The first thing to understand is that the term brother (Gk. adelphos) has a broader meaning than uterine brothers. It can mean a biological brother, but it can also mean an extended relative, or even a spiritual brother.
Take Genesis 13:8 for example. Here the word brother is being used to describe the relationship between Abraham and Lot, who were not biological brothers but uncle and nephew
Because of the Bibleβs broad semantic range of βbrother,β we can rest assured that although St. Paul writes, β[Jesus] appeared to more than five hundredβ¦brothers at the same timeβ (1 Cor. 15:6), we need not infer from this verse that Mary gave birth to more than 500 children!
James and Joseph (also called Joses), who are called Jesusβ βbrothersβ (Mark 6:3) are indeed the children of MaryβJust not Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The first thing to understand is that the term brother (Gk. adelphos) has a broader meaning than uterine brothers. It can mean a biological brother, but it can also mean an extended relative, or even a spiritual brother.
Take Genesis 13:8 for example. Here the word brother is being used to describe the relationship between Abraham and Lot, who were not biological brothers but uncle and nephew
Because of the Bibleβs broad semantic range of βbrother,β we can rest assured that although St. Paul writes, β[Jesus] appeared to more than five hundredβ¦brothers at the same timeβ (1 Cor. 15:6), we need not infer from this verse that Mary gave birth to more than 500 children!
James and Joseph (also called Joses), who are called Jesusβ βbrothersβ (Mark 6:3) are indeed the children of MaryβJust not Mary, the mother of Jesus.
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Telegram hopes to raise $1bn with a convertible bond private placement
The super secure UAE-based Telegram messenger service, developed by Russian-born software icon Pavel Durov, is looking to raise $1bn through a bond placement to a limited number of investors from Russia, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, the Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on February 18, 2021.The issue reportedly comprises exchange bonds that could be converted into equity in the messaging service that is currently 100% owned by Durov and his brother Nikolai.Kommersant reports that the price of the conversion would be at a 10% discount to a potential IPO should it happen within five years.The minimum bond placement is said to be set at $50mn, but could be lowered to $10mn. Five-year bonds could carry an annual coupon of 7-8%.
In many cases, the content resembled that of the marketplaces found on the dark web, a group of hidden websites that are popular among hackers and accessed using specific anonymising software.βWe have recently been witnessing a 100 per cent-plus rise in Telegram usage by cybercriminals,β said Tal Samra, cyber threat analyst at Cyberint.The rise in nefarious activity comes as users flocked to the encrypted chat app earlier this year after changes to the privacy policy of Facebook-owned rival WhatsApp prompted many to seek out alternatives.telegram from ye
