Repost of 3 Days and 3 Nights

 

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, He did so on Palm Shabbat (Saturday), not on a Sunday -- which is erroneous. He spent 4 days at the Temple, teaching and being examined, even as the Lamb of Pesach, found without spot and without blemish.

In Exodus 12, it says that the Pesach / Passover lamb is to be killed on the 14th "between the evenings". The time there being designated as 3pm until the just before the first three stars appear in the evening sky with the setting of the sun.

By the fact of this 3 hours of darkness, from the sixth hour of the day until the ninth, to which was no eclipse of the sun, the prophecy of Exodus 12:6 is fulfilled according to any reasonable interpretation of ritual/religious observance of Torah.

This also goes back to Genesis 1:14, in which "G-D said, Let there be lights." The absence of the vav before and after the letter Rosh in m' orah, says Rashi, gives it the same spelling as "the curse of".

This tells us, that before the foundation of the world, G-D had in His perfect foreknowledge that man would not only be created, but fall away and need a savior.

As a result of this omniscience, G-D ordered the creation of this enclosed Universe (as Job refers to it), after the manner of teaching us about HASHEM (the L-RD) our Redeemer and Redemption. Therefore, in Yeshua, we see the literal fulfillment of the perfect Pesach / Passover offering, literally taking "the curse of" all mankind upon Himself, and literally slain between the evenings, as the central most point of our existence; being the gate / door to eternal life in HASHEM and the world to come.

Like passing through a doorway in the first Exodus, above us on the lintel is His blood, and to the right and left on the door posts is His blood...and it is only through this door, the Door of Redemption -- de facto, in and through Christ Himself -- do we receive forgiveness, sonship, and access to the Eternal (and not just temporal) Love of G-D the Father.

The Cross, the Cross, the Cross; to the unbelieving a symbol of death, but to the followers of the L-RD, Jesus Christ, it is the means of life, through He who is our "source" to eternal life as our well-spring, the Holy One of Israel (e.g., Jeremiah 2:13, 17:13; with John 7:37-38, 4:10-14)

In the New Testament times, after the Passover seder in 30 A.D., at about midnight, Jesus and the disciples "went out and sung a hymn" (Mark 14:26), this refers to the fact that about midnight, all 3,000,000 in and about Jerusalem would rise up to the sound of the shofar and would stand on rooftops or wherever they could face and see the Temple...and at the cue, the nation of Israel would sing the hymn / the Hallel Psalm.

http://www.templeinstitute.org/pesach/hallel.htm

Jesus died upon the Cross at the ninth daylight hour on March 23, A.D. 30; the tenth of the Kalends of April (Lactantius, Letter to Donatus, .2). This de facto fell on a Wednesday, the 14th of Nisan, in a properly reckoned calendar which I can reasonably defend and show on another posting.

At Sunset (Shkias HaChamah) Joseph of Arimathea and Nico-demus (a Greek translation for "Chief Rabbi of Eretz Israel"-- of all Israel outside Jerusalem) embalmed Jesus' body just south of the Olivet fault, near the Kidron & Hinom Juncture on Olivet, just north of En Rogel. They finished by the time of the appearance of the first three small stars at which time was called "Tzais HaKochavim".

The time between Shkias HaChamah and Tzais HaKochavim is called "between suns". It is at this time that we are in the twilight zone in which the days change, a time of erev or disorder (as we find implied in Genesis 1).

Jesus was buried from Tzais HaKochavim Wednesday night (now the 15th of Nisan) through Thursday night (now the 16th), through Friday night (now the 17th), through to Saturday night (now the 18th): three nights and three days.

In all likelihood, He rose again from the dead in the third watch of the night. Jesus was indeed in the earth for an entire three nights and three days.

When the first light began to break on the eastern sky, but while it was still dark, we see the passages of Matthew 28:1, Mark 16:2, Luke 24:1, and John 20:1 in this reverse sequence called "Alos HaShacar": which is defined as "first light which appears before the sun itself is visible".

The time in which the women left for the tomb was at this point, but on the leeward or western side of Olivet, the tomb and the valley of the Kidron would have remained in darkness even after that "Naitz HaChamah" (the rising of the sun as it slips upon and above the horizon). Therefore, there is no discrepency in the Gospel accounts: none.

At such a point as Alos HaShacar, Jesus had long since arisen, probably at about 3 am, such as when the Apostles on the Sea of Galilee once thought Him a ghost walking upon the water. 3am would follow the last passing of the Centurion visiting the various sentry posts,

Polybius, Book 6.36
When this time comes, the man to whom the first watch fell by lot makes his rounds accompanied by some friends as witnesses.

He visits the posts mentioned in his orders, not only those near the vallum and the gates, but the pickets also of the infantry maniples and cavalry squadrons.

If he finds the guards of the first watch awake he receives them, but if he finds that anyone is asleep or has left his post, he calls those with him to witness the fact, and proceeds on his rounds.

Those who go the rounds in the succeeding watches act in a similar manner.

As I said, the charge of sounding a bugle at the beginning of each watch, so that those going the rounds may visit the different stations at the right time, falls on the centurions of the first maniple of the triarii in each legion, who take it by turns for a day.

Each of the men who have gone the rounds brings back the tesserae at daybreak to the tribune. If they deliver them all they are suffered to depart without question;

but if one of them delivers fewer than the number of stations visited, they find out from examining the signs on the tesserae which station is missing,

and on ascertaining this the tribune calls the centurion of the maniple and he brings before him the men who were on picket duty, and they are confronted with the patrol.

If the fault is that of the picket, the patrol makes matters clear at once by calling the men who had accompanied him, for he is bound to do this; but if nothing of the kind has happened, the fault rests on him.

The women and the apostles come to the tomb before 6am, meaning that the last watch of 3am, the Third Watch, had been verified by at least 2 witnesses as to the security and alertness of the Tomb of Jesus.

Therefore, we are able to isolate a time of about 4:42-5am for the appearance of the women at the tomb, and the arrival of the apostles as likely between 5am-5:40am...the times being very general and approximate.

It is comforting to know, that the Bible and the facts of the Resurrection are reliable, and beyond reasonable question...so much so, that the greatest American Legal Scholar on the Rules of Evidence in the 19th Century, Simon Greenleaf, when upon examining the Resurrection on a dare as a skeptic, became a believer in Jesus. Such is the power of even just the testimony of the Resurrection upon a fair minded individual open and honest to the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. Amen. Jesus is LORD. 

