THE BOW DOWN RESEARCH COMPANION
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Original appendix export · PDF ↓How the case was built
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THE RESEARCH APPROACHAPPENDIX ADenominational worship report
Search official teaching from 100 church bodies and open the source behind each finding.
100 CHURCH BODIESAPPENDIX BObeisance takes the stand
Literal translators, ancient kings, and resistant witnesses examine the meaning beneath the English.
17 SECTIONS · SOURCE KEYAPPENDIX CWho actually bowed & worshiped?
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130 ACTOR-AND-PASSAGE ENTRIESWORD AUDITEvery “worship” in the KJV
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198 WORD USES · 188 VERSESLEXICAL DATABeneath the English word
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244 SOURCE-LANGUAGE TOKENSTRANSLATIONSHow the English changes
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20 TRANSLATIONSSOURCE INVENTORYThe words under the umbrella
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407 SOURCE MAPPINGSHISTORYDid the first Christians bow?
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FIRST-CENTURIES STUDYBow Down was intentionally written to be a short and accessible book. The research behind it was not.
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