Hellenist is a word that means one who speaks Greek, not simply a Greek person. In the New Testament it is only used in Acts, and referred to Greek-speaking Jewish Christians (Acts 6:1 ESV), Greek speaking Jewish non-Christians (Acts 9:29 ESV) and more. The country of Greece itself is written Hellas in Greek so the… Continue reading In the Bible, who was a Hellenist? Are they a Gentile? A Greek? A Jew? A Christian? A combination?
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In the book of Proverbs, and in our lives today, who are “the wicked”?
In Old Testament times it was simply thought by many that there were good and bad people in the world. Jesus revealed to us that actually, only God is good. "Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone." (Mark 10:18) Still, it is good for us… Continue reading In the book of Proverbs, and in our lives today, who are “the wicked”?
