by admin | Nov 2, 2017 | Section Four, To Make Holy
When I began to study the Bible I thought Paul wrote Hebrews.[1] The more I studied, the more I began to know Paul’s other writings, the more I began to suspect that Paul did not write Hebrews. Someone who knew Paul and his writings must have written it. But I...
by admin | Oct 25, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
“Because you obeyed (shâmaʽ, שמעת; Septuagint: ἤκουσας, a form of ἀκούω) your wife, the Lord (yehôvâh, יהוה) God (ʼĕlôhı̂ym, אלהים) said to Adam, and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground thanks to you; in...
by admin | Oct 9, 2017 | Deuteronomy, Section Four, The Fear of the Lord, Visiting Iniquity
I’ll continue to look at yehôvâh’s fearful pronouncement: I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me…[1] Two tables comparing/contrasting four partial verses follow. In the center columns the Hebrew words read from top...
by admin | Sep 7, 2017 | Chapter 15, Romans, Section Four
This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you,[1] Paul continued his letter to believers in Rome. The hindrance here was Paul’s own φιλοτιμούμενον (a form of φιλοτιμέομαι), translated I desire (NET) and have I strived (KJV), his own fondness for honor:...
by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
In another essay I presented his Jewish and Roman trials as a kind of ultimate tempting of the flesh of Adam and an ultimate proving of the Holy Spirit which descended…in bodily form like a dove[1] upon Jesus the Christ or Messiah. I characterized those trials as a...
by admin | Aug 19, 2017 | Father, Forgive Them, Section Four
Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing,[1] Jesus prayed from the cross. It isn’t found in some early manuscripts so it’s in single brackets in the NET (note 81) translation. I don’t intend to argue the Is it really true that God said[2] aspect...