Save me, O God, for the waters have threatened my life. Psalm 69:1 NASB 1995 Save – Seventeen years ago I wrote something about this verse. I’d like to correct some of that. Here’s the original with some corrections and comments (in red): Free Me, Jesus “and you shall call his name Jesus, for he…
but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, 1 Corinthians 1:23 NASB Stumbling Block – You certainly know that Paul’s choice of the Greek is a bit more outrageous than the typical translation, “stumbling block.” The Greek is skándalon. You can immediately see the English derivative, “scandal.” We choose “stumbling block” because…
I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’ John 1:33 NASB This is the One – The prophets spoke God’s word to the people. The apostles commented…
“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:11 NASB Parable – Peter complained that Paul’s writing was difficult to follow, but Paul’s letters are a piece of cake compared to the teachings of Yeshua in the Gospels. Why? Because I can at least follow Paul’s arguments and reasoning with…
For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. Psalm 149:4 NASB Beautify – The influence of the Greek idea of beauty pervades the West (and now a great deal of the East). Glitzy advertising in the subway of Shanghai displays European high fashion models as the epitome…
As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. Psalm 48:10 English NASB (Hebrew Bible 48:11) As is Your name – “The concept of personal names in the [Old Testament] often included existence, character, and reputation (I Sam 25:25). Often the…
The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 1:1 NASB Jesus the Messiah – What do we do with this expression from the NASB? Oh, we might look at the footnote too. That says, “Heb Yeshua (Joshua), meaning The Lord saves.” More confusion. Let’s be…
that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. Psalm 67:2 ESV Saving power – When Israel stood before Sinai God revealed His grand assignment for this chosen nation to make known His way on the earth, to reveal His saving power among all nations. That assignment has never changed. …
Conclusions of Ron Moseley on Yeshua and the early church I thought it would be useful to provide the conclusions that Dr. Moseley articulates at the end of Yeshua: A Guide to the Real Jesus and the Original Church. While the book is a fairly simple introduction to the subject, his summaries are most important….
“I am El Shaddai. Walk in My ways and be blameless.” Genesis 17:1 (JPS commentary on Genesis) El Shaddai – Certainly you realize that God’s personal name, revealed in Exodus 4, has been vocally lost. Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey are the consonants of that name, but the actual vocalization of this name disappeared in the Jewish reticence to…
