WORD STUDY – THOU SAYEST – ARAMAIC Matthew 27:11: “And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.” It is Easter Sunday and I am, of course, meditating on the Easter Story. I...

Word Study: Abide In Him – Aramaic קוא

WORD STUDY – ABIDE IN CHRIST – ARAMAIC – קוא John 15:6: “If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.” I grew up in a Baptist fundamentalist church where evangelism...

Word Study: My Destiny

WORD STUDY – Eli Eli lama sabachthani (My  Destiny) Matthew 27:46: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Genesis 15:9-10: “And he said unto him, Take me...

Word Study: Unjust Gain בצח

  WORD STUDY – UNJUST GAIN – בצח Jeremiah 51:13: “O’ you who dwell by many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, and the measure of your covetousness.” Clearly the context of this passage related to a judgment against Babylon. So why should a...

Word Study: A Man Inbetween

WORD STUDY – A MAN INBETWEEN 1 Samuel 17:4: “And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.” I read something this morning in the Talmud that sent me to I Samuel 17 and the old story...