Jesus’ Birth and Early Childhood, Lk 2 and Matt 2

This lesson is on the birth and early childhood of Jesus Christ from Matt 2 and Lk 2.  There is often confusion about the timing of the events recorded in these two gospels.  Some of this confusion stems from the Christmas traditions, like nativity scenes and Christmas carols.  Here’s the...

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The Devil’s Opposition, Lk 2:1-3

In the accounts of the birth of Christ, we find an obvious influence of the devil, in the affairs of men, to oppose the coming of Christ. Look at these evidences of the devil’s opposition. Caesar’s world tax – Lk 2:1-3.  This raiser of taxes is typified in Dan 11:20-22...

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Easter in the KJV Acts 12:4

Easter in the KJV Acts 12:4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Pascha Translated Easter One of the supposed “errors” in the King James Bible is the word “Easter” in Acts 12:4.  The problem stems from the translation of a Greek word.  The word in Greek is “pascha.”  This word is translated every...

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The visit of the wise men.

The Visit of the Wise Men  (Matthew 2:1-15) In this lesson we are going to look at the visit made by the wise men to see the baby Jesus. We will look at how they knew when to come and what their purpose was in coming to see the baby...

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Herod & Barabbas, Jn 18:38-40

Herrod & Barabbas John 18:38-40 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this lesson we will develop the entire sequence of events in chronological order that occur during the interrogation of Jesus by Pilate and Herod. In this passage we will notice some interesting things. One is that after having been enemies Pilate...

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Matthew 27:11-14 Jesus Accused before Pilate and Herod

Matt 27:11-14 Jesus Accused before Pilate and Herod CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The companion passages that cross reference these verses are found in Mk 15:1-5; Lk 23:1-16 and Jn 18:28-38. You will want to refer to these in order to understand everything that happened during the trial of Jesus from...

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