Common Denominator

What a mess! Something smells fishy somewhere (no offense to fisherpeople). On the one hand, I don't get the husband. The money's g...

Just after darkness fell at the end of the first day, the disciples were gathered together in one place in Jerusalem. Since morning, both Pe...

Early in the morning just after sunrise, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joses, and Salome took spices they had bought and went to Jesus...

Back to Galilee, that's what to do, go back to Galilee. It had been Sabbath. Can't travel that far on the Sabbath. He had to wait ti...

What had happened? Less than a week before, they had entered Jerusalem triumphantly. Jesus had authoritatively condemned the temple establi...

It was the day before the Sabbath, and evening was quickly approaching when the Sabbath would begin. A member of the Sanhedrin called Joseph...

At the ninth hour, about three in the afternoon, Jesus cried with a loud voice the Aramaic words of Psalm 22:1: "My God, my God, why ha...

At about the sixth hour, darkness came over the land.

It was about the third hour when they crucified him, nine in the morning. They had flogged him. The Roman soldiers had mocked him, putting a...

A little later Pilate takes Jesus and a murderer to the crowds. "Because I am such a good man, I will release a Jew to you. Here are t...

Some Jewish leaders take Jesus to Pilate. Pilate has come down from Caesarea to keep close watch over the city at the Passover. The Jewish l...

Early in the morning Caiaphas and some elders interrogate Jesus. Witnesses testify that Jesus has said words against the temple, words about...

Judas comes to the garden with a crowd holding swords and clubs. He greets Jesus with a kiss on the cheek. They don't know which one i...

Jesus knows what is coming. They go to the Garden of Gethsemane, a place where Jesus had been meeting with his disciples. He is troubled. He...

It is now Jewish Friday. The sun has gone down and Jesus eats with his disciples. They are in the upper room of a certain house in the cit...

A Close Reading of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 So 1 Timothy 2:11-15 appear in the context of a discussion about the honorable conduct of worship. We n...

The Place of 1 Timothy 2:12-15 in the Letter There are two things you should have on your mind after you have finished reading 1 Timothy. Th...

While I won't be presenting on 1 Timothy 2:12-15, a friend of mine encouraged me to go ahead and discuss this second verse on my blog. T...

Appropriating 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 In this entry I will assume that these verses are, in fact, a part of the original text of 1 Corinthian...

Ben asked some good questions, so here are some quick thoughts: Ben: Dr. Schenck,If we are to assume that these verses are early interpolati...