Showing posts with label manofGod. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manofGod. Show all posts

Sunday, February 06, 2022

"Man of God" Search in the Bible: How Many Times?

Wikipedia states that the expression "man of God" occurs 78 times in 72 verses of the Bible. I searched using the ESV and Blue Letter Bible: my results were that "man of God" occurs 78 times in 73 verses of the Bible. See https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22man+of+god%22&t=ESV#s=s_primary_0_1

Compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_of_God

Using the KJV, my search yielded the same results. See https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=%22man+of+God%22&t=KJV#s=s_primary_0_1

As I stated earlier in the com-boxes for this blog, Paul is likely addressing Timothy as a "man of God" in the correspondences to Timothy and this expression chiefly applies to elders, no doubt. However, I agree with Bill Mounce when he says the term applies to all Christians by extension or implication.

Another thing that stands out to me is the only NT writer to use "man of God" is Paul, it seems. Even Jesus does not use the phrase and no writer applies it to him.