by admin | May 1, 2020 | Section Five, The Lost Son of Perdition
Lazarus had been buried four days. Jesus raised him from the dead (John 11:38-44). John recalled the aftermath (John 11:45-53 NET): Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him. But some of them went to the...
by admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Hannah's Prayer, Section Five
Near the end of Part 3 I began to consider whether the Masoretes added—for the pillars of the earth are HaShem’S, and He hath set the world upon them[1]—to Hannah’s prayer. I suggested that they made the abrupt switch from the Savior/Judge Hannah had praised to the...
by admin | Mar 16, 2014 | Numbers, Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
The Lord spoke to Moses: “Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan…”[1] To quote Dickens, “This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.”[2] The Lord wasn’t surprised by what happened. He knew it from the...
by admin | Jan 2, 2014 | Section Three, The Fear of the Lord
Each of you must respect (yârêʼ)[1] his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.[2] The Rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose φοβείσθω, a form of φοβέω[3] (fear, put to flight).[4] The note in the NET reads: “Heb ‘A man his...