In Mark 12:15, the King James Bible reads, ”Bring me a penny…..” but it actually wasn’t a penny like we think of a penny. John Broadus, the American Baptist commentator and preacher from the 1800s wrote “‘Penny’ (King James and English revisers) is a very misleading translation, and we must either say “shilling” (6:37),…
Month: August 2024
The Hebrew Acrostic
“Something You Should Know: The Hebrew Acrostic. Knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet opens the door of understanding to the Hebrew acrostic or alphabetical psalms. These are biblical poems in which consecutive units (either lines, verses, or groups of verses) begin with sequential letters of the Hebrew alphabet. No doubt such a linguistic device provides a…
Revelation 16:5
One of these is different than the others…see if you can see what I am seeing. “And I herde the aungel ʽof watirs seiynge, Just art thou, Lord, that art, and that was holy, that demyst thes thinges;” (Wycliffe Bible, published 1382-1395) “And I hearde an auugell saye: Lorde which art and wast/thou art righteous and…