Today’s Word
The Test
They will know you are my disciples by . . . John 13:35 NASB By – Perhaps we should update the words of Yeshua. After all, he couldn’t possibly mean that love among his followers is the true test of discipleship. We need to make a few changes in order to reflect a more modern…
Audio – Visual
Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers. Deuteronomy 7:12 NASB Listen – What does it take for you to believe God? Are you able to demonstrate…
The Method of Interpretation
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV Hear – It should come as no surprise that Hebrew thinking about Scripture is radically different from Greek thinking about Scripture. The difference is not in the language of Scripture itself. The Bible is written in Hebrew, Aramaic, a particular kind…
kal va-chomer
“I tell you, something greater than the Temple is here.” Matthew 12:6 ESV Something greater – In footnote to a discussion of this event, Marc Turnage makes an incredible important observation. It’s worth citing in full: Many interpreters of Matthew 12:6 assume that, when Jesus spoke about “something greater than the temple,” He referred to…
Debatable
And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, “We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?” Acts 23:9 NASB Nothing wrong – Most Christians read this story of Paul’s defense without…
One Letter Difference
Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, goodwill toward men. Luke 2:14 KJV Goodwill – In his book, Windows into the Bible, Marc Turnage notes that there are two readings of the Greek texts of Luke 2:14. One variant uses the Greek word eudokai, rendering the text “on earth peace, goodwill toward men.”…
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