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The Lamb of God

Monday, October 15th, 2007

In The Aramaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel, C. F. Burney writes (p. 107-108):
What, however, is the origin of the the expression ‘Lamb of God‘ as used by the Baptist, and what is its precise force? The phrase does not occur in Isa. 53, where v.7, which brings in the simile of a lamb, simply […]

Burning Hearts

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Luke 24:32
“They asked each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’”
For many years now, many churches (such as those within the modern Charismatic movement and seperately the Church of Latter Day Saints) believe that this passage in Luke describes a […]

The Lender and the Debtors

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Luke 7
Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”He said, “Teacher, say on.”
“A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”
Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the […]

Simon the Zealot

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Why does Luke decide to render Simon as a Zealot? The truth may lie within a unique Aramaic perspective on Luke’s source documents.
 
“And [he] chose twelve of them whom he called Apostles:
Simon, whom he named ‘Rock,’
and Andrew, his brother,
and James,
and John
and Philip
and Bartholomew
and Matthew,
and Thomas,
and James, Alpheus’ son,
and Simon, who was called ‘The Zealot,’
and […]

The True Children of Abraham Debate

Monday, June 18th, 2007

A lot of research as of late has been dedicated to investigating the different layers that exist within the Fourth Gospel, commonly referred to as the “Gospel of John.” In this article, I would like to share some of my work dealing with the pericope of the True Children of Abraham Debate that lies within […]

Wicked or Righteous?

Sunday, April 29th, 2007

In the Greek of the Book of Romans, there is the following passage:
Romans 5:7
For one would hardly die for a righteous δικαιος (dikaios; righteous, upright, lawful, or just) man; though perhaps for the good αγαθος (agathos) man someone would dare even to die.
Arguably this progression is not logical. If someone is not willing to die […]

Eunuchs in the Temple?

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

In The Acts of the Apostles there is a rather peculiar sight which is almost too subtle to realize:
Acts 8:27
“So he [Philip] started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to […]

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