Gospel of Matthew
Witherington on Matthew Part 4
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006While I very much respect my fellow Virginian Thomas Jefferson, I can’t help but approve of this tid bit from Witherington on the “Golden Rule” from his Matthew commentary …
Jesus’ maxims assume the eschatological context and situation. Later attempts, such as that of Thomas Jefferson, to extract and excerpt them and apply them outside of […]
Witherington on Matthew Part 3
Thursday, August 17th, 2006In a discussion about the exact date of birth for Jesus Witherington interesting notes:
On the other hand, nothing in the stories from Matt 1–2 or Luke 1–2 rules out a mid-winter birth. It cannot be argued that the date was picked to coincide with the winter solstice since that date is December 21, not December […]
Witherington on Matthew Part 2
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006When the speaker said “O ye …” he was talking about Jesus’ remark to Peter after he began to sink whilst attempting to walk toward Jesus on the water.
The funny thing is that’s not the KJV says in that instance; Jesus says “O thou of little faith” while in situations were Jesus was speaking to […]
Witherington on Matthew Part 1
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006I’ve decided I’m going to blog in response to and on reflection of Ben Witherington’s new Matthew commentary. It isn’t an overly technical or critical of a commentary therefore I think both reading it, and reading my thoughts will be insightful to more then just ‘scholars’ or pseudo-scholars like myself.
I’m hoping the blogging of my […]