 The Resurrection of Jesus

Golgotha

“And coming toward and into a tract of land, upon which is called Golgotha in the Hebrew, the which is saying -- in interpretation -- ‘the skull cap area’. {1}



[My Comment: The insinuation is a yarmulke. The tomb of David, which was prominent in this land-tract, was like the skullcap upon the head of Jerusalem. In this area, only those kings of Israel that were considered worthy, had their bones interred. Nehemiah 3:16 (and other passages), tell us that there were multiple burial sites for the Kings of the Davidic line here: thus, the name “Golgotha” or “skull-cap”, being an idiom for an area dedicated to the “kings or the skull-caps of the nation of Israel”. Kings were therefore a type of yarmulke in their symbolism.

The tomb of David was a white sepulcher that eerily resembled a skull at certain  times of the day. This was hated by the first priests. In effect, David was looked down upon by the first priests of the city as just an ancestral reference whose name, like the Almighty, could be invoked to frighten the common folk into compliance.]

And having crucified Him, sitting down, (the soldiers) guarded Him there. {2}

And the people stood wherever they were at, viewing attentively. {3}



[My Comment:  This last verse translated from Luke 23:35, testifies to the crowded conditions mentioned by Josephus and others, 3,000,000  plus were crammed into an area less than a few square miles. By comparison, Alexandria Egypt was a crowded city with less than a mile in width and four miles in length, being congested daily with just 500,000. The condition in Jerusalem was 6 - 7 times worse in a comparable area of about half that length for three times a year: twice being in excess of 7 days at a time. This feast of Unleavened Bread - the Passover - First Fruits, all part of the same 8 days (a week and one day) of  continuous Observance by ancient Israel's near entire population of men ages 20-60 in Jerusalem, was one of those occasions.   Just the fact that the Romans were able to push their crucifixion through the streets of Jerusalem was practically a feat in itself.]



And it was then the third hour [being 9 a.m.] when they crucified Him. {4} 

Then from sixth hour
 [being 12 p.m. -- noon] the light of day was removed entirely, for the darkness came into being (as night) upon and over all the the Land,  

 [of Israel, even upon the whole Earth]  

until the ninth hour  [until 3 p.m.],

for the sun was as black as the darkness. {5}


Then, in the ninth hour, Jesus emphatically cried out with a loud and commanding voice {6}  


…and the veil of the Temple was rent violently in two,
from top to bottom.
 {7 }

Then Jesus again emphatically cried out with a great
and commanding voice, releasing the wind,
 {8} 

bowing His head and having stopped breathing. {9}



[My Comment:  The night and morning previous, there was rainfall. The clouds had dissipated by the third hour, and there was no wind for six hours. Upon the death of Jesus, not only did His “Spirit” or pneuma depart from His body, but doubly applicable, the “wind” or pneuma was released, as though with a vengeance or authority, as well.]




And the earth trembled with an agitated shaking. {10}


[“ O YHVeH, put on them reverent fear and dread (like clothing) [upon a man],
(and like scrub) [upon a field]. Let the nations know intuitively that they (are only) mortals. Selah.”
 (Psalm 9:20  - AWPR)]




And the centurion standing near, but across, out and off at the opposite of  Him, {11} 

 guarding Him, {12}

 saying,
‘Surely this righteous man was the son of GOD.’
 {13}

Then the soldiers came, and …coming upon Jesus, when they saw and perceived that He was presently at this time dead, they did not break his legs -- as with an axe, in two. {14}

 But still another one of the soldiers with a lance, drove in deep, pierced the side of Him: and all at once (there) came out (of the wound) blood and water. {15}



[Pilate asks Joseph to bury Jesus]
Then after these things, {16}  

Joseph of Arimathea went in, up to, and alongside
Pilate.
 {17}

 And taking courage asked (what was to become) of the body of
Jesus.
 {18} 

Then…having called near the centurion, he (Pilate) interrogated him {19}…and fully knowing from the centurion, {20}


Pilate asked Joseph of Arimathea, -- then being a concealed disciple of Jesus, through the terror and fright of the Jews -- in order that he might take up and carry away the body of Jesus. {21}



[My Comment:  The testimony of John in the Greek specifically and literally says that Pilate asked Joseph. The testimony of Peter through Mark infers a fearsome inquisitiveness to the effect of: ‘Now that this one has died, you’re not really going to leave the body up there are you? It’s already between the evenings, the preparation time of our observance of Holy Day.’ Therefore, it makes perfect sense for Pilate to turn to Joseph and ask the favor, and may be that he personally issued some money quietly for the linen for Jesus’ burial. Although Pilate’s wife may have wished Jesus ill, I sincerely believe that Pilate did not. However, to say Pilate gave Joseph money to make the linen purchase is simply a 50/50 speculation on my part, based on the reading of the Gospel text.]

And purchasing a linen fabric, and coming, {22} 

he took the body of Jesus. {23}

Then also came Nicodemus, bearing up and carrying a mixed blend of myrrh and aloes, about 100 (times) 12 ounces. {24}

They together, they bore up the body of Jesus, and wrapped Him up in the linen sheeting, and bound it around and fastened it together with the spices, as is customary with Jewish burial. {25}

And in that same tract of land where He was crucified, there was a garden; and in the garden there was a new tomb out of rock, in which no one had ever been placed.
They then put Jesus there through the (time) of the Preparation of the Jews


[until the first three stars were about to appear in the sun setting sky],

because the tomb was near. {26}

And having rolled a very great stone to the door of the memorial cave, he left. Then, was there Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary sitting down before the presence of the grave.
Then upon the next day, the which is in the midst
 {27}

 of the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together up alongside and next to Pilate, saying ‘Lord, we do mindfully so recollect that one, the deceiver, said upon (His) life, ‘’After three days, I will be raised up (a new creation).’’  Set in motion and urge then (for) the grave to be made secure until the third day, lest at any time the disciples of Him come near by night, and by stealth steal Him, that they might say to the people, ‘’He is arisen from the dead’’; and the last deceit will thereby be worse than the first.

Then Pilate shone forth his words to them,

[having heretofore been suspicious of them, and having kept silent],


‘You now have and hold possession of a custodian guard. Go away and depart in secret, and secure it against (your) enemies and verify all with your sight and observance that it is so. 

 They then, rushed and ran through with violence and made the grave secure against (their) enemies, setting the stone (with) the seal of authenticity (upon) the grave in the midst of the custodian guard. {28}



[My Comment:  Upon arrival, the Pharisees and First Priests have the stone removed, and verify the identity of Jesus, while in the midst (or presence) of the  custodial guard. The centurion verifies definitively that indeed their testimony is true. That is, probably the entire council witnesses Jesus’ chest and head with their own eyes. The tomb is closed back up with the great rock, and then sealed with the signet of Pilate. The two Mary’s are chased off from the area; the site is secured to the  council’ satisfaction. 


