By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 The first question of Jesus to the Pharisees has to do with the humanity of the Messiah; at least this is how they interpreted…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 The Pharisees and Saducees had a common motive, to entrap Jesus no matter how He answered the three questions in this section of Matthew:…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 Though there is a chapter division here, the argument of the context definitely indicates that this parable is the conclusion of a trilogy of…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 The parable in this passage tells of a the landowner who hired people at different times during the day, and at the end, paid…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2009 There are two misconceptions in the question asked by the rich young ruler. First, he had a wrong idea concerning the Person of Christ;…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2009 In this passage parents brought their children to Jesus hoping for a blessing. Why would they have done that? What were they expecting from…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2009 Jesus turns now to the subject of relationships of “brothers” among the believers. When a brother is found to be in sin, this passage…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2009 Jesus has told His disciples before about His coming death: someone would deliver Him into the hands of evil men, these men would kill…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2008 Is Christ the “rock”? Is Peter’s confession the rock? Is Peter the rock? Dr. Figart explains the support and objections to each interpretation. Previous…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2008 Whom do men say that I am? Jesus asked his disciples this question, and their response included Peter’s great confession, “You are the Christ,…