Last week I talked about the New Testament being written in the Common Greek of the people. This is extremely important to consider when looking at our translations of the Bible. There are, however, other things that should be taken into consideration. Apart from the standard argument of Word for Word versus Thought for Thought, … Continue reading Hebraic Greek

Anyone who knows me well knows I am a Biblical Language nerd. I love looking to the Greek and Hebrew, so much so it could be called a personality trait. A Sunday sermon does not go by without making a note to look at that passage in the Greek later or me pulling up Greek … Continue reading Holy Ghost Greek

Preface: I am not going to rehash the arguments for or against 1) dating Jesus' birthday as September 11, 3 BC or 2) choosing to follow Tishri 1 instead for American Cultural reasons. Instead, I am arguing that there is Ancient Jewish Cultural significance if Jesus was born on Tishri 1 (aka September 11, 3 … Continue reading The End of an Era

This morning when I got on social media, one of the first posts I saw was "Happy Birthday Jesus...maybe." At this point, I am sure everyone is familiar with the idea that Christmas is unlikely to be Jesus' birthday. However, I doubt everyone is familiar with the argument that Jesus' birthday was September 11, 3 … Continue reading Happy Birthday Jesus?

In light of his recent passing, part 3 of this series is dedicated to Dr. Michael Heiser. Not only did he have a large part to play in my passion to study of the Bible, but most of the foundation of today’s post actually comes from his work. Thank you Dr. Heiser for your work … Continue reading But why are the Nations important?

For the 1st part of this series (Nations, Pagans, Gentiles) click here. From here on I will transliterate the term ἔθνος as ethnos. When thinking over the idea of ethnos as people or nations, a quote from a movie came to mind. “Asgard is not a place, it’s a people.” Thor Odinson; Thor Ragnarök This … Continue reading People, Place, or Thing?