six in regard to the bullock, three for the goat, and one for the lots [T. Yoma 2:2E].

[B] Those who were nearby would fall on their faces, and those who stood at a distance would say, “Blessed be the Name of his glorious kingdom for ever and ever.”

[C] These and those would not move from the spot until he disappeared from their sight. [For] “This is my name for ever” (Exod. 3:15) may be read, “This is my name, which is to be concealed.”

[D] In the beginning he would say the Divine Name in a loud voice. When undisciplined people became many, he would say it in a low voice.

[E] Said R. Tarfon, “I would stand in line among my brethren, the priests, and I inclined my ear to the high priest, and I heard him swallow up [the Divine Name] in the singing of the priests.”

[F] In the beginning the name was passed on to everybody. When undisciplined people became many, one would hand it over only to suitable folk.

[G] Samuel was walking by and heard a Persian curse his son using that name, and the son died. He said, “Let the person pass, and whoever heard it heard it.”

[H] R. Inyoni b. Susai went up to R. Haninah in Sepphoris. He said to him, “Come, and I shall hand it over to you.” His son went and hid under his bed. He choked, and the other heard his voice and said, “How you people behave deceitfully! I’m leaving, and I’m not giving it over either to you or to him.”

[I] A physician in Sepphoris said to R. Phineas bar Hama, “Come and I shall hand it over to you.”

[J] He said to him, “I cannot do so.”

[K] He said to him, “Why?”

[L] He said to him, “I consume tithes, and he who [41a] regularly makes mention of the Divine Name cannot derive any benefit from other people at all [since he must be at a higher level of holiness].”

 Jacob Neusner, The Jerusalem Talmud: A Translation and Commentary (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2008).

@Brother Rando February 21 They included names that were derived from Jehovah.

@Brother Rando February 22 However, we see the literal translation of the Koine Greek word θεὸς using the letter (a) ◄ 2316. theos ► Strong's Concordance theos: God, a god

@Brother Rando February 22 Remember the Hebrew language does NOT have any vowels in it such 'as' "an" or "a". They don't exist in the Hebrew.

@Brother Rando February 22 So your hypocrisy in using them simply shows the standard your trying to assert is a fallacy. Look up ===> (Exodus 7:1 LEB) Arianism a god

@Brother Rando February 22 Then again Jesus is called (a) son in Koine Greek. WHAT !?  "Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered," (Hebrews 5:8 LEB)

@Brother Rando February 22 * Notice all the (a's) in the Kione Greek in this one Scripture? Although - a son - learned - what So why did the LEB add all those (a's) ??

@Brother Rando February 22 Let's visit the scripture in John which means Jehovah has been Gracious. First of all, why are quoting from the Book of JOHN that gives witness about God's Personal NAME? Isn't that HYPOCRISY?

@Brother Rando February 22 A lot of (a's) instituted here by the LEB in bold- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god.

@Brother Rando February 22 Are you now claiming that WAS is a mistake, a disguise, or a deception? By the way if the letter (a) is Arianism that started in the 4th Century how can it be, if English didn't start until 500 years ago? Doesn't Arianism have two (a's) in it some 1700 years ago?

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 23 My Logos library does not have a Strong's Concordance with word definitions. My Bible study uses Lexicons, Dictionaries, & Encyclopedias for word definitions.

@Brother Rando February 23 Nor will you find the 'trinity doctrine' in any Bible.

@Brother Rando February 24 * The Logos Bible Study Program admits that Jah means Jehovah

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 20 Logos Bible Study search in all the Books in my library for headword:Hallelujah OR headword:Halleluyah OR headword:Halleluiah found 110 articles in 97 resources

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 20 Logos Bible Study search in all the Books in my library for Jehovah IN (headword:Hallelujah OR headword:Halleluyah OR headword:Halleluiah) found 12 articles in 11 resources

@Brother Rando February 24 Now I showed you that not all scholars are in agreement with the spelling of Yahweh, some scholars state the correct spelling is Yehwah.

