Category Archives: NT Scripture

Defending Troy

On my trip to Greece and Turkey last year, we visited the ancient ruins of Troy. Paul mentions Troas in Acts, 2 Corinthians and 2 Timothy though it was likely not the exact same ancient city. Continue reading

The Secret Author of Romans

Paul was the author of 13 books of the Bible. I don’t really think Paul wrote most of those so called “epistles.” It’s all there in Romans 16:22. A guy named Tertius wrote the book of Romans. Continue reading

The Apostle Paul

Here are a couple of interesting bits about the Apostle Paul. What did he look like? Was he married? Family? His full name? When did he embark on his first missionary journey? Continue reading

A Pilate Error

I was listening to a sermon this afternoon on the topic of absolute truth (or Truth if you prefer). The reference was John 18:33-38 which is Jesus’ encounter with Pilate. The speaker said something that caught me off guard. He said that Pilate committed suicide three years after Jesus was crucified. Continue reading

The Messianic Secret

The most notable instance of what is called the Messianic Secret is found in Mark 8:27-30. Jesus instructs His disciples not to reveal to anyone that He is the Messiah. Jesus also requests this occasionally from people He heals such as in Mark 1:43-44 or Mark 5:43. Continue reading

Brought to You by the Letter Q

Mark seems to be the first Gospel written since almost all of it is incorporated into the other two Gospels. While Matthew and Luke have quite a few similarities, they also have huge chunks that are totally unique to themselves. So the question is where they got those 250 verses that they have in common? One of the proposed answers is Q. Continue reading

Second Peter: You Are Suspect

Pseudepigraphy is the act of writing a book or letter and naming one of the Apostles as the author of the piece you just wrote. There are numerous examples of this such as The Gospel of Peter or the Apocalypse of Peter. Continue reading