"Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole, be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand before you whole." Acts 4:8-10
"Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father." John 10:17,18
"Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do: for what things soever He does, these also does the Son likewise. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that Himself does; and He will shew Him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; even so the Son quickens who He will. John 5:18-21
If you hadn't been reading pagan mistranslations, you probabaly wouldn't be asking the question.
YHWH saved Yahshua.
Jude 25 (Critical Text)
To the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Before all time, now and forever. Amen.
1 Peter 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Ephesians 1:17
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
My self ~ emautou ~ G1683 I, me, myself, etc and autos ~ G846 himself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the same
You really need to break free of this pagan mindset.
Did you even read verses that you posted?
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"This commandment have I received of my Father."
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When Peter commanded Tabitha to rise from the dead; did Tabitha raise herself from the dead?
Acts 9:40
40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
Get real!
1 Corinthians 6:14
And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
Do you believe that you will raise yourself from the dead?
If so, I believe that you will have a rude awakening.
"If you hadn't been reading pagan mistranslations, you probably wouldn't be asking the question."
If you would be kind enough to tell us what appropriately translated text(s)/translation(s) you use, so that we can avoid such error in the future, it would be most welcome.
I have noticed that you have a question on the Topic with copys from textI want get into imaginations of the possibilities that that will produce. State something you have issues with. You seem to want to myteriousness. The old YWWH (God) Is Jesus.
http://biblehub.com/acts/17-28.htm
Plus The Apostle Paul Uses there own pagans philosphy to convict them
us:
ACTs17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
In verse 28 Paul quotes from Epimenides (the original source of today�s saying) and from Phaenomena. It�s the equivalent of a preacher citing the latest pop song. Of course he uses these Greek quotes to speak against Greek culture. He�s saying �If you really believed what you sing about, how could you live how you live?� Paul is not vindicating the latent wisdom of the Greeks, he is exposing their foolish inconsistencies. Epimenides spoke far better than he knew and far better than the Greeks lived. On the preacher�s lips the truth is commandeered and pressed into gospel service. Yet on the poet�s lips it stands only to reveal their folly. But such folly must end.
Remember Paul was at the MARS HILL http://www.gotquestions.org/Mars-Hill.html
Why I love expostory studies as exegesis ἐξήγησις from ἐξηγεῖσθαι 'to lead out. Which I said before
2 Peter 1:20-21New International Version (NIV)
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet�s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
