by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Isaiah 53:10-12, Psalm 22, Section Five
This is a continuation of a consideration of the differences between the Masoretic text and the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the Hebrew before Israel rejected Jesus as Messiah. The final clause of the first verse under consideration follows: Masoretic Text...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Jesus' Prayer, Section Five, To Make Holy
The next form of ἁγιάζω I want to consider is found in Jesus’ prayer to his Father: Set them apart (ἁγίασον, a form of ἁγιάζω) in the truth; your word is truth.[1] But I’m making a slow pilgrimage through his prayer because I believe I can know his holiness here. In...
by admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Psalm 22, Section Five
This is a continuing look into Psalm 22 as the music in Jesus’ heart as He endured the cross. Masoretic Text Septuagint Psalm 22:14b (Tanakh) Table Psalm 22:14b (NET) Psalm 21:15b (NETS) Psalm 21:15b (Elpenor English) and all my bones are out of joint: all my bones...
by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I returned to the same church I had left, believing they were right and I was wrong. I resurrected my god of punishment, more or less, and resolved to be a do-it-yourself-Christian with renewed vigor. I began to worship my own free will again, though I would have...
by admin | Jan 26, 2021 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
Jesus said, I always do those things that please him[1] (literally: “I the pleasing things do always”). “How?” I ask. I couldn’t even say, “I always lie.” The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works,[2] Jesus replied. But I say, Paul wrote, live by the Spirit...
by admin | Jan 12, 2021 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
In the movie M*A*S*H Major Frank Burns (Robert Duvall) is introduced on his knees at his cot praying aloud. At sixteen I thought he was some kind of super-Christian. I wouldn’t have prayed aloud like that at church camp. When he yelled at Private Boone (Bud Cort)...