21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall ...
Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. / For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart ...
Aramaic is a descendant of Hebrew that was widely spoken in the Middle East in the centuries leading up to the birth of Jesus. In fact, Aramaic was Jesus’s native language — the one he used to deliver his teachings to his disciples. It is still spoken by a few scattered communities i...
JESUS THE HIGH PRIEST AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK. (1) For this Melchisedec.—The sentence is completed in the last words of Hebrews 7:3, . . . “abideth a priest continually;” the connection with the last chapter, therefore, is very clear. Of Melchizedek we know nothing beyond what...
Lord of the Sabbath - Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their
The word "Then" indicates a sequence of events, connecting this passage to the preceding chapter where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. This baptism marked the beginning of His public ministry. "Jesus" is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Yeshua, meaning "The Lord is salvation." ...
As Jesus explained in Mark 4:31, a small but complete seed may last for eternity, whereas a palace made from the greatest rocks will ultimately turn to rubble (both the name Paul and the epithet Mikron, of James, mean small or little). The few English diminutive forms (the "-let" ...
If you claim to be a “believer” and a disciple of Jesus Christ, you are committing idolatry every time you put your hand over your heart and “pledge” allegiance to the United States of America. You might as well pledge your all...
t see any reason why Jesus couldn’t have been one of those people. He was, after all, a religious leader and, even if we totally ignore everything the gospels say about him, it’s hard to imagine that he would have had no desire to study the Hebrew scriptures on his own whatsoever...
Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?” Treasury of Scripture And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. Abishai 2 ...