Luke 3:1-20 RTNT 2021. Today is the third day, our third gospel of introducing John the Baptist. Yesterday I commented how Mark introduced John the Baptist as “He appeared…”. Luke is quite different!! No more on that – see my first comment in the link below. Initially John gives the people two directives: Bear fruit… …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
January 11 / Mark 1:1-13
Mark 1:1-13 RTNT 2021. Today’s reading was broken into three parts in 2019 – January 17, 20, and 24, covering, respectively, John the Baptist, Jesus’ baptism, and Jesus in the wilderness. See below. Four things struck me today – an unusual number! First, in verse 5, And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem …
January 10 / Matt. 3:1-17
RTNT 2021. Jesus’ baptism is one item that is covered in all four gospels, as I noted back in 2019. In setting the readings for this chronological study I have tried to keep chapters “together” as much as possible, again essentially doubling up the number of verses this year that we covered in 2019. Back …
January 9 / Luke 2:39-52
Luke 2:39-52 I would encourage you to read my 2019 post at the link below (with pictures!) before you read today’s comments. My earlier comments offer some real insights that Carol and I gained from a visit to Turkey a few years back. His parents did not know it, but supposing Him to be in …
January 8 / Matt. 2:1-23
Matthew 2:1-23 RTNT 2021. When RTB read the Gospels in 2019 the readings were, on average, about half the length that we have this year (since we’re covering twice as much material this year). So today’s readings in 2019 were split over three days and I wrote fairly extensive comments over those three days, which …
January 7 / Luke 2:21-38
Luke 2:21-38 RTNT 2021. …a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel. (v. 32) My NASB Study Bible had six references from Isaiah to the (emboldened) first half of this verse: Isaiah 9:6; 42:6; 49:6,9; 51:4; 60:1-3; plus references to Matthew 4:16 and Acts 13:47; 26:23. I have often …
January 6 / Luke 2:1-20
Luke 2:1-20 RTNT 2021. I’m always fascinated by geography, and in the Bible I’m especially intrigued by the geography of Judea and Samaria. So today we read And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the …
January 5 / Matt. 1:1-25
Matthew 1:1-25 RTNT 2021. Evidently I spent quite a bit of time looking at genealogies two years ago and learned a lot. See the January 8, 2019 post. The biggest item is David’s succession running through Solomon (Matthew) or his other son, Nathan (Luke). With that split you can get two very different and legitimate …
January 4 / Luke 1:57-80
Luke 1:57-80 RTNT 2021. I note below that in 2019 I really saw the distinction in Zacharias’ prayer between his prophecies for Jesus (Luke 1:68-75) and John (Luke 1:76-79). But today in his prophecy concerning Jesus verses 74 and 75 stuck out: …that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him …
January 3 / Luke 1:26-56
Luke 1:26-56 Slow to post today – we had our granddaughter overnight and her morning routine overwhelmed my morning activities! And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you… (v. 35a) What struck me most was the last half of what I …