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)...
by admin | Dec 30, 2020 | 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. My working assumption is that the Masoretic text is a revision of the Hebrew scriptures made in accordance with Jewish tradition and that the Septuagint is a...
by admin | Dec 19, 2020 | Section Five, The Fear of the Lord
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus, A Filmmaker’s Journey by Timothy P. Mahoney was Mom’s coffee table book this Thanksgiving. I have a bit of history with my mother’s coffee table books. This time I even asked her if she leaves them out for my benefit. (She said, “No.”)...
by admin | Nov 29, 2020 | Deuteronomy, Section Five, The Fear of the Lord
Moses recalled what the people of Israel had said to him as well as what יְהֹוָה֙ (Yehovah) said about what the people had said: Masoretic Text Septuagint Deuteronomy 5:24-27 (Tanakh) Deuteronomy 5:27-29 (NET) Deuteronomy 5:27-29 (NETS) Deuteronomy 5:27-29 (Elpenor...
by admin | Nov 15, 2020 | 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 22:14a (Tanakh) Psalm 22:14a (NET) Psalm 21:15a (NETS) Psalm 21:15a (Elpenor English) I am poured out like water, My strength drains away like...
by admin | Nov 9, 2020 | Isaiah 53:10-12, Psalm 22, Section Five
English translations of the final clause of the first verse under consideration follow: Masoretic Text Septuagint Isaiah 53:10d (Tanakh) Table Isaiah 53:10d (NET) Isaiah 53:10d (NETS) Isaiah 53:11a (Elpenor English) and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his...