 The guard will consist of about 20 sentries and one centurion. They will be consistently checked up on at regular intervals without fail ranging from 4 - 8 hours by those who bring meals, and by the Centurion of the Watch who inspects each post in a circuit.  They may have more frequent shorter intervals than even this.  The Chiliarch must also receive regular interval reports by the Centurions of the Watch, and order any post not reporting in investigated immediately by others beside the Centurion of the Watch while bringing forth the Centurion of the Watch to the Chiliarch to give an immediate first-hand report with the expedience of answering for a life threatening reprimand. At the first sign of trouble, there would have likely been a trumpet of some sort to sound an alarm, as the Romans used them like Bugles to send orders and announce virtually everything they were doing as a troop.]



Then, the evening watch of the Sabbaths, upon the first rays of light dawning into the one of the Sabbaths [First-fruits], Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary came towards, to gaze and closely look upon the grave. And behold!

A shaking came into being, very great! For (the) Angel of the LORD descending down out of Heaven, and coming up to and alongside (the location) rolled up back and (sending uphill and) away the stone, and sitting down up on top of it.



[My Comment:  The context of the rolling back of the stone appears to be that it was done so forcefully, that the great rock was out of its groove, and tossed a short way up and behind the tomb entrance, yet still over the cave’s perspective. This indicates that the rock was circular, and not squared, like a cork. As the Psalmist said, “But GOD will redeem My soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive Me. Selah.” (Psalm 49:15 - KJV)]



And then the face of His was the beholding of lightning, and the weight of his glory as white as snow. Then from the intense and quaking fear of him, those guarding were shaken to their very core, and came into being as if they were dead.
From judging discreetly, the Angel then said to the women,

‘Don’t you be frightened out of your wits (also). For I see and know that you
seek Jesus, He having been crucified. He isn’t here, because He was raised up, just as He said. Come here. Look and see the place where the LORD lay down.
{29}

Then weeping outside up alongside the tomb, Mary stood; and as she wept, she bent over beside and into the tomb, and beheld two angels sitting down: one up alongside the head, and one up alongside the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And say these to her, ‘Woman, why are you crying?’

She responds and says, ‘Because they took up and carried away my LORD,
and I don’t see or know where they placed Him.’
And saying these things, she turns about to where she was looking back, and looks at and gazes at Jesus
 [up close, and personal], standing (there), and still does not see and yet know that it is Jesus.
Jesus says to her,
‘Woman, why are you crying? Just who is it that you seek after
and strive to find?”
{30}



This question is on the lips of Jesus to you.  


Just who is it that you seek after and strive to find?





End Notes:


1 Matthew 27:33, Mark 15:22, Luke 23:33, John 19:17


2 Matthew 27:35, 36; Mark 15:24


3 Luke 23:35


4 Mark 15:24. Also, the symbolism of a conqueror who captures his enemy, and drags him through the streets, as in a noose, is prophesied as a result of the crucifixion in the Hebrew of Psalm 9:16.

“YHVeH is made known in the Judgment He has made and brought about:
in the work of the bend of His Hands
 [.i.e., in His wrists]

are the wicked ensnared
(as in a noose). A Meditation. Selah!”

(Psalm 9:16, AWPR)



“And (one) shall say unto Him, ‘What are these wounds in thine hands?
Then He shall answer,
(Those) with which I was wounded (in) the house of my friends.”
(Zechariah 14:6, KJV)




5 Matthew 27:45, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44-45


6 Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34, Luke 23:7 The Greek emphasis given by Luke and Mark’s gospel is that the cry was great, and loud, and commanding; not just a query. It goes to experiencing the separation of which the unbeliever has in hell, and why Christ -- without sin -- experienced the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth aspect of sin upon the Cross. By confining Himself to Scripture, YHVeH the Son not only experienced man’s separation from GOD the Father, but was able to offer up the appropriate response to which we believers are called to respond with. We may call GOD into question for activities of withdrawal and ask why. We may not lawfully accuse Him or slander. Jesus simply noted the activity and then demandingly questioned, why? As seen in the Psalms, and as the Son of David, this response is perfectly acceptable with GOD.  



7 Luke 23:45, Mark 15:38. Matthew 27:51 places the order of the temple veil, the earthquake, and resurrection in a collective utterance (i.e., vv. 51-53 are to be read as parenthetical).


8 Matthew 27:50


9 John 19:30, Mark 15:37, Luke 23:46


10 Matthew 27:51,54. The biblical writers had a habit of leaving natural events and weather out of their writings. Matthew, in the heart of the capitol, among thousands of hostile witnesses, in 55 A.D., freely speaks of the simultaneous earthquake, the solar anomaly, and the sudden wind that blew fiercely at the time of the crucifixion. When these events happened, it made the senses of the millions watching even more acute, so that when the centurion cried out, ‘Surely this was the son of GOD!’, and the more heard him and paid his words attention. There is no Talmudic teaching to argue or dispute the Gospels or their events from having occurred. If there was any objection, despite the persecutions of the Roman Catholic Church in their sphere of influence, those disputations of Christian history would have survived among the rabbinate. That rabbinical silence is, de facto, an affirmation of the Christian witness.


11 Mark 15:39 - ο παρεστηκως εξ εναντιας αυτου This tells us the positioning of the centurion and the soldiers in relation to the Cross. The soldiers had placed Jesus on one side of the stone fissure which leads up to David’s tomb, while they stood upon the other side. The fissure’s width had to be narrow and easily traversed by a running soldier (e.g. Mark 15:36). The area of crucifixion also had to be leveled out, yet steep round about it: easily defensible.

Only one centurion was needed to prevent access while his troop sat and rested.  Why? Perhaps the site was a steep mound, like a high place, easily controllable, accessible by one narrow path no more than 4-5 feet wide. Though upon the Eastern Mount, the western slope of Olives, the Romans held a south-north positioning from Jesus near the Kidron - Hinom Valley Juncture. This will not entirely make sense until the fissure to Azal is excavated, and David’s tomb is found along that fissure. Once that site of David’s former tomb in Jerusalem is found, then the Gospel accounts will make perfect sense.

Having never seen what the Apostles saw, as it relates to Jerusalem’s topography in 30 A.D., accurate visualization is very difficult. Paul through Luke in Hebrews indicates the Romans were to the north, and Christ crucified closer to the south or Hinom gate, through which the blood of animals were to be burned without the camp.


