HEBREW WORD STUDY – MARY

Matthew 1:18. “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.”   There is the general belief that the name Mary in the Hebrew is Miriam. The...

{Let Your Heart be Your Compass}

Last week I shared from Psalm 119 (which is arranged in an acrostic style) with a verse that starts with the letter Aleph (א) and this week I’m going to continue with the letter Bet(ב). Psalm 119:10 With all my heart I have sought Thee; Do not let me wander from...

WORD STUDY – TEMPT

  Matthew 4:1: “Then was Jesus led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.”   Every modern translation I read renders the Greek word peirazo as tempt as well they should as that is what it means. But in the ancient Greek, as used in the...

WORD STUDY – THE WORLD’S PEACE

John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”   I have heard numerous sermons on this passage in my lifetime and they all seem to interpret this...

WORD STUDY – DENY HIMSELF

Matthew 16:24:  “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”   Practically every modern translation I read will render this as “let him deny himself.”   The only exceptions are...