Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. James 5:4 NASB Pay – In case you haven’t noticed, James is Jewish. And he is…
Go Matthew 28:19 (the Shem Tov Hebrew gospel of Matthew) Go – Well, you won’t find this in any English Bible. Nor will you find it in any Greek New Testament. George Howard caused quite a stir when he published his work, The Gospel of Matthew According to a Primitive Hebrew Text in 1987, the “Shem…
let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins. James 5:20 NASB Error – James is Jewish. His name is Ya’aqob. That means he writes as a rabbi, giving important instruction and advice to those under…
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 ESV Whole armor – “Anyone who wants to fight his demons with his own weapons is a fool.”[1] Maybe Nouwen’s comment is all we need to think about today. How many of us…
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11 ESV Schemes – It’s too bad we don’t transliterate this word. Then we might see that it is far closer to home than we imagine. The word is methodeias. You might see “methods”…
You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. James 4:4 ESV Makes himself – Are you making yourself God’s enemy? Ah, you object, proclaiming, “No way. I am saved and devoted…
and I have observed all that God brings to pass. Indeed, man cannot guess the events that occur under the sun, For man tries strenuously, but fails to guess them; and even if a sage should think to discover them he would not be able to guess them. Ecclesiastes 8:17 JPS To guess – Michael…
And the inscription of the charge against Him read, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.” Mark 15:26 NASB King – The conversation between Yeshua and Pilate is about being king. The charge against Yeshua is about being king. The crime is sedition, incitement to rebel against a king. The crowds that want Him crucified proclaim Caesar…
Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, and you can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You look with favor on those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up those more righteous than they? Habakkuk 1:13 NASB Can not look – Can God look on evil? Can…
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: She shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Genesis 2:23 NASB Man – Something odd is happening in this story about the first man. Up to this point, the word used for “man” is adam. God…
