The First Full Argument (Hebrews 1:5 to 2:18) Editor’s Note: My approach to our current passage has confused some of you it seems. The verse numbers on each line of text are the numbered verses of the text from the NASB for Hebrews 1:5-2:18. However …
Repetition Gems
Bible Gem 1909 – I’m Confident of This Very Thing (Phil 1:6)
Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now. And I …
Bible Gem 1117 – Good Teacher or Good Thing? (Luke 18:18-30)
Shared Uniquely Matthew Uniquely Mark Uniquely Luke Firstly, some general observations to give you the time to look at the colour coding if you haven’t had a chance to do it for yourself yet. We will begin the detailed analysis of the passage in the …
Bible Gem 1032 – Like a Movie Without an Ending (Luke 15:1-32)
And all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to Him, to hear Him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This one receives sinners and eats with them. And He spoke to them this parable, saying, Suppose one of you having a …
Bible Gem 1031 – Picking the Patterns in the Parable (Luke 15:1-32)
And all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to Him, to hear Him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This one receives sinners and eats with them. And He spoke to them this parable, saying, Suppose one of you having a …
Bible Gem 519 – Letters of Recommendation ( 2 Cor 2:17-3:2)
You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach the word of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us. Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need …
Bible Gem 229 – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Rom 11:30-32)
Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against Him, God was merciful to you instead. Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy. For God …
Bible Gem 1447 – Noting the repetition in the Ananias and Sapphira story (Acts 5:1-14)
But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property. He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife’s consent, he kept the rest. Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have …
Bible Gem 614 – According to the pleasure of His will (Eph 1:5)
having fore-ordained us (he had already decided) [a past participle which should be interpreted as the time frame of when it took place] to be adopted [infinitive clause of the purpose of the fore-ordaining] through Jesus Christ [prepositional phrase of means or instrum ent, the …