by admin | Jan 23, 2013 | Genesis, Section Two, The Fear of the Lord
I think I am safe using the word fear to describe Jacob’s prognostication that Simeon and Levi…had brought ruin on him by making him a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land, that the Canaanites and the Perizzites…would join forces against him and attack...
by admin | Jan 17, 2013 | Paul's OT Quotes, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
I will call those who were not my people, ‘My people,’ and I will call her who was unloved, ‘My beloved.1 I don’t consider this a quotation of Hosea 2:23 so much as a conclusion. Bill Braun analyzed it as a quotation for any who are interested [Addendum 5/27/2025:...
by admin | Jan 13, 2013 | Section Two
Then1 Jesus told them a parable to show them they2 should always pray and not lose heart.3 It is a story about a persistent widow nagging an unrighteous judge for justice. Finally the unrighteous judge thought to himself, Though I neither fear God nor4 have regard...
by admin | Jan 10, 2013 | Chapter 9, Romans, Section Two
What shall we say then? Paul continued, that the Gentiles who did not pursue (διώκοντα, a form of διώκω) righteousness (δικαιοσύνην, a form of δικαιοσύνη) obtained it (δικαιοσύνην, a form of δικαιοσύνη), that is, a righteousness (δικαιοσύνην, a form of δικαιοσύνη)...
by admin | Jan 7, 2013 | Paul's OT Quotes, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
What follows is an analysis of Paul’s Old Testament quotations in Romans 9:7-13: # Paul (NET) Blue Letter Bible (Septuagint) NET Bible (Greek parallel text) 1 through Isaac will your descendants be counted Romans 9:7 (NET) ἐν Ισαακ κληθήσεταί σοι σπέρμα Genesis 21:12...