This chapter is dominated by Matthew's Transfiguration account, closely paralleled in Mark and Luke. It is categorized as a displaced resurrection appearance story, a divine epiphany and an apocalyptic vision. Matthew alone identifies the Transfiguration as a 'vision,' thus heightening the apocalyptic...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionHe replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”New ...
of whom do the kings of the earth take custom—meaning custom on goods exported or imported. or tribute—meaning the poll-tax, payable to the Romans by everyone whose name was in the census. This, therefore, it will be observed, was strictly a civil tax. of their own children, or of ...
1 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Matthew 16:28 NEXT Matthew 17:2 Matthew 17:1 Meaning and Commentary Ver. 1 And after six days That is, so long after Christ's ...
23 (17-22) And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly. Read Chapter Compare PREVIOUS Matthew 17:22 NEXT Matthew 17:24 Matthew 17:23 Meaning and Commentary Matthew 17:23 And they shall kill him Put him to death, with the ...
Read full chapter Footnotes 4:17At the beginning of his preaching Jesus takes up the words of John the Baptist (Mt 3:2) although with a different meaning; in his ministry the kingdom of heaven has already begun to be present (Mt 12:28). ...
The Parable of the Sower - On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake. And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got
“My job was all about facilitating communication between people, but sometimes the meaning of an important message could be difficult to translate between languages,” the singer recalls. “I had to learn to reinterpret certain words, which can be defined as revising something in a new or diffe...
and so that was where I turned my efforts. My first significant effort was a piece looking at mediated pedagogy in string education, “Learning with Sound Recordings: A History of Suzuki’s Mediated Pedagogy.” With Koji Matsunobu I also co-authored a handbook chapter, “Learning from Japanese...
David Hill comments, "The meaning is that, if you condemn, you exclude yourself from God's pardon."7 Other commentators agree. "With the measure you use, it will be measured to you [by God]" (7:2). We see a similar use of the idea of measuring in Luke's gospel:...