The paradox of Jesus has puzzled many. He surely means that John is greater ( meizōn ) than all others in character, but that the least in the kingdom of heaven ...

The name Jesus is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Joshua, and it means "Yahweh is salvation"(yehoshua, the long form) or "Yahweh saves"(Yeshua, the short form) ...

They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land. into a desolate wasteland. 12:11 They will lay it waste. It will ...

Amminadab A son of Ram; the father of Nahshon and an ancestor of Jesus,son of Ram (Judah); father of Nahshon, Moses' deputy over Judah,son of Kohath son of ...

... 11:5, Ecc 11:6). The human witness conveys the Word, but he does not win ... Hence books that are without; are heathen books: extraneous books of Greek wisdom.

[12:11] sn There is a very interesting play on words and sounds in this verse that paints a picture of desolation and the pathos it evokes. Part of this is ...

Imperfect middle indicative of paratēreō , common verb in late Greek for watching beside ( para ) or insidiously or on the sly as in Luk 6:7, they kept on ...

First aorist active participle of this late (Herodian) and rare compound verb (here alone in the N.T.), diagrēgoreō (Luke is fond of compounds with dia ). The ...

It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways;. they have forgotten to be true to the Lord ...

'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt,. who brought us through the wilderness,. through a land of desert sands and rift valleys,. through a land of ...