12 Matthew 27:54


13 Mark 15:39, Luke 23:47, Matthew 27:54


14 John 19:32-33



15 John 19:34 The blood and water aspect shows that Jesus heart burst after dying of asphyxiation, and congestive heart failure. What little blood was left in His body was quickly separating. The Gospel of John is telling us that there was probably about a 20 minute interval between Jesus’ death and the piercing. This probably occurred when the soldiers receive the writ from Joseph of Arimathea, bearing Pilate’s order to give the body of Jesus to him, and get rid of the other two by usual means (cf. John 19:38). The spear would have punched through Jesus’ left side, and rode up under the ribcage, straight into the heart. The notion of a right side to left side spear punch is idiocy from those unlearned in small weapons combat. The testimony is to the effect that Jesus went limp leaning to His right. Had He been closer to the ground, a thrust from a six to eight inch blade -- with a quick counter clockwise twist before removal -- would have had the same effect as the lance.

However, the Psalms specifically list the “spears” of the bulls of Bashan “western or Roman” soldiers, as piercing Messiah. The left side must flow forth the Living Waters if Messiah is to sit at the Right Hand of the Father in order for the river of Life to proceed from BOTH the throne of the Father and the Lamb (e.g. Revelation 22:1).


16 John 19:38


17 Mark 15:43; Matthew 27:57-58; Luke 23:50,52


18 Mark 15:43


19 Mark 15:44


20 Mark 15:45


21 John 19:38


22 Mark 15:46


23 John 19:38


24 John 19:39


25 Mark 15:46, Matthew 27:59, Luke 23:53, John 19:40


26 John 19:41-42



27 Meta… here means “in the midst” of the Preparation, evening-morning. Based on the context: “the next morning” following the Passover sacrifice, even though it is still a holy day. The Passover has already been partaken of, so defilement with Pilate is not an issue. Whether they penalize themselves 7 days or not, the primary concern is to secure the body of Jesus before the disciples gain courage to do so.

Now that the Passover had been taken, the number of people had dwindled dramatically from the very hour of the 3pm sacrifice (Luke 23:48), so that by the next day, and well before the time of First fruits, less than a few thousand beside the Temple guard and Roman patrols would still be remaining in the hills about Jerusalem. Many hundreds of thousands would be leaving in a very short span of time, so that it might not be hard to tamper with the tomb upon the following evening. Therefore, it was imperative to open the tomb, verify the identity of the body, seal it, and guard it. By doing this very act, these first priests verified and sealed the authenticity of the coming Resurrection of Jesus as definitive fact, though unknowingly at the time.



28 Matthew 27:60-66


29 Matthew 28:1-6


30 John 20:11-15 The woman stooped down and was able to look inside the cave-tomb. The entrance was probably at least 3 feet high, with a groove of at least 1 ½ - 2 feet in depth, of sufficient width to allow a man to safely turn about in it without falling down. The platform and floor of the cave had to drop another 3-5 feet below the elevation where the woman was standing, and be back into the cave some 8-10 feet. In all likelihood, there were finger mausoleums -- which were also cut into the back of the cave, curving out of sight, even from the light of the angelic radiance. Because of its proximity to the tomb of King David, and its being on the Mount of Olives, this newly hewn out rock-cave tomb was a very expensive purchase and stone cutting project, and speaks of immense wealth. Whoever owned this cave was not only rich, he was almost like a government treasury unto himself. Perhaps more so than the rich young man of Matthew 20:16-22.



Above Work product mine, and reposts of my own work product by me:
 3 Days and 3 Nights, written by me & posted by me at this blog in December 2009,  and "The Resurrection of Jesus" as part of a larger copyrighted manuscript I wrote & copyrighted in 2006 and repeatedly published on this blog -- Brianroy      

A Translator Closer Look At The Meaning Of Matthew Chapter 1's - For English Speaking Bible Study Purposes

 

 

A Translation of Matthew Chapter 1-

Messianic Implications in Genealogy, using Hebraic Insights. by Brianroy

Chapter 1

1) The Scroll1 of the Genealogical-Circle-of-Time2,

 concerning Jesus Christ, a legitimate Son of David,

 a legitimate Son of Abraham.  

  (2) Abraham3 fathered-and-brought-into -being4 Isaac;  Isaac5 then fathered and brought into being Jacob6.  Jacob then fathered and brought into being7 Judah8, and the brothers of him. 

 (3) Judah then fathered, from out of Tamar9, Phares,10 and Zarah11.  Phares then fathered Hezron12.  Hezron then fathered Aram.13     

  (4) Aram then fathered Amminadab,14 Amminadab then fathered Nashon,15 and Nashon then fathered Salmon.16  

 (5) Salmon then fathered Boaz17 out of Rahab;18 Boaz then fathered Obed19 out of Ruth;20 Obed then fathered Jesse,21   

(6) Jesse then fathered David22 the King.  Then David the King fathered Solomon23 out of that*one*of*24 Uriah;25   

 (7) Solomon then fathered Rehoboam.26  Rehoboam then fathered Abijah:27 Abijah then fathered Asa.28 

 (8)Asa then fathered Jehosophat;29 Jehosophat then fathered Jehoram;30 Jehoram then fathered Uzziah.31    

(9) Uzziah then fathered Jotham;32 Jotham then fathered Ahaz;33 Ahaz then fathered Hezekiah.34  

 (10) Hezekiah then fathered Manasseh;35 Manasseh then fathered Amon;36 Amon then fathered Josiah.37 

 (11) Josiah then fathered Jehoiachin38 and the brothers of him upon the plucking*up*and*removal*39 to Babylon.40

(12) After the plucking*up*and*carrying*away* to Babylon, then Jehoichin fathered Shealtiel.41  Shealtiel then fathered Zerubbabel;42   

(13) Zerubbabel then fathered Abiud.43  Abiud then fathered Eliakim;44 Eliakim then fathered Azor.45  

 (14) Azor then fathered Sadoc;46 Sadoc then fathered Achim;47 Achim then fathered Eliud.48   

15) Eliud then fathered Eleazar;49 Eleazar then fathered Matthan50; Matthan then fathered Jacob51. 

 16) Jacob then fathered Joseph,52 the husband of Miriam,53 out of whom was brought into being, Jesus: he who is said to be54 Christ. 

       17) The whole of all these55 generations, then, from Abraham until David are 14 generations; and from the David until the plucking up and removal to Babylon are 14 generations; and from the plucking up and removal to Babylon until the Christ are 14 generations.       

18) Now concerning Jesus Christ:  His coming into being was in this way; Mary, the mother of Him, being betrothed by marriage contract to Joseph, formerly and before their coming together, she was sought out and inquired, and found to be having in the womb, out by the Holy Spirit.56

19) But Joseph, the man betrothed to her, being righteous and just, and not having in mind -- nor the will57 -- to bring her alongside, to make a public show (of her), for the moment was willing to loose her away (by means of a divorce) secretly, and hide (her) swiftly, without notice. 

