He traces Jesus' lineage all the way back to Abraham. In the words of Helmut Koester, "It is very important for Matthew that Jesus is the son of Abraham." In short, Jesus is a Jew. Matthew grounds ...

36 So if the Son makes you free ... 39 They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to ...

In the New Testament we read many times about Jesus' brothers and sisters. Some are named and appear in the Early Church.

Matthew’s Gospel commences with a genealogy of Jesus, “the son of David, the son of Abraham” (1:1). Jesus is introduced as heir of God’s promises to Abraham and of the royal heritage of David. The ...

In order to become one of Jesus' friends, it is necessary to receive Christ as your Lord and Savior through faith. "Yet to ...

Who are the people of God? If anyone could make a claim to be the people of God, wouldn’t it surely be the Jews, the sons of ...

Do you know about the Psalms of ascent? Jerusalem is located on a hill, traditionally called “Mt. Moriah,” where God saved ...

[John 8:58-59; NAB] Jesus claims to have existed also before Abraham - something impossible ... not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son but only the Father." [Mark 13:32; RSV] Bishop Richard ...

son, Jesus, and Holy Spirit – agreed together, and Jesus was born by the Holy Spirit to a young virgin, Mary, who was betrothed to her future husband, Joseph, a descendant of Abraham.

But we obviously couldn’t tell the story of the Bible without Abraham, without Moses, without David, without Daniel and the lions, and of course without Jesus and the Disciples. In creating Son ...

For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath” (Matt 12:6-8). Jesus makes the dramatic claim ... the deep menuha rest that the ...

Our triune God – father, son, Jesus, and Holy Spirit – agreed together, and Jesus was born by the Holy Spirit to a young ...