Matthew 6:2: “Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.” I am an ordained Baptist minister and I fear I may get defrocked
Psalm 119:17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Deal bountifully is the Hebrew word ‘gamal’גמל and means to mature, ripened fruit, and a child weaned from its mother. Gamal has the idea of being nourished until completely ripe. Hebrew is a very colorful and picturesque language and in this verse I see a motif of “maturing in God”
Psalms 119:18: “Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from your law.” The word used in this verse for law is Torah. During David’s time this was a reference to the first five books of the Bible which we call the Pentateuch. Today when the word Torah is used it may be
Psalms 118:10: “All nations compassed me about, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.” The letter Beth can be used as a preposition for in, on or with. No English translation I know will render the Beth in this passage as with. However, the Jewish sages do that very thing.
Psalms 112:9-10: “He hath given freely to the poor; His mercies endures forever; His horn will be exalted in honor. The wicked will see it and be vexed; he will gnash his teeth and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.” There is an old rabbinic story of a son
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Matthew 5:29, “And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be cast into hell.” I remember hearing this verse read as a child and being very
Isaiah 29:13, “Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near [me] with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me…” I once taught drama in a high school and I would always tell my acting students that a really true actor is one
Jeremiah 17:9, “The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?” The word used here for deceitful is very curious. It is the ‘aqov. It comes from the same root where we get the word Jacob which means to grab by the heel. It is from this story of
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end (aharit אחרית) from the beginning, And from ancient times (qadam קדם )things which have not been done, Saying, ‘My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure’. End “Aharit”: To go after, past, behind, and future are all usages for “aharit”. How can a word mean both past and
