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2126. The Plot to Kill Jesus

John 11:45-57

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... s Gospel, the Passover is near (v. 55; cf. 2:13; 6:4), and for the second and last time (cf. 2:13), Jesus travels to Jerusalem to keep the festival. The early visit to Jerusalem involving the cleansing of the temple (2:13–22) had given the impression that Jesus’ Passion was about to begin, but it did not. Now the Passion is soon to begin, and the narrator creates an atmosphere of expectancy for his story. He does not immediately state that “Jesus went up to Jerusalem” (2:13), but says that many (v ...

2127. The Last Passover

John 12:1-11

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J. Ramsey Michaels

2128. Jesus Predicts His Death

John 12:20-36

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... 4–5). God brings glory to his name, first, through the obedience of his Son (signaled by the obedient prayer just uttered) and, second, by reuniting the Son to himself through death and resurrection (cf. esp. 17:5). None of this made sense to the onlookers. What impressed them was the power and majesty of the voice (v. 29), not what the voice was saying. And yet, like Jesus’ dramatic prayer at the raising of Lazarus (11:41–42), the voice was for their sake and not his (v. 30). Like that prayer, it was ...

2129. The Impending Departure II

John 16:5-16, John 16:17-33

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J. Ramsey Michaels

... their world mission (cf. 17:17, 19). Additional Notes 16:4b Because I was with you: Jesus’ language implies that in a certain sense he is no longer with his disciples, for he is already on his way to the Father (cf. v. 5: “Now I am going”). The impression of distance is stronger in chapter 17, where consistently Jesus speaks of the disciples in the past tense (e.g., 17:12, “While I was with them”; cf. 17:11, “I will remain in the world no longer … and I am coming to you”). In Luke, it is the ...

2130. Paul's Chains Advance the Gospel

Philippians 1:12-30

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F. F. Bruce

... of Christology, p. 59: “what you are is ‘in Christ’ and what you are to become is ‘in the Lord’ ”). Speak the word of God: although the genitive of God is absent from P46 and the majority of later witnesses, its attestation is impressively strong. Various Motives for Gospel Witness This paragraph is described by Dibelius (ad loc.) as an “excursus”; Paul adds, in passing, to what he has just said that not all of those who have seized the opportunity for gospel witness were moved by equally ...

2131. Walking in the Light

1 John 1:5--2:14, 1 John 2:15-17

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Thomas F. Johnson

... , so prominent in 1:1–5, but includes every Christian. (In each instance a claim from the false teachers is answered with the true Johannine teaching from the Elder. The secessionists, who have divided the community (1 John 2:19), have left a strong impression on the remaining Johannine Christians. In fact, they continue to visit the house churches of those loyal to the Elder to win them over (2 John 10–11). The Elder must counter their teaching lest he lose his flock. The first claim of the schismatics ...

2132. The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2:3

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John E. Hartley

... between abundance and want in God’s lordship over order and chaos. An obstacle to this fourth position is that it seems to allow for the preexistence of matter. However, only the brevity of the creation account creates this impression. Ancient authors did not employ literary techniques for addressing complex issues from many perspectives. They focused on central issues without encumbering their documents with disclaimers. The focus here is on God’s sovereignty over the dynamic movement between cosmos ...

2133. Abram and Lot Separate

Genesis 13:1-18

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John E. Hartley

... promised to move in the other direction. Abram displayed compassion, confidence, and insight as he placed his nephew’s wishes above his own position and ambition. His leadership on this occasion strongly contrasts with his timidity before Pharaoh. Looking out, Lot was greatly impressed by the rich Jordan Valley, being so fertile that it was comparable to the garden of Yahweh, that is, Eden, and to the land of Egypt. This deep rift valley lies some twelve hundred feet below sea level. Thus its climate is ...

2134. God’s Covenant with Abram

Genesis 15:1-18

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John E. Hartley

... 15:4–5 The same prophetic formula from verse 1 heads God’s response. God addressed Abram’s concern by saying unequivocally, This man [Eliezer] will not be your heir. Abram’s worries were groundless, since a son was going to come from his own body. To impress on Abram the vastness of the promise, God took him outside his tent and ordered him to look up at the heavens and count the stars—as though that were possible. Then God proclaimed that his seed would become like the stars in number (22:17; 26 ...

