I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’ John 1:33 NASB This is the One – The prophets spoke God’s word to the people. The apostles commented…
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, Luke 1:77-78a NASB Tender mercy – Luke’s use of the Greek splánchnon marks one of the few occasions where this word appears in the Synoptic gospels. Interestingly, it is not a word found in the…
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. Because of this will not the land quake and everyone who dwells in it mourn?” Amos 8:7-8a NASB Never forget – For most of the Western world this is the holy night. We go to Mass, sing hymns, and thank God that we’re saved…
for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Romans 10:10 NASB (1963) Resulting – You’ll need to read a few other English translations of this verse to see the issue. “For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses…
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; Romans 10:9 NASB As – This is one of the crucial verses that we had to memorize when I was a child. It is Paul’s statement about how to…
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” Exodus 20:2 NASB Who – For Israel, everything began with “who.” ʾăšer, used thousands of times in the Bible, is a particle of relationship. Interestingly, contemporary ancient cultures seem to have a different view. “Taking into consideration…
thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.” Mark 7:13 NASB By your tradition – How much of what you do every day is the product of what has been given to you rather than what you originated? The school motto you learned. …
These served in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe. Nehemiah 12:26 NASB Jeshua – You will immediately recognize that the Hebrew spelling of this man’s mane is not Jeshua. It is Yeshua. He is not the only Israelite to…
Consider the lilies of the field Matthew 6:28a NASB Consider – Of course, Yeshua didn’t speak these words in Greek, but even in Greek they demand further investigation. Why? Because even in Greek the verb has an added prefix (kata) to give it emphasis. The root verb is manthánō, “to direct one’s mind toward something.” …
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; Genesis1:26a NASB Image/likeness – We’ve spent enough time investigating the two Hebrew words used to describe God’s design for human beings. There are at least a dozen Today’s Word editions on this topic. But it is one of those verses that can be…
