“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24 NASB Worship – Please notice a rather odd thing. Yeshua was not giving instruction to the woman at the well in Greek. He was probably speaking Hebrew or Aramaic. In either case, the word he used was not proskyneo…
You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Exodus 20:5 NASB Exodus in Revelation – paqad, the Hebrew word for “visiting,” has always given…
“For I, YHWH your Elohim, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of wicked fathers upon their rebellious children . . . if the children continue to sin like their fathers.” Exodus 20:5 in the Babylonian Targum Rebellious – Obviously, you won’t find the translation above in any English Bible. In fact, you won’t find…
“He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.” John 12:25 Hates – In Greek, the root is miseo. It usually implies active ill will toward someone or something. It is the opposite of agapao (to love, cf. Matthew 5:43). This is…
“for I, YHWH eloheikha, am a jealous God.” Exodus 20:5 His Other Name Jealous – The Hebrew word qanna is exclusively God’s word. This adjective is never applied to any person. It is only used to describe God. In fact, in Exodus 34:14, this word is part of God’s name (“the Lord whose name is…