I don't mind the variations of the DIVINE NAME as long as it is used. But then the names that Glorify the DIVINE NAME should also be used. God's Name is spelled many different ways. For one, there is Yahweh but not all scholars are in agreement. Some state the correct spelling is Yehwah.

This expression translates Yehwahʹ Shamʹmah, applied to the city seen by the prophet Ezekiel in his vision recorded in chapters 40 through 48. (Eze 48:35) Something you have mentioned without knowledge. The expression translated from the two words Yehwahʹ Tsidh·qeʹnu, found at Jeremiah 23:6 and 33:16. Jeremiah 23:5, 6 is a Messianic prophecy describing the future king sprouting from David’s line to “execute justice and righteousness in the land.” Sprout is another Name for JESUS that was prophesied.

This can be seen from the fact that the similar Messianic prophecy at Jeremiah 33:14-16 applies the identical expression to Jerusalem, saying: “And this is what she will be called, Jehovah Is Our Righteousness.” 

See that? The CITY will be called, Jehovah Is Our Righteousness. In both cases the expression shows that God’s name, Jehovah, placed both upon his promised king and upon his chosen capital, is a guarantee of their righteousness. That's the (OUR).

Other spellings of the DIVINE NAME - Yehwahʹ, Yehwihʹ and a number of times Yeho·wahʹ, as in Ge 3:14. The edition of the Hebrew text by Ginsburg (Gins.) vowel-points YHWH to read Yeho·wahʹ.

@Brother Rando February 24 Almost Nobody uses Jeh not even the LEB (Rev 19:3 )

ἁλληλουϊά (also ἀλ-or-λούϊα for הַלְלוּ־יָהּ) 

Hb. loanword lit. praise Yahweh, transliterated hallelujah, liturg. 

• formula of Israelite (Ps; Tob 13:18; 3 Macc 7:13) and then of Christian worship. 

• Used as such Rv 19:1, 3, 6; 

• w. ἀμήν (cp. the Hebr. of Ps 106:48; OdeSol 11:24; PGM 7, 271; a Christian amulet PBerol 6096 in Wilcken, APF 1, 1901, 430; ESchaefer in PIand I p. 29) vs. 4.

• —HEngberding, RAC I 293–99.

• —M-M. TW.

 William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 46.

@Brother Rando February 24 Almost Nobody uses Jeh not even the LEB (Rev 19:3 )

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 25 Agreed. Logos Books Search in my Logos library for Praise BEFORE 2 WORDS (Jeh OR Yeh) found 28 results in 14 articles in 1 resource: The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) published in 1915, which is the resource in @Brother Rando screen shot snippet on February 24

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 25 Logos Books Search in my Logos library for Praise BEFORE 2 WORDS (Jah OR Yah) found 2,090 results in 778 articles in 318 resources (includes 32 Bibles).

@Brother Rando February 25 So this proves that you were incorrect to falsely claim that Jah does not mean Jehovah because Your Logos Bible Study Program affirms that it does!

And אלהים spoke all these words, saying, “I am יהוה, your אלהים, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves. 

“There shall be for you no other אלהים before me. 

“You shall not make for yourself a divine image with any form that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth below or that is in the water below the earth. You will not bow down to them, and you will not serve them, because I am יהוה your אלהים, a jealous אלהים, punishing the guilt of the parents on the children on the third and on the fourth generations of those hating me, and showing loyal love to thousands of generations of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments. 

“You shall not misuse the name of יהוה your אלהים, because יהוה will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Ex 20:1–7.

‘I am יהוה your אלהים, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. There shall not be for you other אלהים besides me. 

‘You shall not make for yourself a divine image of any type of form that is in the heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth. 

‘You shall not bow down to them, and you shall not serve them, for I, יהוה your אלהים, am a jealous אלהים, punishing the guilt of fathers upon their children and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those hating me, but showing loyal love to thousands of those who love me and of those who keep my commandments. 

‘You shall not take up the name of יהוה your אלהים for a worthless purpose, for יהוה will not leave unpunished anyone who uses his name for a worthless purpose. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Dt 5:6–11.

