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Hebrews Chapter 1 – A Commentary & Explanation (Verse by Verse) Photo by  Alex Shute  on  Unsplash There’s something about Hebrews 1 that always hits me somewhere deep in the chest, like a soft hammer tapping the heart, you know? The moment you start reading, you feel this kinda holy heaviness, a sense that the writer is not warming up slowly but stepping straight into the blazing center of who Jesus really is. And sometimes when I read it late at night with a cup of something warm—tea or maybe coffee, depending how my nerves is behaving that day—there’s this strange scent of old parchment in my imagination, like dusty scrolls and candle-smoke drifting across a quiet ancient room. Maybe that’s just me. But it feels real. Hebrews 1 is not gentle at first. It’s thunder. But it’s also poetry. And sometimes the Greek words sparkle like cracked jewels when you hold them up to the light long enough. And even some Hebrew words echo from the Old Testament quotations hiding al...

  Introduction to the Book of Hebrews – Commentary, Explanation & Study (Greek & Hebrew Word Meanings) Photo by Alex Shute on Unsplash When I sit down with the Book of Hebrews, I sort of feel this strange mix of trembling awe and also a kind of longing—like standing at the foot of a mountain you know you must climb, but your legs are shaking a little because the mountain smells of ancient dust and divine thunder. There’s something unique about Hebrews. It’s not like Paul’s letters, though sometimes it sounds like him. It’s not like the Gospels, though it constantly echoes Jesus. It’s not like the Old Testament prophets, but then again the voice of the prophets is humming underneath every paragraph. And so, when we talk about Hebrews, we’re talking about a book that really lives in two worlds at once: the ancient world of Jewish temple worship, sacrifices, priests, and shadows… and the new world of Christ the μάλιστα ( malista , Greek for “especially” or “above all”) who...

  Background and Historical Context of the Book of Philemon Photo by  Martin Bisof  on  Unsplash The little letter of Philemon —you know, the one that can disappear like a tiny leaf between the much louder trees of Paul’s writings—I feel a strange mixture of warmth and ache. It’s only 25 verses. A page or two. You could blink and miss it. Yet it’s one of the most emotional, relationally tender, and honestly awkward letters in the New Testament. Maybe awkward isn’t the fancy theological word scholars want, but it’s true, isn’t it? You’ve got a runaway slave, a wealthy Christian house-church leader, and an aging apostle in chains trying to negotiate reconciliation in a world built on the cruel backbone of slavery. And, well… sometimes the Bible hits too close to home when you read it slowly. This little blog study here is me wandering through that context—sniffing the dust of first-century roads, tasting the tension between empire and faith, feeling the scratch of ...

Philemon – Commentary and Explanation Bible Study Photo by Martin Bisof on Unsplash When I come to the little letter of Philemon , tucked quietly after Titus, it feels like opening a very old handwritten note someone folded and hid inside a coat pocket centuries ago. It smells—at least in my imagination—of worn parchment, maybe even a hint of olive-oil and dust from some forgotten Roman road. Paul’s words breathe like something intimate, almost too personal for public reading… yet here we are, reading it anyway because the Spirit chose to preserve it for us. And honestly, every time I read it, I feel like I stepped into a tender drama, a story of reconciliation, of broken relationships mended by the grace of Christ. This little book is short— only 25 verses —but rich like thick honey. There’s a certain sweetness, but also weight, like a truth you swallow slowly. And maybe that’s why even its Greek feels warm and soft in places. Paul writes like a man who, though chained by Rome, is...

Titus Chapter 2 – A Commentary & Study  Photo by  Kelly Sikkema  on  Unsplash Sometimes when I open Titus 2, I feel like I’m stepping inside a quiet, ancient room where Paul gently instructs Titus like a father teaching a grown son how to care for the household of God. There’s something warm in the air here, like someone lit a small oil lamp and the smell of burning olive-oil drifts around the text. It’s a practical chapter, but also strangely poetic, full of those deep Greek words that seem to taste different on the tongue when you say them slow. Let’s move verse by verse. I’ll wander a little, maybe ramble a bit, because sometimes Scripture does that to the soul — it stirs thoughts in uneven ways. Titus 2:1 – “But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine.” The Greek phrase “lalei ha prepei tē hygiainousē didaskalia” is interesting. lalei (λαλεῖ) = “speak continually,” not just a one-time announcement. hygiainousē (ὑγιαίνο...