So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them. The land became Pharaoh’s. As for the people, he made servants of them from one end of Egypt to the other. Only the land of the priests he did not buy,Continue reading “Genesis 47: 20-26….. The famine ended at last.”
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Psalms 50: 7-15….Do you think that you feed Me? Spoken to His people
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;O Israel, I will testify against you.I am God, your God.Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;your burnt offerings are continually before me.I will not accept a bull from your houseor goats from your folds.For every beast of the forest is mine,the cattle on a thousand hills.IContinue reading “Psalms 50: 7-15….Do you think that you feed Me? Spoken to His people”
Psalm 49: 1-12…..You need to see the whole context!
Hear this, all peoples!Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,both low and high,rich and poor together!My mouth shall speak wisdom;the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.I will incline my ear to a proverb;I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.Why should I fear in times of trouble,when the iniquity of thoseContinue reading “Psalm 49: 1-12…..You need to see the whole context!”
Psalm 44: 9-17…..Is this self deception?
But you have rejected us and disgraced usand have not gone out with our armies.You have made us turn back from the foe,and those who hate us have gotten spoil.You have made us like sheep for slaughterand have scattered us among the nations.You have sold your people for a trifle,demanding no high price for them.YouContinue reading “Psalm 44: 9-17…..Is this self deception?”
Acts 26: 12-20….Part 2 of Paul’s speech.
“In this connection I journeyed to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard aContinue reading “Acts 26: 12-20….Part 2 of Paul’s speech.”
Acts 26: 4-11….Part 1 of a long speech!
My manner of life from my youth, spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem, is known by all the Jews. They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. And now IContinue reading “Acts 26: 4-11….Part 1 of a long speech!”
Acts 25: 24- 26: 3….A gripping story.
And Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people petitioned me, both in Jerusalem and here, shouting that he ought not to live any longer. But I found that he had done nothing deserving death. And as he himself appealed to theContinue reading “Acts 25: 24- 26: 3….A gripping story.”
Acts 25: 17-23…..A Toothless Tiger.
So when they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought. When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed. Rather they had certain points of dispute with himContinue reading “Acts 25: 17-23…..A Toothless Tiger.”
Acts 25: 9-16….A visitor’s opinion sought.
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?” But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourselfContinue reading “Acts 25: 9-16….A visitor’s opinion sought.”
Acts 25: 1-8…..Both sides of the argument.
Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, asking as a favour against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambushContinue reading “Acts 25: 1-8…..Both sides of the argument.”
As I read it! 