SY commentary passage 8: ‘Would that I could bring fire to the Land’
The eighth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is mainly based on Lk 12:49 and Thomas 16:1. A similar passage can be found in Mt 10:34 (about bringing a sword to the Land). The midrash about being aggrieved at the stubbornness of people’s hearts is partly based on Mk 3:5....
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 7: Let the Dead bury their own dead
The seventh passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Matthew 8:21-22, and Luke 9:59-60 (which is the main saying of, 'Let the Dead bury their own dead'). The midrash on people trying to entrap Yeshua is based on Mk 12:13, Mt 22:15-16, Lk 11:53-54. The midrash on...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 6: The Signs of the Earth and the Sky
The sixth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mk 8:11, Mt 12:38, Lk 11:16 (about demanding a sign), Lk 12:54-56, Th 91:1-2a (the signs of the earth and the sky). 6. 1A man shouted out to Yeshua`, saying, ‘How will we know what you say is true? Give us...
Dealing with Difficult Moral Issues
Introduction In life, every one of us will encounter situations which will challenge how we view the world, and how we deal with the difficult moral issues that will inevitably face us. In such situations, our consciences will ask themselves, ‘Do I resolve this by...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 5: Interpreting the Signs of the Times
The fifth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mk 1:39a & Lk 4:44 (that Yeshua went around the Galilee preaching), Mt 4:17 (calling for repentance), Mt 16:1-3 (Yeshua’s response to interpreting the signs of the times; there is a similar saying about asking for...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 4: How fortunate the womb that never conceived
The fourth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Lk 11:27-28 and Th 79:1-3. 4. 1An excited voice called out, and a woman from the crowd said to Yeshua`, ‘How fortunate the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you!’ 2But he said to her,...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 3: The Beatitudes
The third passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 5:2-12, Lk 6:20-23, and Th 54:1, 68:1, 69:1-2. This week’s passage from the Sefer Yeshua is perhaps the most well-known, and most well-loved of all the sets of Yeshua’s sayings, because of the hope it gives us in a...
Commentary on the Sefer Yeshua passage 2: The Great Wedding Banquet
The second passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 22:2-10, Lk 14:16-24, and Th 64:1-12. 2. 1Yeshua` said, ‘To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It’s like a great wedding feast a certain king ordered to be prepared. And when it was ready, he sent...
Commentary on Passage 1 of the Sefer Yeshua
Shalom everyone, Midweek, whenever I can, I’m going to try and say a little bit about each of the 173 passages of the Sefer Yeshua. The Sefer Yeshua is drawn from all the Jewish, Yahwist passages of the 3 synoptic gospels (Mark, Matthew & Luke), plus the Gospel of...
“You show you are my Followers by the love that you have for one another“
Yeshua taught, “By this everyone will know that you are my followers: if you have love for one another”. Have the followers of Jesus kept this teaching over the last 2000 years? As early as primary school (US: 1st-4th grade), I remember first learning about the...