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Exegetical commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, emphasizing Jesus’ authority and fulfillment of prophecy.
CATHOLIC FAITH ON THE SON’S KNOWLEDGE Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing specific Catholic authorities regarding the Son’s ignorance of the day and hour (Cf. Mark 13:32; Matthew 24:36). All emphasis will be mine. POPE GREGORY ST. GREGORY I, THE GREAT 590-604 The Knowledge of Christ (against the Agnoetae) * 474 Dz 248
JESUS THE NAZARENE AND MATTHEW’S GENEALOGY Paid Members Public
In this post I will be citing Dr. David H. Stern’s Jewish New Testament Commentary, published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. 1992, pp. 42-43, where Stern explains how Joseph made Jesus his legal heir by accepting him as his son, thereby conferring upon the Lord his legal descent
THE RABBIS ON ISAIAH 7:14 Paid Members Public
The prophet Isaiah announced that a specific virgin will give to birth to Immanuel, “Then Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, ‘Ask a sign for yourself from Yahweh your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven.’ But Ahaz said, ‘I will not ask, and I will not
A MESSIANIC SCHOLAR ON JESUS’ VIRGIN BIRTH Paid Members Public
The following excerpts are taken from Messianic Jewish scholar and translator Dr. David H. Stern’s Jewish New Testament Commentary, published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. 1992. All emphasis mine. 20 Adonai, literally, “my lords”; but grammarians consider it the “plural of majesty”; so a slightly less literal translation
HOW DID JUDAS DIE? Paid Members Public
Seeing that the fate of Judas often comes up in discussions with Muhammadans as a means of discrediting the Holy Bible, I post the response of the late Dr. Gleason L. Archer for the benefit of Bible believers. I also include his response to another specific aspect related to the
MARY AND JOSEPH “COME TOGETHER” Paid Members Public
COMPILED BY WILLIAM ALBRECHT I simply opened up the largest relevant Greek data base in the world or TLG (Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) to see if there was any meat on the bones of these claims. To make it simple, the best dictionary or lexicon to consult on matters like the
NOTES FOR THE ANTHONY ROGERS’ REBUTTAL Paid Members Public
DID MARY HAVE BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN? In their zeal against and hatred of Mary’s perpetual virginity, rabid anti-Catholic calvinists such as Anthony Rogers will cite Psalm 69:8 to prove that the blessed Mother of our Lord (Cf. Luke 1:43) had biological children after giving birth to Christ. This
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM: AN ANGELIC ENVOY? Paid Members Public
Matthew’s Gospel records that a star appeared to signify to the magi that Christ has come and guide them to him: “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is