Is Jesus saying Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are alive?

Jesus said the fol­low­ing in Matthew:

Matthew 22:32 “I am the God of Abra­ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, BUT OF THE LIVING”.

Did he mean that they were alive? To under­stand what he said, we need to con­sider Jew­ish thought. (more…)

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The Thief on the Cross — what he asks for

The story of the repen­tant crim­i­nal cru­ci­fied on Jesus’ side gives way to var­i­ous inter­pre­ta­tions. The debate is over where the comma should be placed in Jesus’ answer. Since in the ancient Greek text there were no point­ings, we may expect that it is the the­ol­ogy of the trans­la­tors that deter­mine the cor­rect ren­der­ing, or is it? What if we the con­text gives us a clue? (more…)

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