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 …
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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 …
January 2 / Luke 1:1-25
Luke 1:1-25 In two consecutive verses, we see two different ministries for John the Baptist: And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah… to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. (vv. 16-17) He …
January 1 / John 1:1-18
John 1:1-18 Happy New Year, folks! And what a year it’ll be! It’ll be whatever He makes it for us, so long as we walk hand-in-hand with Him. Glory! So today, a new year, a new goal – reading through the New Testament, chronologically, in short spurts, 20 to 25 verses per day. A few …
December 31 / III John 1:9-14
III John 1:9-14 So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church. (v. 10) John really takes Diotrephes to task, charging him …