for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, “For we also are His offspring.” Acts 17:28 NASB For we are also his offspring – Paul read the Greek philosophers. At least he has a working knowledge of them. He knew enough to use their statements…
And says YHWH, “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children because they are no more.” Jeremiah 31:15 NASB Weeping – Now read Matthew 2:18. It reads almost the same, doesn’t it? But there are some changes, and the…
Recently our studies in Today’s Word have focused on the rabbinic techniques of halachah and haggadah. Paul uses these techniques in his letters. We should not be surprised. After all, Paul was trained as a Pharissaic rabbi. What surprises most people is that halachah was always considered binding on the audience (since it was the…
so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.” Matthew 13:35 Foundation Of The World – There are a lot of quotations of the Old Testament in the books of the New Testament. We…
Then the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 Breathed Into – Sometimes the links between the Greek New Testament and the Hebrew Old Testament are quite subtle but exceedingly powerful. Understanding those links often…
The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah Micah 1:1 Came – How do you receive communication today? Well, first there’s e-mail. You’re reading one right now. I could have sent you a letter, or called you on the phone, or sent a telegram…
