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 […]
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 […]
What Does the Shema Mean to Me
Roy Blizzard III © 2013 This is “The Shema”; Deuteronomy 6:4-9, King James Version (KJV) 4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I […]