Exploring the Scriptures Together
Matthew 12:31-32, Mark 3:28-30, and Luke 12:10-12 “Notice what you notice.” Something new today, all three Synoptic Gospels (imbedded below) on one short topic — blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, the unpardonable sin…!! Matt. 12:31-32, Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not …
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Mark 3:20-27 “Notice what you notice.” I never really understood verse 28: But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. Then indeed he may plunder his house. That is, I have understood the content of the verse but not the context, as to …
Luke 11:14-23 “Notice what you notice.” All too often in past readings, when two or three Gospel writers repeated the same story I would look for differences between these accounts. That was interesting to a point, but does not really get very deep into the heart of the matter before us. So I won’t be …
Matthew 12:22-30 “Notice what you notice.” Have I not noticed before that Beelzebub (Beelzebul) is basically a “Baal” derivative, in this case from Baal-Zebub/Zebul – the God of the Philistine city of Ekron (II Kings 1:1–4)? Thanking my Study Bible notes for that insight… Abraham Lincoln quoted Jesus’ “house divided” item. I offer his entire …
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Apr Matt. 12:22-30 9 02-Apr Luke 11:14-23 10 03-Apr Mark 3:20-27 8 04-Apr Matt. 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-30; Luke 12:10-12 8 05-Apr Matt. 12:38-42; Luke 11:29-32 9 06-Apr Luke 11:33-36 4 07-Apr Matt. 12:43-45; Luke 11:24-28 8 08-Apr Matt. 12:46-50; Mark 3:31-35; Luke 8:19-21 13 09-Apr Luke 8:1-3 3 10-Apr Matt. 13:1-9 9 …
Luke 7:36-50 “Notice what you notice.” The first thing that strikes me is the beginning of verse 40, And Jesus answering said to him… Here’s what’s strange about that: the Pharisee, Simon, had said nothing – but Jesus answered him. Jesus knew what Simon was thinking without Simon having said a word (Luke reports of …
Luke 7:18-35 “Notice what you notice.” Luke’s account of John the Baptist, in prison, asking about Jesus… I wasn’t going to do a comparison of Luke’s account of this incident with Matthew’s, but two items jumped out at me. First, however, I had something wrong yesterday. As I had noted, Jesus answered John’s question with …
Matthew 11:2-19 “Notice what you notice.” John the Baptist, in prison, is wondering about (if not second-guessing) his earlier expectation that Jesus is the Messiah, the Lamb of God. John had formed his Messianic expectation at Jesus’ baptism and Jesus’ early Judean ministry. Now Jesus is in Galilee and John is miles away, in prison, …
John 4:46-54 “Notice what you notice.” John’s account of a long-distance, words-only healing… Commentators differ as to whether John’s account of this healing is a different healing from Matthew’s and Luke’s or that it is the same. No matter – we just look at what it says. First, the differences… John has an “official” (or …
Luke 7:1-17 “Notice what you notice.” I first wanted to see all the items that were different between Matthew and Luke in this healing of the centurion’s servant. I found at least five. In Luke the centurion sent elders of the Jews, while in Matthew he came himself. In Luke the Jews told Jesus that …