matthew
Exegetical commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, emphasizing Jesus’ authority and fulfillment of prophecy.
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
GOD EXALTS THE HUMBLE Paid Members Public
In this short post I will cite some of the many passages which make it emphatically clear that the Lord grants mercy and grace to those who humble themselves before him. “Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and
BIBLE ERRORS: THE ISSUE OF MATTHEW 2:23 Paid Members Public
One of the supposed errors and mistakes found in the Holy Bible that skeptics raise is Matthew’s claim that the Messiah would be called a Nazarene in the Hebrew Bible: “But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid