Bartimaeus, the blind beggar, is one of only a handful of people Mark names in his gospel. (We’re even told his father’s name, Timaeus.) Such detail should alert us to the episode’s significance in ...
These Bible quotes about love, faith ... will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — Romans 8:38-39 “Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens ...
This "secret sayings" gospel does not tell the story of Jesus' life, but rather is a list of over 100 of his sayings, some of which are familiar to readers of the New Testament, others enigmatic ...
But, into this common narrative outline, Matthew and Luke each insert extra sayings and teachings of Jesus. And although Matthew and Luke do not put these sayings in the same order, nevertheless ...
Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, 'Sir, will there be only a few saved?' He said to them, 'Try your best to enter by the narrow door, ...