Monthly Archives: December 2021

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? John 14:8-9, NIV It is hard toContinue reading “Show us the Father”

ὅπου ἐὰν ᾖ τὸ πτῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί. Matt 24:28 SBL Greek NT Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. Matt 24:28 NIV (RSV and others have “eagles”) In the middle of Matthew’s version of what has been called “the Synoptic Apocalypse”, we have this strange statement. Or at least weContinue reading “The true meaning of …eagles and corpses”