Luke 20:5-6 – They talked about this among themselves. They said, “If we say, ‘from heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ But if we say, ‘from humans,’ everyone will stone us to death. They’re convinced that John was a prophet.” Now of course it’s easy to read this and judge. But it …
Luke 6:14-16 – They were Simon (whom Jesus named Peter) and Simon’s brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the Zealot), Judas (son of James), and Judas Iscariot (who became a traitor). First thing: Two James, two Judas, two Simons. Second thing: sometimes I wonder how …
Luke 1:18 – Zechariah said to the angel, “What proof is there for this? I’m an old man, and my wife is beyond her childbearing years.” Yahweh does not treat everyone the same. Others (I see you Manoah) asked for something and had no “consequences”, so why did Zechariah? Sarah didn’t believe either. It does …
