Month: February 2018

Books Other Than Kings and Chronicles where Eliyahu Appears What else do we know of Eliyahu, other than the narrative in 1 and 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles? He is mentioned in numerous other books in Scripture, reviewed here. • Malachi 4:5-6 מַלְאָכִי ESV* 5 “Behold, I will send you Eliyahu the prophet before (h6440. …

First, note the introduction of Eliyahu [name means Yah is God] (1K 17:1.) as “the Tishbite, of Tishbe (in) [of] Gilead.” [ESV says ‘in,’ but Hebrew is ‘of’ – a construct phrase] His name [including its modifiers, “Tishbite, of Tishbe, of Gilead”] is important, and frequently describes, as discussed earlier, not only the person’s character, …

Midrash reminder: In doing an exegesis, a midrash, about whether Eliyahu was firstly, in the Will of God in calling for drought, and secondly, whether Elijah prayed to YHWH before calling for the drought, it is important to give a plausible argument to answer these questions. First, to remind the reader what a midrash is, …

The genesis of this exegesis came upon the occurrence of one of those instances Mr. Strauch points out in his video, the last on his list, “Disagreements.” The school which the writer has been attending for his “higher education” has had, in his opinion, its greatest strength in having had a quite varied set of …

We spoke in the Post “Fulfill – Matthew to Hebrew” about connections of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) to the Torah Portion Mishpatim (Exodus 21-24).  It is important to note that in Matthew 5:17 Yeshua says he has not come to annul “the Torah and the Prophets,” before he moves to expound upon …

As before, ● marks the context of verses that indicated a previous word was fulfilled and ▸ marks the context of the referent verses that are being fulfilled. If there are multiple referent verses, there may be several ▸’s before the next ●. There is a space inserted before each new passage saying a word was fulfilled, …

We will begin with the brief definitions of some of the Greek words used for “fulfill,” as we had listed some of the Hebrew words in the Hebrew Post. We have seen some of these in the GS, but many were only seen in the Septuagint, which was referenced in the Hebrew Post. Some of …

As before, ● marks the context of verses that indicated a previous word was fulfilled and ▸ marks the context of the referent verses that are being fulfilled. If there are multiple referent verses, there may be several ▸’s before the next ●. There is a space inserted before each new passage saying a word was fulfilled, …

Within the TaNaKh/Hebrew Scriptures ● marks the context of verses that indicated a previous word was fulfilled ▸ marks the context of the referent verses that are being fulfilled. If there are multiple referent verses, there may be several ▸’s before the next ●. There is a space inserted before each new passage saying a …

This will be the last Post on the “It is written” phrase, with connections and context, which extends from 1 Corinthians to 1 Peter of the Greek Scriptures.  As before, index verses are in red, referent in indigo. ⦁1 Corinthians 1:18-24 ESV  18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, …