Have we "demoted Jesus" and improperly elevated the Bible to a status "equal to God"? Though numerous avenues could be profitably pursued, I want to examine just one issue and per- haps the most important one. I want to try and answer the question, "What did Jesus believe about the ...
While historians and scholars debate many aspects of Jesus’ life, most agree on what language he mainly spoke. Read more Why Did Pontius Pilate Have Jesus Executed? Historical accounts of the man who sentenced Jesus to death paint him as arrogant and cruel; the Bible goes easier on him, sh...
The phrase "love your enemies" is a well-known teaching of Jesus found in the New Testament of the Bible. It is specifically found in the Gospel of Matthew, in the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 5:44 (NIV), where Jesus says: "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for thos...
This further demonstrates to us that Jesus’ words will never pass away. Even within countries that restrict Bibles, God has worked through individuals to help bring the gospel and the entire Bible to the lost. The power of the words of Jesus is powerful, and they are truly mighty to sa...
Did Jesus have a last name? When Jesus was born, no last name was given. He was simply known as Jesus but not of Joseph, even though he recognized Joseph as his earthly father, he knew a greater father from which he was his loin. But since he was of his mother's womb, he could...
“From which version of the Bible did Jesus quote?” Believe it or not, eighty-five percent answer that Jesus quoted from theKing James Version. And while many jokes have been made about this issue among American ministers, our test results prove this error to be a reality – among both ...
economic and historic way. Scholars have studied documents such as the Christian Bible for hundreds of years to reach conclusions as accurately as possible. So it’s no surprise that asking ‘What language did Jesus speak’ has no one definitive answer, or at least, it didn’t for a long ...
What did Jesus mean by it? The King James translators (and Tyndale before them) supplied “daily,” based mostly on an early Latin translation of the passage. But there isn’t really any reason to assume that’s what it means. A much more popular theory in the early church (including ...
Jewish cultural scripts and the interpretation of the Bible As I have discussed in my book What Did Jesus Mean? (2001), these are not the values of the culture of Hosea, or the culture of Jesus, just as they are not the values of the culture reflected in the stories of Sholom ... ...
The Bible doesnotsay that Jesus is "Lord of the 1st day", neither does it say Jesus is "Lord of any day we choose." The Bible says Jesus is "Lord of THE SABBATH." Genesis 2:3 ...'And Godblessedthe seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his...