in the New Testament. It is not my purpose to enter into that discussion here. All scholarly commentaries on Mark discuss it at length. The issue is not whether you believe in the inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God. Were these verses included or omitted in Mark's original text...
Mark 16:8 Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the...
Mark 16:8 Some manuscripts have the following ending between verses 8 and 9, and one manuscript has it after verse 8 (omitting verses 9-20): Then they quickly reported all these instructions to those around Peter. After this, Jesus himself also sent out through them from east to west the...
Today’s Meditation:Our life has two sides: death and resurrection.This is the life of the Lord as well as our experiences. Lord Jesus went through death and resurrection to reveal the double standard of righteousness and sanctification. We need to face death and resurrection as well. We need...
This phrase indicates a continuation of thought from the previous verses, where Paul discusses his calling and the gospel. The Greek word "δι᾽ ἣν αἰτίαν" (di' hēn aitian) suggests a cause or purpose. Paul is emphasizing that his suffering is directly linked to his ...
Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face— / no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land, / and no prophet who performed...
In verses 20-22, the angel spoke to Joseph,“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from th...
VERSES 35-36 “So don’t lose your confidence. It will bring you a great reward. You need endurance so that after you have done what God wants you to do, you can receive what he has promised.” Why have I hidden myself away?
There has to this point in the Hebrew Bible been no such thing as a “mixed blessing.” In effect, [with] the inclusion in the text of these two verses, the introduction of a complication to the notion of blessing itself within the narrative of the fulfillment of the primal Blessing, ...
Sure enough… Leah came in, then Mary. Just the three of us, good this should be short, I thought. The other 8 or so women didn’t come, my booklet of verses I had had printed and were to be delivered for them all hadn’t come… and… I didn’t feel like it. So I was tot...