And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli lama Sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46 NASB Eli, Eli – It is common Christian interpretation to view this verse as the cry of Jesus when Sin (with a capital S) fell…
But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 NASB Examine everything – It is more difficult to unlearn than to learn. The problem is that as we grow older we discover that a great deal of what we learned has to be unlearned before we can gain new insight. …
And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? Mark 9:12 NASB Suffer – When did Yeshua ask this question? The context is critical. He asks this question as…
Thanks to your generosity and the efforts of two special readers of Today’s Word, I was able to serve about 200 people on Sunday at a church in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Then on Monday there was a special evening seminar for another 36 people who came from all walks of life and all ethnic backgrounds….
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! Romans 6:15 NASB What then? – “Questions of faith are not philosophical, sociological or psychological; they are intensely personal. Everyone has to find his or her own way of dealing with them. The point at which a…
Pilate therefore said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears My voice.” John 18:37 NASB King…
“The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.” John 17:22 ESV Glory – Certainly every Christian believer is familiar with this Greek word – doxa. In days past, it was incorporated into a ritual of Sunday worship. We sang the doxology. …
“Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Matthew 25:34 NASB Blessed – If you turn to the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, you will find that each one begins with the Greek word makarioi. This word should not be translated “blessed are” since…
When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. Exodus 21:22 ESV Children – Just in case there was…
