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What was so special about firstborn Egyptian blood that it could sanctify Israelites?

What was so special about firstborn Egyptian blood that it could sanctify Israelites?

Exodus 12:29 (KJV) – 29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all th…

Since episkopos, baptizmo, diakonos, etc. are “transliterated” often, could not evangelidzno also be justly transliterated as in e.g. Luke 9:6? [closed]

Since episkopos, baptizmo, diakonos, etc. are “transliterated” often, could not evangelidzno also be justly transliterated as in e.g. Luke 9:6? [closed]

Just as Christianity has co-opted Greek words, such as "baptism," and added new connotation to the Koine Greek, and did not "translate" it, could not, or should not, the word "evangelidzmo (sic) be also translitera…