Archives: Commentary

Worship: Mark 5:6

In Mark 5:6 the man with an unclean spirit sees Jesus from far off, runs and worships him. Luke 8:28 describes the same event by saying he fell…
Women: 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 says that women should keep silent in the churches and, if they wish to learn, ask their husbands at home, because it is shameful for…
Swine: Leviticus 11:8

Leviticus 11:8 forbids eating pork or touching the carcasses of pigs, which are unclean. In Mark 5:13 Jesus allows the unclean spirits to enter a herd of about…
Sons of God: Luke 3:38

The title Son of God is applied to many in the Bible, and the argument uses this to say it cannot prove that Jesus is God. Luke 3:38…
Sodomy: Romans 1:25-27

Romans 1:24-27 connects idolatry with what follows: because people exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped created things, God gave them up to dishonourable passions,…
Slavery: Leviticus 25:46

Leviticus 25:46 allows the Israelites to take slaves from the surrounding nations, to leave them to their sons as property, and to hold them as slaves for ever,…
Sarah: Genesis 21:1-2

The argument raises an objection to the language of the Bible about conception. Genesis 21:1-2 says the LORD visited Sarah as he had promised and she conceived Isaac,…
Sabbath: Exodus 31:17

Exodus 31:17 says that in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. The note observes that this…
Rape: 2 Samuel 13:14

Two cases within David’s own household. In 2 Samuel 13:14 Amnon, being stronger than his half-sister Tamar, violates her and lies with her. In 2 Samuel 16:22 Absalom…
Prophets (but naked): Genesis 9:21

A list of cases in which people of God appear unclothed. Noah drinks wine and lies uncovered in his tent in Genesis 9:21. Saul strips off his clothes,…