NOTES ON THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF ST PETER NOTES ON THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF ST PE...
The letters recognize that each church is composed of both believers and church-going unbelievers. ?Church? (????????? [Ekkl?sias] ) is a compound wor...
four living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. the elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. a Lamb ?When John turned, he saw, not a Lion, acc...
He who overcomes shall inherit all things He who overcomes is ? ????? [ho nik?n] , by now familiar: the overcomer. The promises to the Seven Churches...
I counsel you to buy from Me The language is meant to speak to the merchants of the city, some of whom would have been members of the church:He who mi...
I am He who lives John calls Him ? ??? [ho z?n] , ?the living one? (present, active participle). ?Life? is an essential attribute of God Who is consi...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Chapter?5 Christ's sermon on the mount. (1,2) Who are blessed. (3-12) Exhortations and warnings. (13-16) Christ came to confirm the law. (17-20) The ...
the nations were angry and Your wrath has come This refers to the rage of the nations (Ps. Ps. 2:1) exhibited throughout the Tribulation by an unrelen...
do not weep ?? ????? [m? klaie] , a present tense imperative indicating that John continued to weep.1 the Lion of the tribe of Judah God had revealed...
CHRISTIAN kris'-chan, kris'-ti-an (Christianos): 1. Historicity of Acts 11:26 2. Of Pagan Origin 3. The Christian Attitude to the Name 4. Was ...
hail At this juncture, we once again encounter a major fork in the road of interpretation where many interpreters insist on understanding the effects ...
In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life The Greek lacks the article: the tree. There are several trees, ea...
INTRODUCTION ITS GENUINENESS is attested by 2?Peter 3:1 Also by POLYCARP (in EUSEBIUS [Ecclesiastical History, 4.14]), who, in writing to the Phi...
CHRONOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT $ I. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF JESUS$ 1. Birth of Jesus (1) Death of Herod (2) Census of Quirinius (3) Star of the...