 20) And as he was increasingly growing in wrath and indignation while dwelling thoughtfully58 on these things:  Behold!  By a dream, the LORD’s Angel was seen by him, saying

                  ‘ Joseph, a legitimate offspring and son of David.   Do not run away

                    in fear,59 receive and take Miriam as your bride: for that which is

                    come into being in her is out of the Spirit, and Holy.

21)                And she will bring forth and bear a Son and you shall call forth

             His Name as Yeshua  [Jesus], for He will deliver and make whole,

             saving  His people from the sickness and death of their sins.’

22)                This also came into being in order that it might be supplied abundantly and fulfilled, by that spoken with definite words -- the LORD coming forth through the Prophet,60 saying,

23)                ‘Behold!  the virgin of marriageable age who has never known a man,

in the belly will hold and possess,  and will bring forth and bear a Son,

and they will call forth and summon the Name of Him, EMMANUEL:

the which is, being after the interpretation,

          ‘’In the midst of and among us -- GOD.’’61

24)                And Joseph, being excited in mind and body, and being fully awoken from the sloth and weariness62 of his slumber, he set about and completed those actions in what manner or way (that was) expressly set and ordered him63 by the LORD’s angel, and took possession of his wife;

25)                and did not completely know her until she brought forth and bore her Son, the Firstborn.    And he called forth and summoned the Name of Him:  Yeshua  [Jesus].”

 

 

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Alternate Translation of Genealogy:

 

2) The Father of the GOD-fearers fathered and brought into being YH’s Laugh of Merriment.  YH’s Laugh of Merriment then fathered and brought into being YH’s Heel.  YH’s Heel then fathered and brought into being He Belonging to YH and the brothers of him.

3) He Belonging To YH then fathered and brought into being from out of the Gentle and Complete Head (or King), The Breach or Breaking Forth and The Rising Light.  The Breach or Breaking Forth then fathered and brought into being The Courtyard.  The Courtyard then fathered and brought into being GOD’s Height (or Elevated Room). 

4)      GOD’s Height (or Elevated Room) then fathered and brought into being He Who Is Not Portioned-Out To Either Sorrow Or Pining.   He Who Is Not Portioned-Out To Either Sorrow Or Pining then fathered and brought into being Rest With Quietness.  Rest With Quietness then fathered and brought into being He Who Is Numbered As (Being) Peaceful.

5)      He Who Is Numbered As (Being) Peaceful then fathered and brought into being Doubly Strong out of She Who Is Wide and Roomy.  Doubly Strong then fathered and brought into being The Separation Of Living Waters out of A Female Friend.  The Separation Of Living Waters then fathered and brought into being YH’s Gift.

6)      YH’s Gift then fathered and brought into being Love That Flows or Boils Over, the King.  Then Love That Flows or Boils Over fathered and brought into being Clothed In Garments Of Peace, out of that one of The Light Of YH.

7)      Clothed In Garments Of Peace then fathered and brought into being A Spread Out Or Wide And Proud People.  A Spread Out or Wide and Proud People then fathered and brought into being Father YH.  Father YH then fathered and brought into being GOD’s Measure.

8)      GOD’s Measure then fathered and brought into being YH’s Judgment Decree.  YH’s Judgment Decree then fathered and brought into being YH’s Highly Elevated Room.  YH’s Highly Elevated Room then fathered and brought into being The Strength and Security Of YH.

9)      The Strength and Security Of YH then fathered and brought into being YH’s Complete Innocence.  YH’s Complete Innocence then fathered and brought into being He Who Seizes and Holds Possession.  He Who Seizes and Holds Possession then fathered and brought into being The Prevailing Power - Strength - And Vehemence Of YH.

10)     The Prevailing Power - Strength - And Vehemence Of YH then fathered and brought into being He Who Drives Away Or Pushes Out A Familiar Chord (So As To Cause One To Forget).  He Who Drives Away Or Pushes Out A Familiar Chord (So As To Cause One To Forget) then fathered and brought into being A Throng Of People Who Are Skilled In Training.  A Throng Of People Who Are Skilled In Training then fathered and brought into being The Despair Of YH.

11)     The Despair Of YH then fathered and brought into being YH Will Establish Rightly, 

and the brothers of him, upon the plucking up and removal to The Way Of Baal Which Causes Anxiety And Wears Away Until It Hollows One Out To Be Twice Dead.

12)     After the plucking up and carrying away to The Way Of Baal Which Causes Anxiety And Wears Away Until It Hollows One Out To Be Twice Dead, then YH Will Establish Rightly fathered and brought into being That Which Is Inquired And Known Of GOD In The Time Before.  That Which Is Inquired And Known Of GOD In The Time Before then fathered and brought into being He Who (swiftly) Flows Away (Or Flees) From Confusion With Insanity. 

13)     He Who (swiftly) Flows Away (Or Flees) From Confusion With Insanity then fathered and brought into being The Grandeur Of The Father.  The Grandeur Of The Father then fathered and brought into being The GOD Who Rises Up (Again).  The GOD Who Rises UP (Again) then fathered and brought into being The All-Encompassing Or Surrounding Help (Or Aid).

14)     The All-Encompassing Or Surrounding Help (Or Aid) then fathered and brought into being Righteousness.  Righteousness then fathered and brought into being The Brother Of Brothers.  The Brother Of Brothers then fathered and brought into being The GOD Of Love. 

15)     The GOD Of Love then fathered and brought into being GOD Whose Living Waters Are The Border Mouldings Of His Crown.  GOD Whose Living Waters Are The Border Mouldings Of His Crown then fathered and brought into being The Slender Gift Or Reward Of The People Of The Dragon.  The Slender Gift Or Reward Of The People Of The Dragon then fathered and brought into being YH’s Heel. 

16)    YH’s Heel then fathered and brought into being YH Who Is A (Wine) Cup Or Vessel, the husband of The Distiller Of The Drops Of Myrrh, out of whom was brought into being He Who Delivers And Makes Whole -- Saving His People From The Sickness And Death Of Their Sins: he who is said to be Messiah.

[Note:  I have hesitated posting this Chapter, apparently for many years, because of software issues that spell the Hebrew in reverse order of Left to Right, rather than right to left.  

There are also some other software problems that I do not seem to be able to correct, but do not seem to affect the integrity of the post, so I am posting this Chapter entry anyway.  

I did this translation in 2006, and for those interested in genealogy and Bible Prophecy, this 1st Chapter of Matthew should resonatre in a very positive way.  -- Brianroy].

1     The Greek word here is biblos (βιβλος).  It is sometimes interchangeable with biblion.  In Revelation 3:5, this is found to be the Lamb’s book or scroll of life.  Matthew was written in the summer of A.D. 55, and was aware of and had read John’s Revelation, which was written on Rosh HaShana A.D. 53, and distributed in A.D. 54 amongst the Mediterranean based Apostles of Christ.

²          γενεσεως deals with the origin of the circle of time, that which begins the chronology of existence of how and why so-and-so is legitimate in his claim for kingship of priesthood.  The early example of a circle of time used by the Greeks is found in Ceres, who married Osiris and was renamed Isis.  The Greeks called her IO (ΙΟ), to which Iota became the stopgap or place of beginning, and Omicron became the circle of time, representing eternity.  What the Hellenized Israelis of the First Century also knew is that the Greeks were saying, with the marriage of Ceres to Osiris, the origin of Attic or Athenian Greek civilization begins here with IO or Ceres marriage.  And indeed, Egyptian money, arms, naval forces, philosophy, construction, and so on did occur to such an extent, that the Greeks could truly say, as a “civilization’ made from the wilderness of Greece, “we have arrived” and find our origin and legitimacy through Ceres or IO.  Matthew lays Abraham as the one to whom any Jewish King, Priest, or Messiah must have direct descent; and uses this marker because he is writing among hostile eyewitnesses and participants in Jerusalem on 25 years after the Crucifixion, where memories and contentions were still very fresh.

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[All the following genealogical names will be translated from their Hebraic originals, using Gematriac analytic methods and criteria.] 

 

3      Abraham alternatively can be defined as Ab/ra/ham: “Father, who through adversity, brings about abundance and wealth” or as Ab/raham: “Father of the (GOD) fearers.”

4      εγεννησε means, “to generate offspring” or children.  This relates to ginomai as found in the Second Aorist “egenomen”, and as found in the Future “genesomai”, both of which deal with “bringing about into existence”.  Andrew, in scribing John’s Hebrew expressions, writes in the Greek as a translator.  This Gospel was probably spoken first in the Hebrew, and then guided by the Holy Spirit in its Greek documentation.  We see this in John 1:1-18, with the incorporation of  the imperfect of “eimi” (to be”) with “egeneto” in order to show that through YHVeH Messiah, “Bereshith” -- “In the Beginning”, the Universe and all that exists was “birthed”, “fathered”, and “found its origins” in Him.  In the case of YHVeH, everything was birthed by the spoken word.  In the case of men, the seed of the father was sowed into the earth of a woman’s flesh; and a child was brought into existence because so-and-so “fathered” such a one.

5     Isaac means: “YH’s laugh of merriment”.

6    Literally, Jacob means “YH’s heel”.  In Genesis 3:15, in regards to Satan and the sons of Jacob, “You shall bruise His heel, but He shall bruise your head.”  This is a dual application prophecy, regarding both Israel and Messiah.

7       Hereafter, for the sake of translation flow in this passage, I will translate “egennase” simply as the basic literal as “fathered”.  I have retained the full translation for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, because to them is given a distinctive honor of meeting all the saints personally, to sit and dine and talk with every one of them in the Kingdom To Come.   

8      Judah means literally: “YH’s (this is)”, or “he belonging to YH” In the Hebrew, Judah is written as Yehudah הודהי.  If the Dalet (ד), which represents David and Messiah, is placed behind the Vav  (ו), which represents Adam and his descendants, the word then means “YH’s sickness”.  Therefore, it is prophesied in the very word of Judah, that one from this lineage would be Messiah, and bear our sickness of sin upon Himself, being both YHVeH and man.  We find this Emmanuel, meaning “GOD with us”, only in Christ Jesus.  Any others will be fakes. 

Tamar means: “gentle and complete head  (or king).”  cf. Hebraic - Shiloh,    Shalem,  Shalom. 

10     Phares means  “the breach” or  “the breaking forth”.

11     Zarah means - “the rising light” such as the early dawning of the morning star.

12     Hezron means - “courtyard”.       cf. Gabbatha - “the pavement (courtyard)” upon which Christ was judged and given 39 lashes. 

13     Aram means - “GOD’s height (or elevated room).”

14     Amminadab means “he who is NOT to be portioned out to either sorrow or pining.”

15     Nashon means “rest with quietness”.  Cf. Isaiah 32:18’s   “The work of righteousness shall be Peace;  and the effect of  righteousness Quietness And Assurance, forever.”

16      Salmon means “he who is numbered as (being) Peaceful.” 

17     Boaz means “twice (as) strong”  or “doubly strong”. 

18     Rahab is “she who is wide and roomy”.  In other words, not only was she a converted harlot, but a very fat one as well. 

19    Obed means “the separation of Living Waters”.  It appears to indicate a river fork:  where one stream becomes two, rather than the removal of same; or may even indicate rainfall’s raindrops.  Living waters are those waters carrying motion and momentum, that are also life or fresh water based, and represents the motion of walking or “halicho” (cf. the other Hebraic of “halakah”) in the Creation process of regeneration.

20     Ruth means “friend” or more specifically, “a female friend”.  This is one of the women of the Bible who, along with:  Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, Deborah, and Mary; is a “type” or “character” example of the Holy Spirit. 

21     Jesse means “YH’s Gift”.

22     David means “love that flows or boils over”.  This is a reference to Genesis chapters 1-3, when GOD created Adam, he did so in an environment that was very hot, and at times, boiling over.  Waters steam rose up from the ground and in a hothouse effect, nurtured the vegetation in a steam-house effect.  GOD showed a particular affection toward Adam, whose name means, (when the Alef  (א) is separately pronounced), “GOD’s Blood”: Alef - DaM (מד־א).  This reference to humanity is the same as “My Son” into which GOD placed an extra Yod (י)  in man to make his living separate and distinctive from the animals, by becoming an eternal Creation.  Yod is an abbreviative, like the Alef, for GOD’s Name.  While Alef  (א) represents both Elohim and YHVeH, (the names of : “GOD” and “The LORD”), the Yod (י) is -- simply put -- the abbreviative of YH (הי).  Thus, “YHVeH Messiah, the breath of our nostrils” in Lamentations 4:20, identifies that it is YHVeH who placed a sliver of His Spirit within the creature called man.  Man then became a living extension of GOD, though separate and created from GOD, with the attributes of thought and reason and intelligence as from the Almighty, yet no greater in power than the angels.  Thus the terminology of the Psalms, “I have said that you are gods, and are all children of the Most High”(Psalm 82:6),   applies in the context of the Fatherhood of GOD and the Son- ship of redeemed mankind,  who are vastly subservient and inferior to the Creator and will ever remain that way.  They will only have the power to manipulate with the hands and the persuasion of verbal reason; and this privilege is only given to those who trust into YHVeH Messiah, and overcome the trials of this life; not to those ignoring GOD’s book and using deceptions to persuade themselves of deification already.