2135. Abraham and Abimelech

Genesis 20:1-18

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John E. Hartley

... an invitation to Abraham to live anywhere in his territory. Abimelech informed Sarah that he was giving a thousand shekels of silver to her brother. His use of “your brother,” the very words that had caused this situation, served as a barb to impress on her that Abraham bore blame for what had taken place. Von Rad (Genesis, p. 229), however, believes that Abimelech used “your brother” on legal grounds in order to avoid increasing Abraham’s embarrassment. In either case, this large sum was to cover ...

2136. The Death of Abraham

Genesis 25:1-11

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John E. Hartley

... 4 Abraham had married another woman named Keturah. Since traditions like this one have been preserved without a chronological reference, there is no indication in the text as to when Abraham married Keturah. The location of this report in the narrative gives the impression that this marriage took place after Sarah’s death. However, in light of Abraham’s age at Sarah’s death and the fact that Keturah bore him six children, this marriage must have paralleled his marriage to Sarah for a number of years ...

2137. Jacob Apprehension in Meeting Esau

Genesis 32:1-32

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John E. Hartley

... pattern of prayer found in Scripture, the call for deliverance from difficult or oppressive circumstances. Jacob strengthened his petition by recounting to God the promises of prosperity and descendants that God had given him in terms of the Abrahamic blessing. He wanted to impress on God that the divine purposes were at stake in his meeting with Esau. 32:13–21 Having resolved to spend the night in that place, Jacob prepared an enormous gift for his brother Esau: two hundred female goats and twenty male ...

2138. The Cupbearer and the Baker

Genesis 40:1-23

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John E. Hartley

... , literally “pit” (bor). He lamented that he had been taken from one “pit” in Canaan and put in another “pit” in Egypt. The use of this loaded term bears witness to the depth of Joseph’s anguish at having to bear such ill fate. He was trying to impress the cupbearer so that he would show him kindness by speaking to Pharaoh in a way that would get him out of this prison. 40:16–19 Taking heart at the interpretation of the cupbearer’s dream, the chief baker related his dream to Joseph. He saw ...

2139. Joseph's Brothers Go to Egypt

Genesis 42:1-38

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John E. Hartley

... . To keep them on the defensive Joseph challenged them to prove their innocence by having one of them go back to Canaan and bring the youngest brother to Egypt while the rest waited in prison. The arrival of the youngest brother would prove their story. To impress on them the precariousness of their situation, Joseph put them all in custody for three days. Joseph was giving his brothers a taste of the hardship and sense of helplessness he had suffered during his years as a prisoner in a foreign land. At the ...

2140. The Death of Jacob

Gen 49:29–50:14

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John E. Hartley

... return of Joseph and his brothers. 50:10–14 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, located beyond the Jordan, the entourage held a great public memorial ceremony for Jacob. The mourning lasted seven days. The Canaanites, observing the ceremony, were so impressed with the large number of Egyptians present that they called that place Abel Mizraim, or “mourning of Egypt.” At the end of the week of mourning Jacob’s sons carried their father to Hebron and buried him in the cave in the field of ...

2141. Love the Lord Your God

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... , from breakfast to bedtime (v. 7; cf. the comments on the law being accessible and “near” in 30:11–14). Such would be its popular scope and relevance. Once again, the rapid sequence of verbs helps us feel the force of the advice: impress them [the commandments] . . . talk about them . . . tie them . . . bind them . . . write them. The law of God is thus to be applied to the individual (your hands and your foreheads), the family (your houses), and public, civic society (your gates, the place of public ...

2142. Love and Obey the Lord

Deuteronomy 11:1-32

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... this passage reinforces the call to obedience with two historical examples, one positive (3f., the exodus and crossing of the sea, Exod. 7–14), one negative (v. 6, the rebellion and destruction of Dathan and Abiram, Num. 16). The purpose is to impress on this generation of Israelites that it is their responsibility to obey Yahweh here and now (vv. 2, 7), neither relying on the obedience of previous generations nor passing off the responsibility to the next generation. Each generation has a continuity and ...

