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wrote a note on Mark 12:18 ESV

Pulpit Commentary: Josephus states that in the time of Judas Maceabaeus there were three sects of the Jews, differing amongst themselves, namely, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes. The ...

2 days ago

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highlighted Mark 12:18 ESV

And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,

2 days ago

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wrote a note on Mark 12:17 ESV

Pulpit Commentary"The rights of Caesar are one thing, and those of God are another; and there is nothing that need clash between them. State polity is not opposed to religion, nor religion to state...

3 days ago

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highlighted Mark 12:17 ESV

Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they marveled at him.

3 days ago

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wrote a note on Matthew 22:22 ESV

Pulpit Commentary:"The view of the relations of Church and state set forth by Christ was novel and incomprehensible. Hitherto the two provinces had been considered identical. The emperor, as we see...

22 days ago

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highlighted Matthew 22:22 ESV

When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.

22 days ago

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wrote a note on Matthew 22:20 ESV

Pulpit comm: "Rabbinism ruled that the right of coinage appertained to the ruler of a state, and was a proof of de facto government, which it was unlawful to resist. The current coin, which they us...

22 days ago

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highlighted Matthew 22:20 ESV

And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"

22 days ago

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finished reading Mark 11, John 12 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:

Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples...

27 days ago

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highlighted John 12:50 ESV

And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me."

27 days ago

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highlighted John 12:44-45 ESV

And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.

27 days ago

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wrote a note on John 12:25 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "If life be regarded as an end in itself; if it be treated as complete when rounded with its own individuality; if life shrink from sacrifice, if it "love itself," and will at all haza...

about 1 month ago

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highlighted John 12:25 ESV

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

about 1 month ago

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finished reading Luke 18:15-43, Luke 19 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:

Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them....

about 2 months ago

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wrote a note on Luke 19:30 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "The account of this transaction is less circumstantial in St. Luke than in the other evangelists. The reference to the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9 is here left out. This prophecy is, ho...

about 2 months ago

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highlighted Luke 19:30 ESV

saying, "Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.

about 2 months ago

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finished reading Matthew 20, Matthew 21 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard....

2 months ago

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wrote a note on Matthew 21:19 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "The complete fulfilment of this promise is no longer in the literal Israel; she is nothing in the world; no one resorts to her for food and refreshment; she has none to offer the wayf...

2 months ago

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wrote a note on Matthew 21:19 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "Here was a parable enacted. The Saviour had seen this tree, the Jewish Church; it was one, single, standing conspicuous among all nations as that whereon the Lord had lavished most ca...

2 months ago

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wrote a note on Matthew 21:19 ESV

Pulpit Comm: "There is no question here of Christ's omniscience being at fault. He acted as a man would act; he was not deceived himself nor did he deceive the apostles, though they at first misapp...

2 months ago