23     Solomon means “clothed in garments of Peace.”  In 2 Samuel 12:25, he is also called Jedidiah.  Jedidiah after היד ` יד ` י means “YH who descends and swoops like a falcon.”  This is a clear indication of the Rapture’s effect in haliko (motion) of “snatching” believers away in the End Times.  Jedidiah, after the feminine of “Yediyd”, means “beloved of YH”. 

24     The literal translation of the shift -- in which Bathsheba was left out, because she was taken in adultery and through murder.  Matthew displays an ultra-orthodox observant and  Jewish bias against Bathsheba, because he is writing to convert an ultra-orthodox observant Jewish throng in Jerusalem prior to leaving the city for the last time.  Matthew was martyred in Macedonia in November 56 A.D.

25     Uriah means “the Light of YH”.  In particular, one of the two stones that rests on the High or First Priest’s shoulders.  The plural of Uriah is Urim, as in the Urim and Thummin.  Uriah can be either the “yes” stone or the “no” stone that is illuminated by the closed-ended questions the king and leaders asked of GOD, but directed to the garmented High Priest, in the Old Testament.  An example, “Shall we go up to attack our enemies encamped against us at such and such a place?”  The Uriah on the one shoulder would then radiate a laser like brilliance that could be seen over 20 miles away  signaling a yes with its appropriate color (such as an amber),  or it could signal a no from the other with its appropriate color (such as a red).  According to Josephus, (Antiquities 3.7.5.),  each Uriah (or sardonyx) bore the engravings of six letters each, one letter for each of the 12 sons of Jacob. 

26     Rehoboam means “a spread out or wide and proud people.”  In the singular, it may mean that Rehoboam was  “a fat and arrogant “ baby, disliked by his father who had hundreds of wives, and hundreds more mistresses.

27     Abijah literally means “Father YH”; which in turn is terminology used often by the Protestant  Christians in prayer to the Almighty, especially in multi-denominational settings with the words “Father GOD”. 

28     Asa  means “GOD’s measure.”

29     Jehosophat means “YH’s Judgment”  or “YH’s Sentence (decree)”. 

30     Jehoram means “YH’s highly elevated room.”  This is a direct reference to Psalm 118:5 and the rapture deliverance of YH of his living saints to a safe and secret and roomy paradise habitation, while judgment is carried out upon the Earth.

31     Uzziah  means “the strength and security of YH”.

32    Jotham means “YH’s complete innocence”.

33     Ahaz  means “he who seizes and holds possession”.

34     Hezekiah means “the prevailing Power - Strength-and-Vehemence of YH”.

35     Manasseh means “he who drives away or pushes out a familiar chord (so as to cause one to forget)”; or could also be to the effect of “that one who causes one to forget the song of one’s green youth”.  In effect, the joy of Manasseh’s presence in the moment, brought about the forgetfulness of longing for the past.  This was both true of Joseph in Mitsraim (the narrow of bad straits, later known as Egypt); and of Hezekiah. 

36     Amon means “a throng of people who are skilled in training”.  The training of construction  arts: such as carpentry and stone cutting.  It also includes skill in the arts of wars.

37     Josiah means “the despair of YH”.

38     Jehoiachin means “YH will establish rightly”.  In the lineage, which contains Jehoichin,  there is the prophecy of one who succeeds the throne as being overseen by, but not born of Jehoichin’s ancestry.  Much has been missed because of an incorrect metaphorical, rather than LITERAL translation of this prophecy.  This actually foretells that Messiah would be overseen by one such as Joseph, of his lineage, even though Joseph’s name is not itself foretold.  

            Jeremiah states:

        “O eretz, eretz, eretz!  Hear and obey the WORD of YHVeH!  This, is what YHVeH commands: inscribe (in you) this man as a watcher*of*the* irrigation*water*that* slakes*the*thirst*;  the  Mistress (shall) not push forward to come in the heat of his days.  A burning brand which shall not be pushed forward from his posterity,  a (First) Man who sits down (to Judge) on the Throne of David, and rules with dominion,  and rules and rules  from Judah.” 

                                                              (Jeremiah 22:29-30, my translation)

                                                          

        In our current day, we popularly use the term “Eretz Israel” to say “the Land of Israel” (as covenanted by GOD): the Promised Land.  In this passage of Jeremiah, the use of Eretz or “earth” or “land” three times over, covers the Covenant areas of the Living GOD, YHVeH, concerning that Eretz or “land of promise”.  Eretz is first used of the Earth as a whole being under the dominion of man in Genesis 1.  Some chapters later, Abraham is given a dominion from Egypt to the Euphrates.  Then, the posterity of Abraham’s grandson is given the dominion of the land to which we now limit to west of the Jordan River, etc.  This triple expression is used just after the question is asked, and to the effect: ‘Why is it that Jehoiachin and his posterity cast into a strange and foreign land, to be as an unpleasurable broken jar that is despised and shattered?’  (Jeremiah 22:28)  The answer: that he may bring forth a descendant who is NOT Messiah, but a WATCHER over the Living Waters  (i.e. YHVeH - Jeremiah 2:13, 17:13).  Messiah: who will come forth of a mistress (a virgin - Isaiah 7:14); but who will NOT come in Jehoichin’s days, but at a time when Jehoichin’s days have been long dark and cold (i.e., far away or long ago).  The term “burning brand” specifically identifies the  rule of Messiah, the Living Waters, as   YHVeH is also to be located as from Jerusalem (Zechariah 3:2).  His ministry is carried over into the next chapter in Jeremiah 23:5-7.

       In Gematria, the phonetics of Jerusalem can be broken down as such:   Yod (י), is YH.  Rosh-Vav (ור), is “that aspect or form that is seen and takes the shape of”, and is related to being lofty and elevated in ra’ah, as well as a spiritual gift and vision to come in Ro’eh.  Samekh-Lamed-Mem (מלש) spell “Shalom”: that peace which is completeness in mind, and body, and heart.  In other words, Jerusalem is literally like the one seen by John in Revelation 21:2-3; and Jehoichin’s descendant would be as a witness or “watcher” over He whose NAME is inscribed in it, and dwells and rules and rules and rules ever after. Like Jehoichin’s name implies, this descendant will be noteworthy as he who “establishes rightly.’ as a witness to the integrity of the birth of YHVeH Messiah. Amen.        

