Please read the passage before the commentary. In the year 587 B.C. the Babylonians attacked and captured Jerusalem, deposed its king and sent the inhabitants into exile. They destroyed the kingdom. David’s ancestral line of kings was dead. Would the … Continued
Por favor lean este pasaje antes del comentario. En al año 587 a.C, los babilonios atacaron y capturaron Jerusalén, depusieron a su rey, y mandaron a los habitantes al exilio. Destruyeron el reino. La línea ancestral de David estaba muerta. … Continued
Please read the passage before the commentary. How well do we know people, our roommates, next-door neighbors, friends, spouses, children? How well did the people of Jesus’ time know him? They claimed to know his family, his place of origin, … Continued
Please read the passage before the commentary. Jesus said that his Father was at work until now. God’s work was not finished on the sixth day of creation any more than a mother’s work is finished after giving birth or … Continued
Please read the passage before the commentary. How old is forever? Isaiah suggested a hundred years old for being a mere youth (Cf Isaiah 65:17-21). We could buy into that if we could be as energetic at the age of … Continued
Please read the passage before the commentary. I learned a new word this past week. I have always considered anointing something done with oil. However, Ilearned that essentially it means to smear. When Jesus smeared the clay on the blind … Continued
Por favor lean este pasaje antes del comentario. Es el cuarto domingo de Cuaresma. Aprendí una palabra nueva la semana pasada. Siempre consideraba que ungir era algo que se hacía con aceite. Sin embargo, aprendí que esencialmente significa untar. Cuando … Continued
Please read the passage before the commentary. What is the greatest commandment of the law? Jesus answers the question first by quoting the superiority of God and then proclaims that therefore we must love God first and most of all … Continued
Please read the passage before the commentary. It is said that laws cannot make us love one another, but they can keep us from harming one another. Human laws have this fault, that that cannot force someone to love. The … Continued
Please read the passage before the commentary. Jesus had come back to Nazareth. The people there had heard of the things Jesus had said and done elsewhere and asked why they had not received the same for themselves. Jesus brought … Continued