Mar 30, 2025
DEUTERONOMY 7-8:
Yesterday in Deuteronomy we heard Moses
repeating the 10 Commandments and pleading with the people that
they remain faithful in obeying all the commands and regulations
the Lord gave. The reading ended with an important statement to
remember when considering the difference between the old and new
covenants:
NLT: 6:25
“For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands
the LORD our God has given us.’”
PSALM 53:
This
is another Psalm that is quoted in the New Testament, and
therefore, often quoted in general. This is a tell-it-like-it-is
psalm, not a sweet and flowery poem.
ACTS 9b:
In
the first half of this chapter, we heard most of the story of
Saul's dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus.
NLT Translation notes:
Deut. 7:4 for they will lead your children away
from [the LORD//me] to worship other Gods. Then
the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and he will quickly
destroy you. [GNT says ‘the LORD’ here. Many translations do not
catch the fact that Moses is speaking, not the LORD. Actually the
Hebrew also says 'me'. Either the scribe writing Moses' words
forgot that Moses, not the LORD, was speaking, or else he forgot to
show where Moses began quoting the LORD.]
Acts 9:14 And he is authorized by the leading
priests to arrest everyone who calls upon your name
[here//0].”
21
All who heard him were amazed [and
asked//0]. “Isn’t this the
same man who caused such devastation among Jesus’ followers in
Jerusalem?” [0//they asked]. “And didn’t he come here to arrest them and
take them in chains to the leading priests?”
25
So during the night, some of [his fellow/the
other] believers lowered
him in a large basket through an opening in the city
wall.
34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas,
[Christ Jesus//Jesus Christ] heals you! Get up, and roll up your sleeping
mat!” And he was healed instantly.
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