There are six things יהוה hates, and seven things are abominations of his soul: 

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a devising heart, plans of deception, feet that hurry to run to evil, a false witness who breathes lies and sends out discord between brothers. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Pr 6:16–19.

@Brother Rando February 26 Logos Software claims Hallelu~Yah = Jah = Jehovah

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 20 Logos Bible Study search in all the Books in my library for headword:Hallelujah OR headword:Halleluyah OR headword:Halleluiah found 110 articles in 97 resources

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 20 Logos Bible Study search in all the Books in my library for Jehovah IN (headword:Hallelujah OR headword:Halleluyah OR headword:Halleluiah) found 12 articles in 11 resources

@Brother Rando February 26 ... Jesus appeared less than 500 years ago! 

Look! A day is coming for יהוה, when your plunder will be divided in your midst. I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, and they will loot the houses, and the women will be raped; half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city. Then יהוה will go forth and fight against those nations, like when he fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in half, from east to west, by a very great valley; and half of the mountain will withdraw toward the north, and the other half toward the south. And you will flee by the valley of my mountains, because the valley of the mountains will reach to Azal, and you will flee like you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. And Yahweh my אלהים will come, and all the holy ones with him. And then on that day there will not be light, the precious things will congeal. There shall be continuous day — it is known to יהוה — not day and not night; and at evening time there will be light. And then on that day, living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea, and the other half to the western sea; it will happen both in the summer and in the winter. And Yahweh will be king over all the earth; on that day יהוה will be one and his name one. All the land will be transformed into a desert plateau from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But it will rise up high and it will stay in its place from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, up to the Corner Gate and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. And they will dwell in it, and there will be no more ban imposed, and Jerusalem will dwell in security. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Zec 14:1–11.

@Brother Rando February 26 Also the Name of the Messiah was disguised and Jesus appeared less than 500 years ago! Here the Jewish disguise were perpetrated by the False Religious Leaders demand the Apostles to STOP SPEAKING ON THE BASIS OF JESUS NAME

Now many signs and wonders were being performed among the people through the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. And none of the rest dared to join them, but the people spoke highly of them. And even more believers in the יהוה were being added, large numbers of both men and women, so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and put them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow would fall on some of them. And the people of the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all being healed. 

Now the high priest rose up and all those who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the יהוה opened the doors of the prison and led them out and said, “Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life.”

And when they heard this, they entered at daybreak into the temple courts and began teaching. 

Now when the high priest and those with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin — even the whole council of elders of the sons of Israel — and sent to the prison to have them brought. But the officers who came did not find them in the prison, and they returned and reported, saying, “We found the prison locked with all security and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!” Now when both the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed concerning them, as to what this might be. But someone came and reported to them, “Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!” Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, not with force (for they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned by them). 

And when they had brought them, they made them stand in the Sanhedrin, and the high priest put a question to them, saying, “We strictly commanded you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! And you are intending to bring upon us the blood of this man!”

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, “It is necessary to obey אלהים rather than men! The אלהים of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. This one אלהים has exalted to his right hand as Leader and Savior to grant repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit whom אלהים has given to those who obey him.”

Now when they heard this, they were infuriated, and were wanting to execute them. But a certain man stood up in the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. And he said to them, “Men and Israelites, take care for yourselves what you are about to do to these men! For before these days, Theudas rose up saying he was somebody. A number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was executed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and caused people to follow him in revolt. And that one perished, and all who followed him were scattered. And now I tell you, keep away from these men, and leave them alone, because if this plan or this matter is from people, it will be overthrown. But if it is from אלהים, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found fighting against אלהים.”

So they were persuaded by him. And they summoned the apostles, beat them, commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin rejoicing, because they had been considered worthy to be dishonored for the sake of the name. Every day, both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that the Christ was Jesus. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Ac 5:12–42.

