The Bulls of Bashan
Roy Blizzard III © 2023 In Psalms 22, the Psalm that Jesus quotes from the cross, we read in verse 12 in the KJV and verse 13 in the Hebrew text that “Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.” This appears to the average reader pretty straightforward when it’s […]
Grace. What does this word really mean?
2011© Roy Blizzard III “Grace”. What is it and what does it mean for us in the New Testament and for those in the Old Testament. Psalm 136:1, “Oh give thanks unto the LORD; For He is good; For his mercy endures forever.” Grace or oftentimes translated Mercy in the Bible is derived from the […]
Love Your Enemy? A Short Commentary on the Greek and Hebrew of Matthew 5:43
Roy Blizzard III © 2011 Who Is Your Enemy? As an ordained minister and a Hebrew, Greek etc. student of the Bible, holder of a M.R.E., as well as the son of a PhD in Hebrew studies and minister, I am well aware of many of the errors spread in the name of Christianity, especially […]
Did Jesus Eat With a Leper?
Roy Blizzard III © 2024 In this passage in Matthew 26 and the corresponding passages in Mark 14:3ff and John 12:1ff, we read that Jesus goes from the Mt. Of Olives where he had been teaching in Matthew chapter 24 to Bethany and visits a “Leper” named Simon. It appears his disciples were there and […]
Greater Love Hath No Man, The Real Meaning
Excerpted from Roy’s book The Gospel of John, An Actual Translation Roy Blizzard III © 2012 John 15:13 “A man does not have love greater than this; he gives himself on behalf of his chosen.”(Often translated erroneously as beloved, see verse 14 below, since it can have a dual meaning. This passage is one of […]
How Did Saul Become Paul?
Roy Blizzard III (C) 2019 In Acts 13:9 we read a seemingly innocent verse stating that Saul is now Paul; or do we? Here is what verse 9 says: “Then Saul, (who is also called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.” Here is the Greek, “ 9 σαυλος δε ο […]
Who is a Good Samaritan?
By Roy Blizzard III & Bill Smiley © 2012 Based on Luke 10:25-37 In the New Testament we read an account that many have misunderstood. Seemingly, it contradicts traditional Judaism and thereby makes it look as if Jesus, somehow, transgressed God’s law. Contained within this parable are several “odd items” which commentators have overlooked. A […]
Yet The Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their Masters’ Table
Roy Blizzard III © 2012 In the New Testament in Matthew 15:21-28 is a simple, but to most people a strange story, that has given rise to all sorts of erroneous Christian and Atheist theology. We find here devils, pagans, dismissing disciples and a seemingly apathetic Messiah who insults the suffering. This is a story […]