Category: Zechariah & the New Testament
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Isaiah 1:1-9
NRSV [1] The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. [2] Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: I reared up children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.…
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What does it all mean?
When I started the examination of Matthew that has occurred over the last few weeks, I was hoping that what I would find was that there was a clear parallel between the use of the word fire in Matthew and the sense in which it was used in Zechariah, as a fire that purifies the…
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Fire in Matthew 25:41
With this post, we’ll be looking at the final use of fire in Matthew. Let’s consider the full passage in which it occurs, Matthew 25:31-46. [31] And whenever the Son of Man would come in his glory and all the angels with him, then he shall sit upon his throne of glory. [32] And he…
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Fire in Matthew 18:8-9, part 3
Having looked at Matthew 18:8-9 and its parallel in Mark, now let us turn our attention to the its parallel passages in Luke. Interestingly, Luke’s parallel for Matthew 18:1-5 occurs in Luke 9:46-48, whereas its parallel for 18:6-9 occurs in Luke 17:1. Luke 9:46-48 more closely resembles Mark’s version than Matthew’s version. It frames the…
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Fire in Matthew 18:8-9, part 2
The parallel passage begins in Mark 9:33-37, which reads: [33] And they came into Capernum. And when they had been in the house he asked them “what were you arguing in the road?” [34] But they were silent: for they have been arguing against each other in the road about who was greater. [35] And…
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Fire in Matthew 18:8-9
Let us continue through all the uses of fire in Matthew, as listed here. Shrewd observers will note that I have skipped an instance of the word fire in Matthew 17:15, in this instance the phrase is being used to describe an epileptic who often falls into fire or water, who Jesus subsequently heals. I…
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Fire in Matthew 13:50
The next instance of fire in Matthew on the list from this concordance appears quite soon after the passage discussed in the last two posts. Jesus concludes his explanation of the parable, and then proceeds to describe the Kingdom of Heaven in a quick successions of additional parables. In 13:44, the Kingdom of Heaven is…
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Fire in Matthew 13:40-43, part 2
In our last post we mentioned the idea that the Kingdom of Heaven is clearly viewed as a replacement for worldly kingdoms, and that the citation of Daniel 3:6 sneakily reinforces that idea. Let’s start by looking at the relevant passage in Daniel. The context for this passage is that Nebuchadnezzar, the Emperor of Babylon,…
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Fire in Matthew 13:40-43, part 1
This passage contains the next instances of the word fire, as listed here. Before we get to the actual use of the word fire, it is important to set the stage, which occurs in vv. 24-30: [24] He offered to them another parable, saying: the Kingdom of Heaven is like a person who sows fine…
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Fire in Matthew 7:19, part 4
In the last couple posts we have taken a look at the various places that Matthew and Luke cite Psalm 6, the text of Psalm 6 itself, and how it relates to its usage in the New Testament. Now let us return our attention to Matthew 7:19, and how we should understand its use of…
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