[1Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.] Mark 16:9 NASB Now – Forget the word. Pay attention to the little number 1 in front of the word. Notice that this little number indicates “Later mss…
They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant. Mark 9:10 NASB Meant – Do you find this verse a bit odd? It suggests that the disciples didn’t quite know what Yeshua was talking about when he told them to keep quiet until the Son of Man should rise…
And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?” John 9:2 NASB Who sinned – Hellenism! Yes, Greek Hellenism affected the first century world of Yeshua and his disciples. Hellenistic ideas crept into Jewish thought as early as the fourth century BCE and by the…
who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” Exodus 34:7 NASB Visiting – Does God pass iniquity to the children of sinful fathers? Or…
You shall have no other gods before Me. Exodus 20:3 NASB No other – “The vast majority of people are satisfied with compromises, or they remain unaware that they are worshipping a multitude of gods, that their actions constitute a maze of contradictions.”[1] Are you part of the “vast majority”? Living with compromises, contradictions and…
He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 NASB Brokenhearted – How are you doing today? Things going “fine,” like we always say no matter what’s really happening? Today I am in South Africa (God willing), confronting my own life traumas. A history of a broken heart. And not just mine. There…
He shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which abides with them in the midst of their impurities. Leviticus 16:16 NASB Which – How would…
“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” declares the Lord. Jeremiah 22:16 NASB To know Me – Do you know God? Ah, before you answer, perhaps you might consider God’s reply to Jeremiah. Jeremiah is distraught over the condition of…
Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. Jeremiah 22:3 NASB Do – The division of ideology…
“The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, and behold my pain; my virgins and my young men have gone into captivity. Lamentations 1:18 NASB Rebelled – According to the Talmud, these are the words spoken by Josiah as he was dying (Ta’anit 22b). The Hebrew verb, mara,…
