Greek Bible

I'm Ben Gladd (@drgladd), Associate Prof of NT at RTS Jackson. Daily tweets are bits from the Greek Old and New Testament.

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So a nice bonus to those who have Connecting Scripture is the "Introduction."

I tried to put something together that presents this tricky topic in an accessible and brief way. 😌

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If you preach on Acts or Paul, I highly encourage you to pick up Schreiner's Handbook on Acts and Paul's Letters. 🪎

This Baker Handbook series doesn't get bogged down in the minute details of the text. It clearly presents the main idea in a way that accessible and rich.

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The second edition of the Beale/Carson Commentary on the NT Use of the OT is well underway.

The goal is to reintroduce this invaluable project to a new generation of students.

♦️ I'm joining Beale and Carson as a general editor.
♦️ The chapters on John and Acts are completely new. Steve Bryan is writing John, and Alan Thompson is writing Acts.
♦️ The remaining chapters are being revised to interact with current secondary literature and add more discussion of allusions.
♦️ Release date is Fall '27—the 20th anniversary of the original volume.

Most of the second edition is complete. So, if you liked the first edition, you'll REALLY like the second.

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If you use Accordance or Logos on macOS, you must check out Pure Paste.

It's an app that strips all formatting from your Bible software, so that you can paste it with ease into Word.

This replaces the defunct Get Plain Text.

https://t.co/oKLqSuWUBQ

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The phrase “made it known” (1:1b) ought to be rendered signified or symbolized (see HCSB, KJV), and the word signified alludes to Daniel 2.

According to the LXX of Daniel 2:45, the word describes the symbolic vision that King Nebuchadnezzar saw: “the Great God has symbolized to the king what will come to pass in the latter days."

In Revelation 1:1, John deliberately employs the language from Daniel 2:45 to demonstrate that the general content of Revelation is likewise symbolic. As a rule of thumb, then, the book of Revelation should be largely read and interpreted in a symbolic manner.

See discussions in the commentaries of Beale, Schreiner, Osborne, Fanning, etc.

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A new discourse analysis tool just dropped. Oh, and it's free! 🪎

Tracing the logical flow of a text is crucial to exegesis, so I'm thrilled to see another app that supports this method.

https://t.co/MXkGmNnvRE

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Ephesians 2:8 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.” 🤲

Ephesians 2:8 τῇ γὰρ χάριτί ἐστε σεσῳσμένοι διὰ πίστεως· καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐξ ὑμῶν, θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον·

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Because evangelicals have spent the last fifty years working on charts, I'm still waiting to see a robust book on "heaven" that:

✅ Argues heaven is temporary
✅ Relates the eternal state to the drama of redemption
✅ Relates the new heavens & earth to the temple
✅ Takes seriously John's use of OT in Rev 21-22

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Accordance has a handful of my books on sale, if you're interested. 🧾

The Dictionary of the NT Use of the OT is especially good to own in an electronic format.

https://t.co/KDgavpOO9L

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Huge fan of the Tyndale House podcast 🎙️

If you are in biblical studies or interested in the integrity of the Bible, you should subscribe.

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Connecting Scripture is back in stock on Amazon! 🪎

We sold out almost immediately upon release, and we are thrilled with its reception. People love chasing cross-references!

The @Logos edition should also be available soon.

https://t.co/2QkSqp2NvA

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"The Old Testament authors did not exhaustively understand the meaning, implications, and possible applications of all that they wrote. Subsequently, New Testament Scripture interprets the Old Testament Scripture by expanding its meaning, seeing new implications in it and giving it new applications. I believe, however, that it can be demonstrated that this expansion does not contravene the integrity of the earlier texts but rather develops them in a way which is consistent with the Old Testament author’s understanding of the way in which God interacts with his people…later parts of the canon draw out and explain more clearly the earlier parts.”

-G. K. Beale

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Underappreciated line in the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy:

WE AFFIRM that God's revelation within the Holy Scriptures was progressive.

WE DENY that later revelation, which may fulfill earlier revelation, ever CORRECTS or CONTRADICTS it. (Article V).

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Really like how Brian Tabb juxtaposes the Egyptian plagues and the trumpet & bowl judgments in Revelation. 🎺🥣𓁈

Notice that the trumpets and the bowls are in the same order, likely indicating that they recapitulate the same events.

See NSBT All Things New, 154

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Day #5 of Holy Week (April 7, A. D. 30)

Much transpires on Day 5, and two events shine brightly: The Passover meal and Judas’s betrayal. 🐑🗡

1️⃣ The disciples celebrate Passover, one of the three major holiday on the Jewish calendar. The connection between Jesus, death and the Passover sacrifice is obvious: Jesus dies FOR others. He bears their death.

2️⃣ Why wash the disciples’ feet? Jesus is the ultimate servant, the long-awaited servant of Isaiah. Also, when he washes the disciples’ feet, he purifies and empowers them to join the community of mini-servants of Isaiah who carry on Jesus’ own mission to reach the nations.

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My new TGC article on this neglected allusion, demonstrating the Jesus is in exile on the cross.

Matt 27:39 "THOSE WHO PASSED BY [οἱ παραπορευόμενοι] were yelling insults at him, SHAKING THEIR HEADS [κινοῦντες τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν]"

Lamentations 2:15 "All WHO PASS ALONG [οἱ παραπορευόμενοι] the road clapped their hands at you; they hissed and WAGGED THEIR HEAD [ἐκίνησαν τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν] at daughter Jerusalem"

https://t.co/u0ZMEJ65sA

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Today is Palm Sunday 🌴 meaning two things

1️⃣ On riding on a donkey (not on a war horse), Jesus declared that his reign is characterized by peace, esp. peace between God and man. Solomon riding David’s donkey in 1 Kgs 1 becomes a symbol of a powerful yet peaceful ruler. The prophet Zechariah picks up on this symbol and casts it as a formal prophecy (Zech. 9:9).

2️⃣ Jesus really is the long-awaited king of Israel and the nations, but his reign manifests itself not by sitting on the physical throne of Zion but by bearing God's curse on a Roman cross.

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“The blood of the Lamb silences the accuser!” One of my all-time favorite lines from D. A. Carson. 🩸🐑🤫

I’ve watched this 100x and it never gets old.

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"Piercing is supremely ironic. If anyone should be pierced, it should be the enemies of God and Israel."

As we consider Holy Week, here's a reminder that details matter in the gospels.

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