By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2011 The extended section of this chapter, 24:4-31, deals with the answer to the disciples’ question about “the end of the age” and of Christ’s…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2011 In this final woe the beautifying was condemned because it was another example of their hypocrisy. There was nothing wrong with perpetuating the memorials…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 In this final woe the beautifying was condemned because it was another example of their hypocrisy. There was nothing wrong with perpetuating the memorials…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 In Matthew 5:33-37, Jesus’ emphasis was that His people should not perjure themselves by profaning the Name of the Lord, thus breaking the third…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 Three possible sources of Jesus’ authority are possible: from Satan, from heaven or from men. All three possibilities hold difficult implications for the Jewish…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 Two cleansings of the Temple by Jesus occurred; one at the beginning of His ministry in John 2 and the other near the end…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 Matthew’s account begins with the arrival of Jesus “near unto Jerusalem” where Jesus directed two of His disciples to go to a nearby village,…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 The passage here details the healing of blind Bartimaeus. But Jesus used several different methods to heal blindness in the New Testament. Did Bartimaeus…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2010 As noted in the discussion of 17:22-23 Christ gave many predictions of His death in Matthew, but the three which occur in 16:21, 17:22-23…
By: Dr. Thomas O. Figart; ©2009 Singleness is certainly not for all, since this would destroy the original plan of God for the multiplication of the human race through marriage.…
