Author: Matthew Jones
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Magi
1 After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying. 2 “Where is the one born as the King of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising* and have come to worship him.” (Matthew 2:1-2) Word Focusmagiμάɣοι /…
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Manger
Mary gave birth to her firstborn son. She swaddled* him and laid him in a manger, because there was no lodging place for them. (Luke 2:7). Word Focusmangerφάτνη / phatnē<Hear It> The Gospel of Luke records some of the details about the birth of Jesus. Click here to read the full account by Luke in…
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Angel
26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the family line of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. (Luke 1:26-27) Word Focusangelἄɣɣελος / angelos<Hear It> Angels play an important role in the…
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Basket
42 They all ate and were satisfied. 43 Afterward the disciples gathered twelve baskets full of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of those that ate was 5000 men. (Mark 6:42-44). 8 Then the people ate and were satisfied, and they filled seven baskets with the broken pieces that were left over.…
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Millstone
But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble would be better off if he had been thrown into the sea with a heavy millstone hung around his neck. (Mark 9:42) Word Focusheavy millstoneμύλος ὀνικός / mylos onikos<Hear It> In this verse from the Gospel of Mark, Jesus warns his…
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Nomina Sacra
You might have seen the above image in a previous post. It is a photo of a mosaic in the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. The Hagia Sophia was originally a church that was first constructed in the fourth century AD and later converted to a mosque during the Ottoman Empire. Click on this link…
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Jesus
Mary is going to give birth to a son and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21) Word FocusJesusἸησοῦς / Iēsous<Hear It> In the Gospel of Matthew 1:18-25, the author tells us that Joseph learned that Mary was pregnant while he was engaged to her.…
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Good News
Here begins the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1) Word FocusGood Newsεὐαγγέλιονeuangelion<Hear It> Mark is a storyteller. His story in the New Testament about what Jesus did and said is simple, but vivid. It begins by stating that his account presents the Good News (εὐαγγέλιον / euangelion) about Jesus Christ.…
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An Apple a Day…
The Koine Greek letters gamma (Γɣ <Hear It>), chi (Χχ <Hear It>), and rho (Ρρ <Hear It>) are often difficult for native English speakers to pronounce because these sounds do not occur in English. Gamma and Chi are gutturals that are produced in the throat. Rho is trilled or rolled. A simple thing you can…
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Learning the Koine Greek Alphabet is Easy
Koine Greek is a phonetic language. You can look at a written word and know how to pronounce it or hear a spoken word and know how to spell it. Its letters and digraphs are always pronounced the same way. English is not a phonetic language. It is ranked among the most difficult languages to…
Koine Foundations 