@Keep_Smiling_4_Jesus February 23 Notable is the Jewish understanding of Exodus 3:15 => [C] These and those would not move from the spot until he disappeared from their sight. [For] “This is my name for ever” (Exod. 3:15) may be read, “This is my name, which is to be concealed.” that is the opposite of untrustworthy Watchtower Society teaching.

@Brother Rando February 26 The scripture ACTUALLY reads: "And God said again to Moses, “So you must say to the Israelites ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my remembrance from generation to  generation.’ (Exodus 3:15 LEB)

@Brother Rando February 26 disguise

@Brother Rando February 26 1: apparel assumed to conceal one's identity or counterfeit another's The bank robber was wearing a disguise.

@Brother Rando February 26 2: the act of disguising

@Brother Rando February 26 3 a : form misrepresenting the true nature of something blessings in disguise

@Brother Rando February 26 b : an artificial manner : PRETENSE threw off all disguise

And אלהים spoke all these words, saying, “I am יהוה, your אלהים, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves. 

“There shall be for you no other אלהים before me. 

“You shall not make for yourself a divine image with any form that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth below or that is in the water below the earth. You will not bow down to them, and you will not serve them, because I am יהוה your אלהים, a jealous אלהים, punishing the guilt of the parents on the children on the third and on the fourth generations of those hating me, and showing loyal love to thousands of generations of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments. 

“You shall not misuse the name of יהוה your אלהים, because יהוה will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Ex 20:1–7.

@Brother Rando February 27 First of all it's not God & gods but the superlative title (God of gods)

@Brother Rando February 27 * “There shall be for you no other Θεὸς before me

@Brother Rando February 27 * Yet, your religion makes idol of stone statues of the things in heaven, in the earth and in the water and bow down to them. Even the gargoyles are worshiped and served by trinitarians.

@Brother Rando February 27 * In the Beginning was the angel and the Word was with God, and the Word was the angel.

@Brother Rando February 27 * In the Beginning was the messenger and the messenger was with God, and the Word was the Messenger.

Think this in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of אלהים God, did not consider being equal with אלהים God something to be grasped, but emptied himself by taking the form of a slave, by becoming in the likeness of people. 

And being found in appearance like a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, that is, death on a cross. 

Therefore also אלהים God exalted him and graciously granted him the name above every name, so that at the name of Jesus 

every knee should bow, of those in heaven and of those on earth and of those under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is יהוה Lord, to the glory of אלהים God the Father. 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Php 2:5–11.

For the music director, on the Gittith. A psalm of David. 

יהוה, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who put your splendor above the heavens. 

From the mouth of children and infants you have founded strength on account of your enemies, to silence the enemy and the avenger. 

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you set in place — 

what is a human being that you think of him? 

and a child of humankind that you care for him? 

And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings, and with glory and with majesty you crowned him. 

You make him over the works of your hands; all things you have placed under his feet: 

sheep and cattle, all of them, and also the wild animals of the field, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, everything that passes along the paths of seas. 

יהוה, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all of the earth! 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Ps 8:title–9.

At that time the disciples came up to Jesus, saying, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

And calling a child to himself, he had him stand in their midst and said, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven! Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child, this person is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, and whoever welcomes one child such as this in my name welcomes me. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him that a large millstone be hung on his neck and he be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of causes for stumbling, for it is a necessity that causes for stumbling come; nevertheless, woe to the person through whom the cause for stumbling comes. And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire! And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it from you! It is better for you to enter into life one-eyed than, having two eyes, to be thrown into fiery hell! 

“See to it that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that their angels in heaven constantly see the face of my Father who is in heaven. What do you think? If a certain man has a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go and look for the one that wandered away? And if he happens to find it, truly I say to you that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that did not wander away. In the same way it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish. 

“Now if your brother sins against you, go correct him between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take with you in addition one or two others, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. And if he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen to the church also, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. 

“Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be released in heaven. Again, truly I say to you that if two of you agree on earth about any matter that they ask, it will be done for them from my Father who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there in the midst of them.” 

 W. Hall Harris III et al., eds., The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012), Mt 18:1–20.