Category: Zechariah & the New Testament
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Fire in Matthew 7:19, Part 3
Just so that we have this text in front of us, here is Psalm 6. Like in the previous post, I have the NRSV and LXX text lined up next to each other, with the LXX in italics. Psalm 6 [1] O Lord Do not rebuke me in your anger, Lord, do no reproach me…
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Fire in Matthew 7:19, Part 2
In the previous post, we left off considering Matthew and Luke’s citations from Psalm 6, which I will lay out in a bit of detail below: Matthew 7:23 …separate from me workers of lawlessness. …apoxōreite ap’ emou hoi ergazomenoi tēn anomian …ἀποχωρεῖτε ἀπ᾽ἐμοῦ οί ἐργαζόμενοι τὴν ἀνομίαν Luke 13:27 …Stand apart from me all workers…
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Fire in Matthew 7:19, Part 1
Matthew 7:19 is the next stop on our tour through the use of the word πῦρ pyr fire, and this use also occurs in the Sermon of the Mount, in its closing section. As well shall see, the context surrounding the actual verse itself is quite interesting and should heavily shape our interpretation. Let us…
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Fire in Matthew 5:22
Matthew 5:21-24 appears in the Sermon on the Mount and reads: [21] You have heard that it was written of old: Do not murder. But whoever would murder shall be liable to judgment. [22] But I say to you that everyone who has anger against his brother shall be liable to judgment. And anyone who…
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Fire in Matthew 3:10-12
Matthew 3 begins with a description of John the Baptist, who is baptizing people in the Jordan river. The relevant passage for us begins: [7] But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees were coming upon his baptism, he said to them: “Brood of vipers, who showed to you to flee from the coming wrath?…
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Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered
Nestled in between the references to this lordly price of thirty pieces of silver (which, as we shall recall is the fine established in Exodus to be paid for an injured slave), we find a reference to Zechariah 13:7, which occurs after Jesus and his disciples are celebrating Passover and have gone to the Mount…
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