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 …

December 28 / II John 1:1-6

II John 1:1-6 The elder to the elect lady and her children… (v. 1a) Bible scholars ask whether John was writing this letter to a particular woman or whether the “elect lady” reference was meant to be a greeting to an entire church body. I would argue that John is writing to a particular person. …