Category: Biblical Commentary
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Observation of Answering Islam’s Response to “I AM WHAT I AM: A Bible Commentary”
Tera Tak Adamar & Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi The missionary Sam Shamoun under the banner of the infamous missionary website, Answering Islam, have claimed in his series of articles [1][2][3][4] that he has “refuted” our analysis of John 8:28 regarding the usage of the Greek ‘ego eimi’ (egw eimi). Unfortunately, to achieve that ambition, he…
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John 8 and the Birth of Jesus
Following are some observations on the curious account of the birth of Jesus which a careful study of the Gospels reveal: In John 8:31 ff., there is a debate between Jesus and the Jews about their descent from Abraham, who is characterized as their father. In verse 39, Jesus calls into question the legitimacy of…
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Luke 6:1: Its Corrupted & Actual Understanding
Asif Iqbal That the text of the New Testament, as we have it today, is loaded with textual corruptions and misreadings is an acknowledged fact among the NT scholars (cf., e.g., Metzger, Oxford. 1987, ch., vii). Once in a while such textual corruptions create such a gross misreading of the passage that the entire sense…
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"Vain Repetitions" in Prayer? Exegesis on Matthew 6:7
Mohd Elfie Nieshaem Juferi A Christian missionary wrote that: Jesus said: “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words.” (Matt 6:7) Prove to me that you do NOT use vain repetitions and many words in your RITUAL of…
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Ezekiel 23 And Its Disgusting Language
“Does the Bible use language not fitting for God?” This was the question that a missionary rhetorically posed to his readers in an amusing but vain attempt to “defend” the inappropriate and unnatural language of Ezekiel 23. The funny thing that this author have noticed about his whole “defense” (and which also prompted this author…
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Story of Creation in the Qur’an and Old Testament
The story of Creation is located in the first Book of the Old Testament, i.e. in the early chapters of Genesis. The Old Testament narrative is almost like a storybook; hence it starts off with the story of Creation as the beginning of the story of mankind. The Qur’an gives a different presentation to its…