Aug 21, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Luke is Coming
I will be taking the rest of August and half of September off and will resume with my weekday postings in mid-September on the Gospel of...
Aug 20, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 28:16-20
The Great Commission [The defeat of Golgotha is transformed into the triumph of Galilee] 16 Now the eleven disciples [Judas is dead] went...
Aug 19, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 28:11-15
The Report of the Guard 11 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city [of darkness] and told the chief priests...
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 28:1-10
The Resurrection [The New Testament never describes the resurrection. It tells us the tomb was empty and that the disciples saw the risen...
Aug 17, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 27:62-66
The Guard at the Tomb [only in Matthew] 62 The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation [meaning on the Sabbath], the chief...
Aug 14, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 27: 57-61
Jesus Is Buried 57 When it was evening, there came a rich man [which explains that he had an unused tomb available] from Arimathea [a...
Aug 13, 20203 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 27:55-56
The Other Women 55 There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,...
Aug 12, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 27:45-54
The Death of Jesus 45 Now from the sixth hour [our noon] there was darkness [a mark of God’s displeasure] over all the land until the...
Aug 11, 20202 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 27:32-44
The Crucifixion [Although not sanctioned under Jewish law, crucifixion was a common sight in Palestine from the first century BC on, a...
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Knowing The Word in Matthew 27:27-31
Jesus Is Mocked 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion...