Where I started: Luke 1:1-25
What I noticed: The repetition of “know with certainty” of verse four and “certain priest” of verse five.
The question that sent me somewhere else: I was looking to see if “certainty” and “certain” were the same (or related) Greek words. Instead, I discovered a play on words.
The word I investigated: tis (for “a certain”)
The resource I consulted: https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/luk/1/5/t_conc_974005 Read more
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Consult your Bible’s introduction to the book, your favorite study tools (like Search the Scriptures) or The Bible Project for foundational introductory information before beginning to study the first chapter.
Hint: Find the author’s emphasis by looking for repeated words and ideas throughout the text.
Welcome to the gospel of Luke, named after a man who is little known beyond the fact that he was a physician and the only gospel writer who was not Jewish.
Look at the word definition for “refreshed” and “joy” in Philemon 1:7 and 20 and compare it to its Hebrew equivalent for “rest” in Isaiah 11:2 and 14:3.
Read Philemon 1:18-19 alongside John 8:6-8 and Colossians 2:14. How does the truths of the passages give deeper insight into what Paul is promising?
Consult your Bible’s introduction to the book, your favorite study tools (like Search the Scriptures) or The Bible Project for foundational introductory information before beginning to study the first chapter.
Hint: Find the author’s emphasis by looking for repeated words and ideas throughout the text.
Read this passage alongside Romans 8:26-30.
