Relating to Gospel of Matthew
44 ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν· ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν διωκόντων ὑμᾶς, 45 ὅπως γένησθε υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶν τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς - Love your enemies and pray on behalf of those who persecute you, that you might be sons of your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:44-45a, author's translation)The phrase "love your enemies" is certainly ...
Translation
12 Not that I already grasp this, or have already been made perfect; [1] but I press on [2] to make it my own because it was also made my own by means of Jesus Christ. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have made it my own; but one thing - on the one hand, forgetting the things that are ...
Why do you spend moneydoes not satisfyeat what is gooddelight yourselves in rich food, so that you may liveBlessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be satisfiedCome, buy wine and milk without money and without pricethat which does not satisfy.thirst for righteousness will be satisfiedseek the Lord while he may be found.Whydo you spend your ...
Translation
10 For it was fitting for God, [a] because of whom all things are and through whom all things are, to perfect [b] the entrepreneur [c] of their [d] salvation through suffering bringing many sons [e] to glory.Commentary[a] Greek ????, him.
[b] ??????? is a word that does not translate into English well at all. It is glossed as to complete, perfect, bring to its goal, finish, ...
Translation2 Then in quiet tones he persuaded [1] Nicetes the father of Herod [2] and the brother of Alce [3] to appeal to the magistrate to not give up his body so that this group [4] so it was said, "might not abandon the Crucified One to worship this man." These things were results of the quiet tones of persuasion ...
Translation2 Herod, the police chief, and Nicetes, his father, came out to meet [1] him. After they had transferred him to the carriage, [2] they were trying to convince [3] him, taking their seats beside him and saying, "What evil is it to say, ‘Caesar is Lord,' and to offer a sacrifice to him and so forth [4] and escape ...
Translation3 After they granted him permission, [1] he stood up and prayed being full of the grace of God in this manner: [2] for two hours he was unable to keep silent [3] that even those who heard him were fearfully amazed, [4] and so [5] many repented because [6] they had come upon such a revered [7] elder.[1] ???????????? ...
Translation1 But the most remarkable is Polycarp, who initially - [a] after hearing about it - was not terrified, [b] but was wanting [c] to stay in various places in [d] the city; however, the majority tried to convince him to leave secretly. So he left secretly for a little country house [e] not far from the city and he ...
Translation2 Therefore, after this the whole crowd, astonished [1] at the nobility of the God-loved and God-fearing Christian people, cried out, "Sweep [2] the atheists [3] away! Let Polycarp be sought out!"[1] ???????? (???????) is a common verb, often found in the Gospels in the context of the crowd's amazement with Jesus' words or deeds. As in the case of ...
Translation4 And likewise also those who were condemned [1] to wild animals [2] endured patiently terrible punishments, being laid out on top of trumpet shells [3] and beaten [4] with other manifold sorts of torture, so that the devil might, if possible, through the persistence of punishment turn them to denial [5] - for he contrives much against them.[1] ????????? ...
The Received Greek Text
The Received Latin Text
?????? ????????, ...
remissionem peccatorum; ...
Translationthe forgiveness [1] of sins[1] When used with ???????, ?????? speaks of the forgiveness or "cancellation of the guilt" of sins (BAGD). 1 Esdr 4:62 employs the word to denote "release from captivity" in the context of Israel being allowed to return from exile to rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple. ...
The Received Greek Text
The Received Latin Text
Καὶ (εἰς)
ἸΗΣΟΥΝ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΝ, υἱὸν
αὐτοῦ
τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν
κύριον
ἡμῶν, τὸν συλληφθέντα
ἐκ πνεύματος
ἁγίου, γεννηθέντα ἐκ
Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου, ...
1â??And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the rules that I am teaching you, and do them, that you may live, and go in and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you. (Deuteronomy 4:1, ESV)
33Did any people ever hear the voice of a god ...
"Processing with Righteousness", Matthew 5:1-12 ...
justifyingJustification is an act of God's free grace unto sinners, in which he pardons all their sins, accepts and accounts their persons righteous in his sight; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but only for the perfect obedience and full satisfaction of Christ, by God imputed to them, and received by faith alone.[1]...the transgression of the ...
freely offeredCome to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.It is thus union with Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the particularity that each person sustains to men and in the distinguishing grace that each bestows in the economy of salvation. To nothing less are sinners invited in Christ's overture of himself. ...
IV. Christ-the Essential Description of RighteousnessSo we are faced with the fact that God has spoken definitively in His Law, in His word. We are ourselves subject to the same self-deception and self-righteousness of the Pharisees. And here is God’s Incarnate Son explaining to his hearers that they do not rightly understand the Law. If we care ...
For those of you interested the seven part series entitled "Essential Righteousness", feel free to listen to the sermon. It is about 25 minutes long and was preached in February 2006 to the North Texas Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of America for my licensure ...
C. Christ Our Righteousness (Mt 5:17-19)So far we have said that one must have righteousness that abundantly surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. We have also found that the nature of this righteousness is essential, relating to the core of our beings. Further, we considered that the Law of God has ...
B. Essential Righteousness (Mt 5:13-16)The connecting thoughts between the Beatitudes and Jesus' staggering statement about righteousness in Matt. 5:20 are the rest of the passage we are considering together. He begins by using two metaphors to explain the nature of true righteousness - righteousness that actually corresponds to the righteous standard of his Father - the righteousness that abundantly surpasses ...
