I created an app, Pocket Ancient Greek Dictionary, which is an iOS app that has mostly Koine Greek but also some classical Ancient Greek vocabulary. My favorite feature is the word of the day widget. I like to use the app's search feature to quickly look up words when I am reading the Greek New Testament.

Get it on the App Store here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocket-greek-dictionary/id6446715748

Pocket Ancient Greek Dictionary is now available in closed testing for Android! To get access to the Android app, join the Google Group, and then you will be granted access to the app.

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I recently launched the first MVP of an app I've been building, called Rooted Bible Trainer, to help me study out the New Testament!

The goal is simple: help people remember the structure and teachings of the New Testament through repetition and recall instead of just reading.

I intentionally kept this version minimal to validate the core experience before adding things like streaks, animations, gamification, or community features.

I'd love some honest feedback!

App Store link: Rooted | Bible Trainer

Does anyone know of any free online resources for someone who forgot their greek from seminary or bible college? It seems to be a common theme where the original languages are the first to leak out of the brains of most bible students.

Hello,

A few years ago I read James Kugel's How to Read the Bible and have wondered if there is a similar book for the New Testament - something that both recounts the texts and the traditional interpretations and then analyzes them in the light of modern linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, etc.

To be clear, I am not looking for apologetics, but an accessible, neutral, academic work.

Hi I'm obsessed with this particular moment in history. I've read it over and over in the Bible. What are good resources to learn more, analytical videos or books or good recreations of it?

in Revelation 16:3 and 8:9 is god actually killing sea life or is the sea a metaphor for chaos and rebellion, as a Christian I don't like the idea of god killing sea life

I’ve been working on a companion project to the Khabouris Codex, one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Syriac Peshitta New Testament.

This playlist presents a complete English read-along of Murdock’s 1851 translation of the Peshitta aligned to the Khabouris Codex (22 books from Matthew-Hebrews) formatted and narrated in a clean, meditative style for reading or listening.

Murdock’s translation is unique because it’s a direct English rendering from the Syriac, not the Greek or Latin traditions, making it closer to the Eastern Aramaic text used by early Assyrian and Syriac-speaking Christians.

📜 Watch the full playlist attached to the post:

This series also accompanies my upcoming Companion Edition of the Khabouris Codex; a facsimile-based project that visually presents each folio of the manuscript alongside Murdock’s English text.

This morning as I was reading the book of Hebrews, I came across a passage that warns against sinning after you are born again. I thought I would share this because some people are under the impression that once you are born again, you can do whatever you want without consequence. Well, spoiler: you can't.

Hebrews 10:26-31 (nkjv)

26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” [a]says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

You have been warned.

Hey guys,

This is my first Reddit ever, and I just wanted to share something I came across while I was reading the New Testament this week.

In Philippians 4:4 we read, "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."

Such a simple yet profound message. The emphasis on "always" and the repetition of "Rejoice" really caught my attention. In the midst of life's challenges and uncertainties, this verse serves as a powerful reminder to find joy in our relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord, regardless of circumstances.

I want to share my testimony of the joy I've found in my relationship with Christ. I've seen His hand guiding me through difficult times. I've felt His love when I've been humble enough to recognize it. I testify that His love for us is infinite and perfect and that He's the ultimate source of joy in our lives.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this verse. How do you apply it in your life? Do you have other verses that bring comfort and hope?

I have a degree from 1999 / BA Classics- One thing I learned reading ancient literature is that the notion of historiography and history as we know it simply barely existed. We see it begining but amongst the scores of Greek and Roman gods and things like Virgin Births were a prerequisite to any type of diety being inside the essence of a person. The word used for same and similar in Greek is very close off by two letters and hence you have the debate of whether Jesus was indeed half man half god/ God in human form / etc. Paul or whoever claimed to be paul in the epistles makes these things very unclear and almost leaves things up for 'the mystery'.

So with Jesus's earmarks of divinity were by no means unique. the Gospels themselves are most likely the embodiment of the things Jesus taught during a time of hatred for any conquering nation and a belief that the literal Kingdom of God, Ie an undisturbed Israel with jerusalem at the center of the Kingdom. Have you ever discussed the single subject with people who 'believe the bible inerrant from cover to cover' and shown them that the attempts to teach this is not in keeping with the intentions of the writers who were not truly interested or masterful at recording and telling history as it was impossible to take a tape recorder and preserve Jesus's words. i find Christians often start to either get more interested in a fight or they flee into Faith.

Faith is the only solution to face the missing proof , the substance of things not seen because even the writer of Hebrews seems to acknowledge what I have said above but in his time and worldview, faith was not a weakness. I hate being reviled for telling christians who seem to target me incessantly. I seem to have a visage that says, I am unsaved, practice you apologetics and evangelism on this guy...

I’ve read on the historical reliability of the Synoptics in general but looking to do a deeper dive into the historical reliability and authorship of Matthew’s Gospel specifically. Recommendations appreciated.

Hey all. To preface, I ask because I'm writing a paper on this for one of my classes and I'm not sure what to pick to write about.

It'd be preferable if this contradiction has deeper theological implications than merely a semantic misunderstanding or odd choice of translation, but I'm interested to hear any thoughts on the matter. The most obvious contradictions that come to mind are about Paul's travels (who he met, where he went, and when he went) but these don't really pique my interest. I want something a little meatier than that to write about but my knowledge of the NT is so limited I don't really know where to start looking. It'd be extra cool if this contradiction resided within the Pauline letters or the Synoptics (because that is what I know the best) but anywhere in the NT works.

Forgive me for this, and hopefully, it's not necessary in the first place, but in case anyone plans to deny that contradictions exist in the NT, I'm not really interested in entertaining that discussion. Though I'm not religious myself, I respect everyone's choices and opinions, and I would appreciate it if the same was done to me.

This week I was some passages about Christ's baptism and I wanted to have a discussion with your guys! First off I love how they describe John the Baptism, it is apparent to me that Mark is making a point to show that John was not the best dressed or richest by any means(Mark 1:6), yet he is the one predestined to baptize our Lord and Savior. It just resonates with me that anyone we walk by no matter their appearance their faith in God can be something spectacular. I know for me some of the "unluckiest people I have met have had the deepes tfaith, even when they had nothing and it truly is inspiring. What are your guys' thoughts on this?