Category: Bible Commentary

Yesterday, I was a featured guest on Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson’s radio program, a conservative live talk show. I knew before accepting the offer that it wasn’t a good fit for me, but I didn’t quite expect the direction the interview went! Rather than discussing the History Channel’s miniseries on…

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. //The book of Matthew tells how “wise men” from the East followed a star to see the glory of the newborn king, Jesus. But why would Gentiles be interested in a baby Jew? Did you ever…

Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have…

On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. //There you have it, folks. That’s everything we know from the Bible about the day in which Jesus lay in the tomb. Well, there’s a little story in Matthew about guards being placed at the tomb this day, but this is…

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. //This quaint phrase is the King James Version’s way of saying Jesus died. But there is much more behind this verse than one might first think. A literal…

After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. //John’s Gospel, the one Gospel…

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. //Ever wonder what a seraph looks like? Isaiah 14:29 gives this description: [F]rom the root of that snake will spring up…

For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of…

And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. //That was Judas. Ever notice how much the story of Jesus’ betrayal matches that of King David? Jesus appears to be the second David, and Judas the second Ahithophel (the enemy of…

But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. //So says this verse in the King James Version of the Bible. If your anger is without cause, you’re treading in dangerous water. But this may not be…