Oct 27, 2025
The RSV’s translation of the “cleansing of the temple” in John 2:15 is in part, “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple.” John’s Greek, however, suggests that Jesus was using the whip only on the animals, which might have other implications for...
Oct 20, 2025
The opening words of Matthew’s Gospel are translated as, “An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah” (NRSV), or “This is the genealogy . . .” (NIV), or “This is a record of the ancestors . . .” (NLT). A comparison with the parallels in Genesis and a look at what Matthew actually composes suggest...
Oct 13, 2025
The Colossian churches had shifted
their attention from Christ to calendrical matters, mediatorial
figures, mystical visions, and philosophical notions. Paul is
calling them to focus on Christ, who is the center and
circumference of reality. In 2:9, Paul’s language makes Christ’s
full deity unavoidable and...
Oct 6, 2025
The NRSV translates John 7:38, “Out of
the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.” Behind
that stand entangled questions of the punctuation of the Greek
sentences (punctuation is lacking in the earliest manuscripts), the
meaning of the word κοιλία (koilia), and whose
koilia is in mind. Another...