I will meditate on Your precepts and [f]regard Your ways. Psalm 119:15 NASB Meditate – I think we’ve thoroughly modernized this one. Even Alter writes, “Let me dwell on Your decrees.” Both terms (meditate and dwell) move the thought from verbalization to contemplation. Both ignore the oral culture of the 10th Century B.C.E. Notice Cohen’s remark about the…
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, . . .” Matthew 5:38-39a NIV Heard/ Tell – Lately we’ve remarked on the curious fact that Yeshua wrote nothing. Westerners are uncomfortable with that. Perhaps that’s why we rely so heavily on the writings of the…
“Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Luke 24:44 NASB Spoke – Yeshua followed the teaching technique of the rabbis. He never…
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the ]Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 1:1 NASB Record – By now you certainly know that Matthew purposely altered the genealogy of Yeshua to fit the Gematria numerical arrangement of the word “David.” The fact that he did this isn’t too surprising. What is more…
Do your duty to the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, to [a]keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, 1 Kings 2:3 NASB What is written – Yesterday, we learned that…
“The Son of Man is going away just as it is written about Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good [a]for that man if he had not been born.” Matthew 26:24 NASB As it is written – I recently engaged in a lively interchange with someone…
It came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before. …
“And now I have told you before it occurs that when it shall occur, you may believe.” John 14:29 Told – Adjust the audio. Pay close attention to what is said. It doesn’t matter how things appear. What matters is who said what is heard. In this case, Yeshua offers verbal confirmation of an as-yet…
