The Census and the Birth of Jesus - Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes. This was the first
18¶ Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded ...
39¶ Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 41I receive not honour from men. 42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 43I ...
27 And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; 28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Chr...
They first skew “chief priests” with “police” like so (below John 18:3). Then later when they change chief priests to chief of police people will remember the prior scriptures together. And say “it was always written that way”. Word police is not yet in KJV. But its in several...
Matthew's main purpose is to prove to his Jewish readers that Jesus is their Messiah. He does this primarily by showing how Jesus in his life and ministry fulfilled the OT Scriptures. Although all the Gospel writers quote the OT, Matthew includes nine proof texts unique to his Gospel (1:...
15We are Jewish by birth, not sinners from other nations.16Yet, we know that people don’t receive God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures, but only by believing in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ in order to receive God’s approval by fa...
24NowaJewnamedApollos, anAlexandrianbybirth, aneloquentman,cametoEphesus; and he wasmightyin theScriptures. 25Thismanhadbeeninstructedin thewayof theLord; andbeingferventinspirit, he wasspeakingandteachingaccuratelythe thingsconcerningJesus,beingacquaintedonlywith thebaptismofJohn; ...
(and highly consistent) point of the message. If we continue reading the Scriptures, it becomes apparent that the Field of Blood has prophetic significance. Matthew cited Old Testament prophecy regarding the Lord Jesus being valued at 30 pieces of silver, and how that same amount of silver ...
Christians will be like those believers in Berea, searching the Scriptures daily whether those things were so (Acts 17:10&11). Therefore, let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind what the Holy Spirit will teach him from the pure, inspired and infallible Scripture of the Holy Bible...