Ἕν σε ὑστερεῖ· ὕπαγε ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ δὸς τοῖς πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι. (Mark 10:21) “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” (Mark 10:21) Conversion always involves going andContinue reading “Repentance and faith”
Category Archives: Κοινη
She knows, he knows, they don’t know
καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξηράνθη ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς, καὶ ἔγνω τῷ σώματι ὅτι ἴαται ἀπὸ τῆς μάστιγος. καὶ εὐθὺς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐπιγνοὺς ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὴν ἐξ αὐτοῦ δύναμιν ἐξελθοῦσαν ἐπιστραφεὶς ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ ἔλεγεν· Τίς μου ἥψατο τῶν ἱματίων;…καὶ διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἵνα μηδεὶς γνοῖ τοῦτο (Mark 5:29-30, 43) “And immediately the flow of bloodContinue reading “She knows, he knows, they don’t know”
Criss-Cross Gospel
Interesting play on words: Οἱ δὲ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεισαν τοὺς ὄχλους ἵνα αἰτήσωνται τὸν Βαραββᾶν τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν ἀπολέσωσιν. 21 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ἡγεμὼν εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Τίνα θέλετε ἀπὸ τῶν δύο ἀπολύσω ὑμῖν; οἱ δὲ εἶπαν· Τὸν Βαραββᾶν. (Matt. 27:20-21) Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask forContinue reading “Criss-Cross Gospel”
γινομαι & ειμι
“Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.’” (John 8:58) The burning bush scene and Isaiah’s “I am” statement’s are often proposed as the background for this, and rightly so. But I think there may also be a contrast present here that has already appeared in John’s Gospel.Continue reading “γινομαι & ειμι”
Linguistic/Thematic Parallels between Revelation 12 and 20
Obviously a major debate in eschatology is the question of what the vision of Revelation 20 refers to. While Premillennialists contend that Revelation 20 should be read as chronologically following chapter 19, Amillennialists hold that chapter 20 begins a new recapitulation of the series of events that are discussed repeatedly in the book. One argumentContinue reading “Linguistic/Thematic Parallels between Revelation 12 and 20”
Re-cap
καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοὺς τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν βασιλείαν καὶ ἱερεῖς (Rev. 5:10) ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία τοῦ χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ (Rev. 12:10) ἱερεῖς τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τοῦ χριστοῦ (Rev. 20:6)
