Jun 20, 2022
2SAMUEL 21:
The
story of David being welcomed back ended poorly with arguments.
Sheba attempted to mount a revolt. He died even though surrounded
by his clan members because there was a wise woman in the town
where he had taken refuge.
Before that, David had decided to promote national reconciliation by appointing Amasa as military commander. But Joab, who had grown too powerful, shamefully put an end to Amasa's career.
Re-reading PSALM 118:
This
is an antiphonal psalm. Imagine a leader and a chorus of voices
saying a series of refrains. Today we will hear verse 22, which is
the Old Testament verse most frequently quoted about the Messiah in
the New Testament. And I have quoted verse 23 at the beginning of a
number of podcasts.
Re-reading John 2:
In
chapters 1-2, John has already started to tell us what Jesus was
like. He was able to enter in fully in a wedding feast, he was
stern about not turning the temple into a marketplace, and he
miraculously knew about people. In chapter 1 verse 24 in the NLT
says that he knew “all about people.” The GNT is closer to the
Greek with “He knew them all.” Jesus had a miraculous knowledge
about people, like we have seen in chapter 1 with
Nathanael.
NLT Translation
note:
Ps. 118:7 Yes, the LORD is [on my side//for
me]; he will help me.
I
will look in triumph at those who hate me.
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John
2:24 But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew [all
people//human nature].
[I
believe that John is telling us something miraculous about Jesus
here. He wasn’t just a good student of ‘human nature’! He actually
knew everyone, just like he knew the Samaritan woman whom we will
hear about. ]
25 No one
needed to tell him what [anyone was//mankind is] really
like.
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