by admin | Jul 15, 2012 | Jedidiah, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
What follows are Paul’s Old Testament Quotations from Romans 12:19, 20 (NET). # Paul (NET) Blue Letter Bible (Septuagint) NET Bible (Greek parallel text) 1 Vengeance is mine, I will repay… Romans 12:19b (NET) ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐκδικήσεως ἀνταποδώσω Deuteronomy 32:35a Table...
by admin | Jul 13, 2012 | Saul and Barnabas, Section Two
The end of their first mission in Pisidian Antioch became a pattern of sorts for Paul and Barnabas (Acts 13:49, 50; 14:1, 2 NET): So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region. But the Jews incited the God-fearing women1 of high social standing and...
by admin | Jul 12, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches1 in Christ Jesus.2 Paul wrote this blessing to the Philippians after receiving their gift to help in his ministry. It is the theme in my mind for the next few lines of David’s song. Rescue me...
by admin | Jul 11, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
David’s song continued: Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me! 1 Whatever Daivid’s understanding of making sins as white as snow, he apparently grasped that creating a pure...
by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man,1 David’s song continued. This is a truth he learned the hard way with Bathsheba. But I could hear the voice of Jesus, You have heard that it was said,2 “Do not commit adultery (μοιχεύσεις, a form of μοιχεύω).” But I say...
by admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Apparently God sent Nathan to forgive David while David still believed he had gotten away with his cover up. God was certainly overreaching the limits of our contract. More to the point, probably, He was shattering and prying away the pieces of the hard shell my...
by admin | Jul 5, 2012 | Paul's OT Quotes, Section Two, Septuagint Quotations
What follows is an analysis of Paul’s Old Testament quotations in Romans 10:18-21: # Paul (NET) Blue Letter Bible (Septuagint) NET Bible (Greek parallel text) 1 Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. Romans 10:18 (NET)...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Saul and Barnabas, Section Two
After Paul finished speaking people asked him to speak again the next Sabbath day, and many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas1 and spoke with them more that same day. On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear...
by admin | Jul 3, 2012 | Less Than Sin?, Section Two
To approach the issue of whether such πορνεία as is not so much as named among the Gentiles1 is of greater consequence than the παραπτώματι (a form of παράπτωμα) addressed in Galatians 6:1 I want to consider Romans 7. But first I want to remind myself of that most...
by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Imagine if Bill Clinton or George W. Bush did what David did and got off like that. But I’m more interested in knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ,1 and trying to understand Him these days, than fretting over ancient history. Besides, I’m nobody, and though...