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Go down the column of entries to Mt.7:1. To the right is a number, 2919. This refers to the Greek word used. Write it down.
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><sect2><orderedlist><listitem><para>
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(no translation yet)
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-basics.docbook:235
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65.
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Now look up "judgeth".
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><sect2><orderedlist><listitem><para>
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(no translation yet)
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-basics.docbook:240
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Turn in the back to the Greek dictionary. (Remember, you're in the NT so the language is Greek, while the OT is Hebrew.) Compare the meaning of 2919 with the meaning of 350 and you have your answer!
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><sect2><orderedlist><listitem><para>
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(no translation yet)
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-basics.docbook:246
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Understanding God's word is of great importance to all who call on God's name. Study of the Bible is one of the primary ways that we learn to communicate with God.
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type: Content of: <chapter><para>
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-importance.docbook:3
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78.
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The Bible stands alone in many ways. It is unique in:
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><para>
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-importance.docbook:8
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79.
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popularity. Bible sales in North America: more than $500 million per year. The Bible is both the all-time and year-to-year best seller!
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
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(no translation yet)
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-importance.docbook:11
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authorship. It was written over a period of 1600 years by 40 different authors from different backgrounds, yet reads as if written by one.
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-importance.docbook:16
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preservation. F. F. Bruce in <emphasis>Are New Testament Documents Reliable?</emphasis> compares New Testament manuscripts with other ancient texts:
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-importance.docbook:21
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110.
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Ten copies of Caesar's <emphasis>Gallic War</emphasis> exist, the earliest of which was copied 900 years after Caesar wrote the original, etc. For the New Testament we have full manuscripts dating to 350 A. D., papyri containing most of the New Testament from the 200s, and a fragment of John's gospel from 130 A. D. How many manuscripts do we have to compare to each other? 5,000 in Greek and 10,000 in Latin!
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><para>
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(no translation yet)
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Located in
docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-importance.docbook:82
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Textual critic F. J. A. Hort, "The New Testament in the Original Greek", vol. 1 p561, Macmillan Co., quoted in <emphasis>Questions of Life</emphasis>p. 25-26
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type: Content of: <chapter><sect1><blockquote><attribution>
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(no translation yet)
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docs/howto/en/docbook/howto-importance.docbook:90
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