Ben Witherington III

(1951) Theologian

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Ben Witherington III is a theologian.

Quick Facts About Ben Witherington III

Born: December 30, 1951
Profession: Theologian

About Ben Witherington III

[Wikidata] American religion academic... | [Wikipedia] Ben Witherington III is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary, a Wesleyan-Holiness seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church.

Quotes by Ben Witherington III

“Is the Lord’s Supper only for Christians? Whenever I ask this question I immediately remember the character of those that partook of…

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Christianity

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“The ritual of the blood on the lintel of the door, which protected the Israelites from the angel of death, is an…

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Blood-of-the-lamb

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“Sometimes silences are pregnant and sometimes not. It is hard to know what to make of the silence of much of the…

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Baptism

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“Who should serve the Lord’s Supper? Well in the early church, considering Acts 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, the host of the…

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Communion

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“When one gets to Clement or Hippolytus, we are clearly a long way from what we find in Paul and the Gospels,…

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Clement

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“It required an understanding of theology, and ethics, and ancient religions and philosophies. You had to have a working knowledge in a…

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Bible

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“Too often scholars have thought and even suggested that what happened during and after Constantine was that the church sought to replace…

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Christian religion

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“Christ did not exalt himself in a world full of self-promotion; rather he stepped down and served others, which most, especially the…

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“We have seen some gatekeeping or fencing-the-table language already beginning to rear its head in this context. One needed to be baptized…

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Baptism

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“The reference in 1 Corinthians 11:27 is to Christ’s actual body, which was crucified, as the reference to blood makes evident. Anaziõs…

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Blood of jesus

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“Verse 12 [of Ex. 12) tells us that the judgment of Yahweh is not only on the Egyptians but also on their…

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Beloved son

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“When exactly did this all change, and what were the social and theological factors that led to the change? The answer seems…

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Change

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“One of the things that happened when the church moved from meetings in homes to having purpose-built buildings beginning before, but accelerated…

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Early-church

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“At this juncture it is important to say something about Exodus 12:7. This verse implies that we are dealing with a ritual…

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Atonement

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