Category: Greek Studies
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What are tares?
Matthew 13:24-30 gives us the parable of the weeds (or of the tares or the wheat and the tares). While the meaning and application of the parable are pretty clear, I’ve always wondered what the big deal was with distinguishing weeds and wheat? Here’s what I know of weeds: They’re radically different plants, wheat being…
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Mansions or rooms?
John 14:2, here from the KJV: In my Father’s house are many mansions: if [it were] not [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. A long time ago I saw a video on That the World May Know series by Ray Vanderlan. He explained that in light of…
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Thoughts on 2 Timothy 3:6-7
While looking for a specific passage a friend and I had discussed, I read thru 1st and 2nd Timothy. I find it strange that, although I didn’t find the passage I was looking for, 2 Timothy 3:6-7 really grabbed my attention. 2 Timothy 3:1-9 talks about the kind of people that will mark the difficult/terrible…
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Greek: Peter, do you love me more than these?
Some time ago, I bought a reverse interlinear New Testament. The day I got it our half-French, half-greek intern (David!!) at our office pointed out the different types of the Greek word ‘love’ is used when Jesus spoke with Peter on the shores of the Galilee after His resurrection (John 21:15-19). A quick summary of…