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PHall | April 1, 2020
Hebrews 10:1-4 ASV-PDH A – IS TAKEN: 1) For every high priest (archiereus), taken (lambano) from among (ek) men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God (theos), B – OFFER FOR SINS: that he may offer (prosphero) both gifts and sacrifices for sins (amartia): C – CAN SYMPATHIZE: 2) who can (dunamai) bear […]
PHall | April 1, 2020
Hebrews 5:1-10 ASV-PDH A – HIGH PRIEST: 1) For every high priest (archiereus), taken (lambano) from among (ek) men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God (theos), B – OFFERED SACRIFICES: that he may offer (prosphero) both gifts and sacrifices for sins (amartia): 2) who can (dunamai) bear gently with the ignorant and […]
PHall | February 17, 2020
There are many ways to, as the old gospel song says, “tell the old, old story”. Matthew begins with Jesus’s human DNA, while John begins with Jesus’s divine “DNA”. An yet both end up with complement narratives. Paul has a succinct description in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 – the death, burial, and resurrection, and later in […]
PHall | October 7, 2019
Don’t read this if you think chiasms are Perry’s imaginary friend. What they can do is lead us to see both surface truths and the deeper meanings; along with seeing things as we are meant to see (and maybe miss because of our Western eyes). I will present two chiasms on the same […]
PHall | September 27, 2019
Don’t read this if you think chiasms are Perry’s imaginary friend. What they can do is lead us to see both surface truths and the deeper meanings; along with seeing things as we are meant to see (and maybe miss because of our Western eyes). I will present two chiasms on the same narrative. Sometimes […]
PHall | August 2, 2019
Often, I have been “bothered” or maybe a better word is “confused”, at how often the Bible is so unnecessarily repetitive within the same scene. I think I am discovering why. Check this out: Genesis 31:1-9 A – 1) Now Jacob heard what Laban’s sons were saying: “Jacob has taken all that was our father’s […]
PHall | July 26, 2019
There are days I wish I could spend doing nothing else than seeing the structures, including the chiastic structures, within the Bible. (ASV) A – TIME CREATED: 1) In the beginning B – PHYSICAL DUALITY: God created the heavens and the earth. C – DISORDER: 2) And the earth was waste and void; D – […]
PHall | July 19, 2019
Before reading the text understand the following:1. A disciple is a student. 2. Students are taught.3. Students are taught what the teacher teaches.4. Teachers teach what they are authorized to teach.All of that is straight forward. Students in a math class are taught math, not biology; that’s what the teacher is paid to teach. Again straight […]
PHall | March 12, 2019
2:1-7 – Instructions to the Church Including Christological Poem 2:8-15 – Instructions to the Church Concerning Men and Women 3:1-13 – Instructions to the Church Concerning Men and Women 3:14-16 – Instructions to the Church Including Christological Poem
PHall | June 28, 2018
A – 1) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus B – through the will of God, C – to the saints that are at Ephesus, C’ and the faithful in Christ Jesus: B’ 2) Grace to you and peace from God our Father A’ – and the Lord Jesus Christ. Notice how even “Christ Jesus” […]