Exegetically Speaking Podcast
1) The Messianic Whipper Snapper, with N. Clayton Croy: John 2:15
The RSV’s translation of the “cleansing of the temple” in John 2:15 is in part, “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple.” John’s Greek, however, sugg...Show More
2) The New Creation Story of Jesus Christ, with David Capes: Matthew 1:1
The opening words of Matthew’s Gospel are translated as, “An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah” (NRSV), or “This is the genealogy . . .” (NIV), or “This is a record of the ancestors . . .”...Show More
3) At the Doorstep of Nicaea, with Malcolm Yarnell: Colossians 2:9
The Colossian churches had shifted their attention from Christ to calendrical matters, mediatorial figures, mystical visions, and philosophical notions. Paul is calling them to focus on Christ, who is...Show More
4) Whose Koilia is This?, with Jennifer Houston McNeel: John 7:38
The NRSV translates John 7:38, “Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.” Behind that stand entangled questions of the punctuation of the Greek sentences (punctuation is lacking ...Show More
5) Honor Everyone As the King, the King as Everyone, with Jason Maston: 1 Peter 2:17
Peter’s Greek wording in 1 Pet. 2:17 suggests a subtle but potent leveling of people and Roman king in Peter’s kingdom vision. Dr. Jason Maston is Professor of Theology at Houston Christian University...Show More
6) This Place, with James Hoffmeier: Jeremiah 7:7
Modern students of biblical Hebrew learn that the “pointing” (symbols for vowels) of the commonly used Masoretic text of the OT was added to the Hebrew consonants in the medieval period, and that the ...Show More
7) Incredible Things, with Tom Schmidt: Luke 5:26
In a healing story shared by the first three Gospels, Luke reports a uniquely worded response of onlookers, translated in the NIV as, “We have seen remarkable things today.” The key Greek word is παρα...Show More
8) Finding Jesus Inside the Shema, with N. T. Wright: 1 Corinthians 8:6
As of Paul’s first (existing) letter to them, the Corinthians are still struggling to understand and practice their faith in their native, non-Jewish environment. In a passage centering on the knowled...Show More
9) Praising the Lord in Hebrew, with Chandler Dean: Psalm 150
Hebrew poetry is rich in parallelism of sound (phonological), words (lexical), meaning (semantic), and grammar, through which meaning is conveyed. Psalm 150 illustrates these devices, and manages to s...Show More
10) Oversight for the Sake of Peace, with Pat Miller: Hebrews 12:14-16
The Greek of Heb. 12:14-16, though rendered into separate sentences in some English translations, is a single Greek sentence. Paying close attention to the internal structure, especially a participle ...Show More