PLEASE NOTE: Our readership has been dramatically increasing over the past year. Some of our earlier studies have proved to be very popular and we have decided to occasionally repost some of the most popular studies from the past for the sake of our new subscribers. These studies will be updated and slightly revised with
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
Mark 10:25, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” This passage has proved to be very troubling to those seeking some interpretation. It is obviously impossible for a camel to go through the eye
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Genesis 38:15, “When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.” Genesis 38:18, “And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came
Matthew 7:3, “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” This was a well-known Jewish proverb during the time of Jesus found in Oral Tradition and can today be found in the Babylonian Talmud, Baba Bathra 15.2. Thus, the
Numbers 14:14: “And they will tell the inhabitants of this land, that they have heard that the Lord is among this people, that you Lord are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them in daytime in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of
Exodus 21:24: “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,” Matthew 5:38: “Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right
John 5:44 “How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that [cometh] from God only?” Last night I was sort of feeling sorry for myself so I decided to cheer myself up a little and go to Amazon.com and look up the reviews on my books
WORD STUDY: WICKED Isaiah 5:23: “Which justify the wicked for the reward and take the righteousness from the righteous from him.” Wicked – Hebrew: rasha – A term used for merchants who use false balances The NIV probably has the clearest rendering for Isaiah 5:23: “Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice
