Commentary on SY 22: The Parable of the Hoard of Money in a Field

The twenty-second passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Mt 13:44, and less so, on Thomas 109:1, 3. It is possible that the original source may have been the Q-Gospel, since it is missing from Mark, and perhaps Luke chose not to use it. However, it has to be noted...

Commentary on SY 21: The Kingdom of God is all around you

The twenty-first passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based solely on Thomas 3:1-3. It has one verse in common with Lk 17.20-21, but that has been dealt with in my commentary on the previous S.Y. passage. 21. 1Yeshua said, ‘If people say to you, “Look, the kingdom of...

Why did God say, “Isn’t Aaron THE LEVITE your brother?”

Shalom everyone, The question in this article’s title may seem like a bland and uninteresting one, but if you follow my line of reasoning, it will ultimately reveal to us what God thought about the Ten Plagues, and therefore something of YHVH’s personality. When we...

Is Wisdom a created heavenly Being, separate from God?

In Yahwist theology, you have to remember that YHVH has no gender – YHVH is neither male nor female. You therefore cannot separate out maleness and femaleness from God; to do so is to suggest that the God of Israel is not One, but is instead divisible. So is Wisdom a...

SY Passage 20: ‘The Kingdom of God is within you’

The twentieth passage of the Sefer Yeshua is based on Lk 17.20-21, and Th 113.1-4. Thomas 3.3 also has one verse in common, but that passage will be covered under the commentary for the next passage, SY 21. 20. 1People enquired of Yeshua and said, ‘When will the...