John 3:3 ESV Jesus answered him,¬†‚ÄúTruly, truly, I say to you, unless one isn born¬†o again [2] he cannot¬†p see the kingdom of God.‚Äù I read in a commentary that the phrase is all passive. It‚Äôs not something that we muster up and do. Just like our first birth, it is something that happens to … Read more
V. 35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him he said, ‚ÄúDo you believe in the Son of Man?‚Äù When Jesus asks the man this, the man doesn‚Äôt know who Jesus is, but the man would know that Jesus was a Rabbi (other people approached Him and called Him Rabbi … Read more
In Ezekiel 16, God talks about finding Israel out in the field as he was passing by. She was lying in her blood-a newborn whose cord hadn‚Äôt even been cut. This was the ancient method of abortion, to have the baby and then dump it in a field. They didn‚Äôt even bother cutting the cord … Read more
<<<2009.03.10>>>some random notes:Midrash Rabbah on Song of Songs 1:41 (another later rabbinic work) states that when a pregnant woman worships in a heathen temple the fetus also commits idolatry. This is only one example of how, in rabbinic Jewish thought, an unborn child was capable of sinning. (http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=1318) Genesis Rabbah 63:6 says that Esau committed … Read more
John 9 (ESV) As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, c ‚ÄúRabbi, d who sinned, e this man or f his parents, that he was born blind?‚Äù 3 Jesus answered, ‚ÄúIt was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but g that the works of God might be displayed in him. … Read more
