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Bookmark or Share- Eunuchs in the Bible - Biblical Archaeology SocietyBut he said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”
- Is It Better Not To Marry? — Matthew 19:10 - NeverThirstyJesus refers to three types of eunuchs. In each case, these are men who did not have the urge or desire to be sexually involved with a woman. 1) Eunuchs From Birth. The first type of eunuch is a man who lacks sexual organs from birth. Medical science refers to a man who is born without a penis as having a birth defect called penile agenesis.
- Ebedmelech—A Remarkable Figure in Jerusalem’s Final DaysEbedmelech, a Judahite official whom the Bible identifies as a Cushite, 1 makes a brief but command appearance in the Book of Jeremiah during the horrifying Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, c. 588–586 B.C.E. (Jeremiah 38:7–13).
- What Is a Eunuch? - Bible StudyThe prophet Daniel, who was taken prisoner when the kingdom of Judah was overcome by Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar, was highly likely one of several eunuchs. Josephus, a historian in the first century A.D., asserted that Daniel, and three others who were also of royal blood and his friends (Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego), were these type of ...
- How Bad Was Jezebel? - Biblical Archaeology SocietyAccording to 2 Kings 9, Jehu orders the palace eunuchs to throw Jezebel out a window. When he later commands his men to bury her, little remains: “All they found of her were the skull, the feet and the hands” (2 Kings 9:35).
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