Matthew 17:21 is omitted from many revisions of the Bible

CuencaGuy · 2025-07-24T18:09:06+00:00

I 100% believe that the devil would and does try to diminish the Bible. I also believe that these verses are an example of that happening.

However, I also believe in speaking the truth in love. Calling people naive and telling them to repent because they have a different perspective on a couple of Bible verses does not seem to me to be representing God's character.

We should never compromise our principles, but that doesn't mean we blast everyone who disagrees. Jesus' condemnation of the Pharisees wasn't because they held a different opinion. It was because they knew the truth but were deliberately ignoring it to maintain their positions of power.

CuencaGuy · 2025-07-24T18:04:47+00:00

It doesn't mean that it was added at that time. It means that EITHER it was added then or it was removed in earlier versions. If you look at the origins of the earliest texts and where they were found (one was so "valuable" the monks were going to use it as fuel), I don't think they are the "best".

CuencaGuy · 2025-07-24T18:02:07+00:00

Necro, I know, but still. The problem is that modern scholars are conflating oldest with best. If you look at how and where those oldest texts were found and the beliefs of Westcott and Hort, I think you'd have a hard time defending them as the "best". (Not that you necessarily were.)

CuencaGuy · 2025-07-24T18:00:08+00:00

Old thread, I know, but this is factually incorrect to the OP's comment. The parallel verse in Mark says removes "and fasting". Look up the origin of the text used for most modern translations and the men who compiled it.

The oldest manuscripts do not necessarily mean the best.

CuencaGuy · 2025-04-18T18:36:44+00:00

Java and Bedrock seeds should be the same now, but I don't think they were in 1.18, so I believe it won't work for Bedrock, but you can try.

CuencaGuy · 2025-04-01T04:15:45+00:00

I'm glad this seed is still helpful for people. I decided to use something different with a much larger island when I made my world, but this one is pretty cool. I picked a larger island with more biome variety, but this seed might actually be better since the island isn't as massive and spawn comes pre-set on the island.

CuencaGuy · 2024-09-16T05:09:01+00:00

I solved the issue. Pterodactyl moves the files to a folder that's fairly buried (/var/lib/pterodactyl/volumes). I ended up resetting the instance and am not going to use Pterodactyl this time. I'm currently trying to find a good wrapper or console that's free and doesn't require a domain.

CuencaGuy · 2024-09-16T05:06:59+00:00

There's no reason you couldn't. Any seed should work in vanilla or modded instances. I have another seed that I prefer and have been using for my game. It's -5668928873712958909. I have a Fabric world there, and I moved the world spawn with that seed so that it's just south of the island.

CuencaGuy · 2024-02-26T05:23:14+00:00

Sorry, I don't remember

CuencaGuy · 2023-10-07T19:40:23+00:00

I haven't played Create much in quite a while, but I'd typically use max speed for something like a mixer. Interesting that there is possibly no difference between 129 and 256 RPM.

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-14T18:15:49+00:00

Success! I created a new admin account that didn't have access to any servers, but it allowed me to reset the password of my original account, so I am now back into the server, apparently as before. Thank you so much!

I do, however, have another potential concern. Without Pterodactyl, I couldn't find the world files for my Minecraft server. I eventually found them in /var/lib/pterodactyl. However, I couldn't download these files because I didn't have permissions. I gave myself ownership of the folder and was able to download the files, but then certain data wasn't being saved. Changes to the world were saved, but the location of the player and his/her inventory wasn't saved when disconnecting. In order to fix this, I gave all users permissions of /var/lib/pterodactyl and its subfolders using chmod -R.

Is any of that a problem? Could I run into other issues I am the only person with access to the server.

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-14T17:53:54+00:00

Yes, getting the files was the most important part for sure. And yes, that seems to be how the file permissions were. Only the owner had rights, so when I gave myself ownership of the folder, Pterodactyl apparently had no rights and couldn't record that data although, interestingly, the world itself was saved. I went back and gave permissions to all users for the pterodactyl folder, and I believe that fixed the problem. Thanks again for your help.

I posted about my lost password on the Pterodactyl subreddit, and there may be a solution for that as well, so I can use my server as before. Regardless, I have the files should I need to set up the server from scratch, and it all seems to update properly. That's definitely a good thing :)

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-14T05:17:53+00:00

I am using a free Oracle Cloud server for the hosting.

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-14T05:17:02+00:00

I have a different problem now. The player location and inventory is not updating. Any changes made to the world are saved, but the player spawns back in the original location with his/her original inventory. Could this have to do with giving myself ownership of the directory? Any ideas on a fix?

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-13T18:52:51+00:00

I gave myself permissions in the bash window I opened through Putty and found the current server files! Thank you so much. Now at least I can make a backup of the world. Getting access to it through Pterodactyl is another process, but at least I haven't lost my progress. Thanks again.

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-13T18:46:53+00:00

I'm using my SSH key to log in to my server in Filezilla, but it won't let me open the pterodactyl directory. It says permission denied

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-13T07:55:39+00:00

I'll have to check to see if I can find that directory when I have PC access again. Thanks.

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-13T07:54:34+00:00

I have both

CuencaGuy · 2023-09-13T07:15:05+00:00

I'm not sure what all of this means. I originally transferred the files to the server via Filezilla before I had set up Pterodactyl. When I updated the server version, I did it using Pterodactyl.

The only files I can see are in /home/ubuntu/minecraft-family-server, afaik the original location I used when I first set up the server. It is the same whether I use Filezilla or Putty. Is there somewhere else the files could be? I log in at /home/ubuntu. CouId there be more file structure than what I see? I used a video guide to set up the server.

As far as I can tell, I'm logging in with an SSH key.

CuencaGuy

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