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Mar, 2005

In John 1:1, should it be translated as "he" and "him" or "it"?

John Oakes wrote in Bible Interpretation, General .

I have heard that the word “he” and “him” is not a proper translation in John 1:1, but that it is the word “it.” If so, then “it” is a reference to the word logos and would not be a person, so, in a sense is not God. Is this true? Let me begin by […]

Oct, 2004

Where in the Bible does it say that the disciples will sit at the right hand of Jesus?

John Oakes wrote in Bible Interpretation, General .

The answer is that the Bible says that they will NOT necessarily sit at his right hand. The relevant passage is in Matthew 20:20-23 in which James and John, “the sons of Zebedee” asked Jesus to sit at his right and left, upon which Jesus answered that it was not for him to grant such […]