The questioning of Jesus by two priests—John the Baptist and Joseph Caiaphas—reveals hidden aspects of Jesus’ high self-awareness.
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Language Use in the First Century: Spoken Hebrew in a Trilingual Society in the Time of Jesus
Hebrew was alive and well in a basically trilingual society in the land of Israel during the first century C.E.
Unexpected Thief
A householder might be surprised by a thief, but those who know the Son of Man is coming need not be caught unawares.
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Be Ready for the Son of Man
What are the ethical demands of the parousia?
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Waiting Maidens Parable
In the Waiting Maidens parable Jesus warned his listeners not to behave like the foolish maidens who forgot to bring oil for their torches.
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The Sin Against the Spirit: Matt. 12:31-32; Mark 3:28-29; Luke 12:10
Jesus’ saying about the sin against the Holy Spirit belongs to developing Jewish ideas regarding the gradation of sin and punishment. It also reflects his high self-awareness.
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Completion
How a promise of safe harbor evolved into a prophecy of the end.
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Son of Man’s Coming
Son of Man’s Coming describes the cessation of the times of the Gentiles and the ultimate vindication of Israel in terms of the apocalyptic image of “one like a son of man.”
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Days of the Son of Man
In Jesus’ saying, the Son of Man does not function as the agent of destruction, any more than Noah did in the time of the flood or Lot did in the last days of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Sign-Seeking Generation
What was “the sign of Jonah”? This LOY segment offers a new and surprising answer.
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