2143. Worshipping Other Gods

Deuteronomy 13:1-18

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... a sober and painful evaluation of the extent of its penetration, not only to the roots of western culture, but into the very bloodstream of the church. We will not find ourselves reviving the legislation of Deuteronomy 13, but we may become more impressed by the sharpness of its delineation between truth and falsehood, between the saving God and lifeless substitutes, and ultimately, between life and death. Additional Notes 13:2 Gods you have not known does not mean gods Israel knew nothing about, as if the ...

2144. Exclusion From the Assembly

Deuteronomy 23:1-8

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... millions of the world’s population where, without adequate latrines, people defecate in the open and insect borne diseases spread easily. Since God was aware of the effects of germs long before humans knew of their existence, we may be impressed yet again with the correlation between holiness and health. Physical cleanliness, ritual cleanness, and moral holiness were interrelated. 23:15–16 This is an astonishing law. It is diametrically opposite to the whole thrust of slave legislation in other ancient ...

2145. Firstfruits and Tithes

Deuteronomy 26:1-15

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Christopher J. H. Wright

... by Jeremiah in his acted prophecy (Jer. 13:1–11; cf. 33:9). If these close parallels are allusions to the Deuteronomic text, then they support the understanding that it is primarily the honor of Yahweh that is the goal of the exaltation of Israel. And this impression is further strengthened by the final phrase of the chapter, that Israel would be a people holy to the LORD, for this is another clear echo of Exodus 19:6, where holiness is linked to Israel’s role as God’s priesthood in the midst of the ...

2146. Solomon Asks for Wisdom

1 Kings 3:1-15

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Iain W. Provan

... Kings. It is certainly a word that has been carefully chosen; Solomon is the only king in Kings, in fact, who is said to have “loved” the LORD. It is not a verb used in relation to other kings’ religious orientation. And it is difficult to avoid the impression that its use here has quite a bit to do with the fact that it reappears twice in 1 Kings 11 (vv. 1 and 2) in relation to Solomon’s other great “loves”—the foreign women, of whom Pharaoh’s daughter is one. The questions that are raised ...

2147. Solomon's Other Activities

1 Kings 9:10-28

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Iain W. Provan

... ”—that he is heading very shortly for a fall. 9:10–14 We first came across Hiram, king of Tyre in 5:1–18. It was he who had supplied Solomon with cedar and pine for the temple (5:10). In one sense 9:10–14 simply confirms the impression gained from that passage that Hiram is very much the “junior partner” in his relationship with Solomon. The gold that is now introduced into the narrative is not the subject of any agreement so far as we can tell; there was, of course, no mention of any gold in ...

2148. Famine in Besieged Samaria

2 Kings 6:24-7:2

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Iain W. Provan

... him: As the sons of the prophets seem to have gathered to listen to the prophet, so here the elders of Samaria are gathered in Elisha’s house (cf. the similar scene in Ezek. 8:1; 20:1). 6:33 The messenger . . . the king: The NIV gives the impression that the king is present during this interchange. This interpretation may be influenced by 7:17–18, which says that the king “came down” to Elisha and that he spoke the prophecy “to the king.” There is no king in the Hb. text of v. 33, however. The ...

2149. Ahab's Family Killed

2 Kings 10:1-17

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Iain W. Provan

... assault, however destructive his campaign proves to be. Additional Notes 10:1 The officials of Jezreel . . . the guardians: We assume that the officials are the two men whose titles appear in v. 5: the “palace administrator” and the “city governor.” The impression there, however, is that these are officials based in (rather than simply visiting or having fled to) Samaria. Why they should be called officials of Jezreel is a mystery, unless the idea is that Jezreel, while having its own elders and ...

2150. Jehoahaz King of Israel

2 Kings 13:1-9

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Iain W. Provan

... . “the oak tree” in 1 Kgs. 13:14; “the lion will kill you” in 1 Kgs. 20:36; “the day” in 2 Kgs. 4:8, 11, 18). We could translate the line, therefore: “an Asherah pole (once again) stood in Samaria.” 13:14 Wept over him: The NIV gives the impression that Elisha is the cause of the king’s distress. The Hb., however, is wayyēbk ʿal-pānāyw, which must mean that he wept before/in the sight of the prophet (cf. Lev. 10:3; Jer. 6:7 etc.). He weeps because he thinks he is on the ...

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