For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. Leviticus 17:11 ESV Blood – Christian apologists often claim that the blood of Christ shed on the cross…
knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. Romans 6:9 NASB Is master – “Jesus died on the cross for the forgiveness of sin.” This common Christian belief might not be quite accurate. Even Paul suggests something just a bit different. We…
For God so loved the world that He gave . . . John 3:16 NASB World – Nearly sixty years of theological reflection on the meaning of the events in the life of Yeshua had passed by the time John wrote his gospel account. Perhaps that’s why John begins his account with a deliberate allusion…
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD has said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.” 2 Kings 21:4 NASB Put – In the conversation with Nicodemus, Yeshua says that He must be “lifted up” just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness. This appears to be…
For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. John 18:37 NASB This – An ordinary pronoun with an extraordinary meaning. Touto is the Greek pronoun for this. There is nothing spectacular about it. Except here. Here Yeshua says that His entire reason…
Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Romans 6:3 NASB Baptized – For a moment, put away your familiar associations with the joy of baptism. Set aside the usual celebration when someone expresses faith through this immersion. Then ask yourself,…
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned – Romans 5:12 NASB Death – Why do we die? Before you quickly respond, “Because we are sinners,” let’s examine the cultural thinking during the time when Paul wrote these…
you will have the Lord for an everlasting light and the days of your mourning will be over. Isaiah 60:20 NASB Mourning – The prophet Isaiah draws a picture of the time when God will restore heaven and earth to its intended form. He says that we will no longer need the sun by day…
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many. Matthew 27:52-53 NASB Who had fallen asleep – Matthew is the only gospel account that includes this very odd event. …
And when He approached, He saw the city and wept over it. Luke 19:41 NASB Wept – There are two Greek words for “wept” in the New Testament. If you don’t know which one you’re reading, you will miss the whole point. In this verse, the word is klaio. It means to lament, wail, weep…