39     The Greek uses μετοικεσιας,  which is found in the genitive case.  Based on the definition, it is a translation of the Hebrew idiom for a double negative for “a separation with separation” to Babylon; and is properly rendered as “to pluck up and remove” in an active sense implying force and motion.  Hence, “plucking up and removal to”.  Also cf. “plucking up and removal” with translations of Jeremiah  12:14-17, et al.  

Babylon is the way of  Baal or Bel, which both causes anxiety and wears away (until it hollows one out to be twice dead).  It is directly linked to Babel, in which the imaginations  of men formed an idealistic system, which gave distinction as to what did and did not have value, and commodity (for trade).  Love, for example, cannot be bought and sold; but a sexual activity can.  A piece of land for habitation can have value based on location and lust.  Food has a definitive value for those who wish to not work for their own subsistence, etc.  Genesis 10:9-10 and 11:1-9, reveals the nature of  Babylon is contained in first in the lust of the flesh, in symbols of strength; then, in the lust of the eyes, in congested community and lofty towers; and finally, in the pride of life, in such a manner that is rebellious against the Almighty, as though fame to and of one another triumphs over the will of GOD by the boasts of  having a “name” amongst one another.  These are the secrets to the mysteries of this world system, and how it thinks and operates.  Bodily appetites, propaganda in the form of visual illusions, and an explanation that gives moral excuse to live without accountability to GOD but also gives a greatness in accountability to and amongst other human beings.        

41     Shealtiel means “that which is inquired and known of GOD in the Time before.”   The time before can be the day before yesterday, or even as far ago as in those ages before the world and “time” actually began -- in what might be called billions and billions of years ago (from man’s perspective).

42     Zerubbabel means “he who (swiftly) flows away (or flees) from Babel.”   Babel means “confusion” or an insanity that is associated with this world’s system.  GOD is NOT the author of Babel or “confusion” (I Corinthians 14:33, Genesis 11:7-9), which also subsumes the activity of rejoicing in riotousness, revelry, drunkenness, fornication, insane notions, and the like. 

43     Abiud means “Fatherly grandeur” or  “the grandeur of the Father”.

44     Eliakim means “the GOD who rises up (again).”   This name is prophetic and essential in the telling  from beforehand of Christ’s coming resurrection.

Azor means “the all encompassing or surrounding help (or aid).”  This ties in with GOD, who is also called the “Messenger (or Angel) of YHVeH” in Psalm 34:7.  YHVeH adopts this title as Messenger only after his covenant with Abram, and firstly as the GOD of Abram who deals with Abram’s handmaiden Hagar, and her son Ishmael (Genesis 16:7), as one having Covenant authority OVER Abram and his wife Sarai.  We also find the Messenger of YHVeH is YHVeH in Exodus 3:2, 14-15  as the GOD who covenanted with Abraham (Abram), Isaac, and Jacob.  Abram receives his post Hagar and post-miracle or “Kingdom” name, while Jacob’s Kingdom name of “Israel” is withheld from him in this world.  The mere fact that YHVeH calls himself “the GOD of…” makes Him, as it were, a Messenger, the Logos or Word of reasoning gone forth, or THE Angel of YHVeH in the same sense as the Creed puts it “very GOD of very GOD, being of ONE substance with the Father, begotten, not made.”  The Athanasian apology uses the Greek “homoousios” in describing Christ’s internal and preincarnate and post-carnate internal state.  Though becoming fully man, yet the spirit and soul aspect -- within the flesh among us we called as “Yeshua” or “Salvation” or “Jesus”, -- was indeed fully GOD, of one substance with and homoousios with the Father.  The ministry of  Christ, even as with YHVeH in the OLD Testament, is clearly as the Messenger of  YHVeH Father. 

              The Old Testament verses are as follows:

 THE ANGEL OF YHVEH:    Genesis 16:7,9,10,11 and 22:11,15.

                                                    Exodus 3:2.

                                                    Numbers 22:22,23,24,25,26,27,31,32,34,35

                                                    Judges 2:1,4   5:23   6:11,12,21 (2x), 22 (2x)

                                                                13:3,13,15,16 (2x), 17,18,20,21 (2x)

 

                                                    2 Samuel 24:16

                                                    1 Kings  19:7

                                                    2 Kings 1:3,15.    19:35.

                                                    1 Chronicles 21:12,15,16,18,30.

                                                    Psalm 34:7.   35:5,6.

                                                    Isaiah 37:36.

                                                    Zechariah 1:11,12.    3:1,5,6.   12:8.

 

THE ANGEL OF GOD                         better translated as “THE MESSENGER OF GOD”

 Genesis 21:17.  31:11                                                                  1 Samuel 29:9

 Exodus 14:19                                                                               2 Samuel 14:17, 20.  19:27.

 Judges 6:20.  13:6,9.                                                                         (cf. with Malachi 2:7  &  3:1)

 

46    Sadok can also be written as “Zadok”, and “Tsadok”.  It comes from the Hebrew word which means “to be Righteous’, “strait, narrow, level, and even.”  Thus,  Sadok means either “Righteousness” or  “the Righteous One.”

47     Achim means “brother of brothers”.

48     Eliud means, after the Gematriac, “the GOD of Love” or “the GOD of David”.

49     Eleazar means “GOD whose Living Waters are the border Mouldings of His Crown.”

50     Matthan means  “the slender gift or reward of the people of the Dragon.”

51     Jacob mean’s “YH’s heel”.   cf. supra 6,  above.

52     Joseph means “YH who is a (wine) cup or vessel.”

53     Miriam means  “Distiller of the drops of myrrh.”

54     λεγομενος .  Cf. with ta’ legomena in Luke 18:34 and Acts 8:6.

55     πασαι encompasses the concept of wholeness in the definition of “all”.

56   This sentence as translated by the full Greek expression of word pictures, show that Miriam (Mary) was about to be taken up by her husband when she was discovered with child.  In all likelihood, it was either the appointed priest or it was  the advance ambassador of the betrothed, Joseph’s best man, who would have  the one who sought and inquired (as this verse tells us).  It is not held against Eli, Miriam’s father, nor against Miriam herself, that she is pregnant.  In fact, the conclusion points to Miriam as being part of a large household where she is never left alone.  It also indicates that she is the oldest of at least several daughters, and surrounded by overprotective aunts, or like female relatives.  If we read the passage correctly, there may be a suggestion that Miriam was sold to Joseph while as a child, prior to her reaching a state of maturity.  This is supported by the tone of the following verse, 19, in which Joseph is spoken in the manner of an old or mature individual, and Miriam as but a young girl.   

57    βουλομαι -  is willingness, as found in the moment.  That “will”  which has intent and purpose and longevity, being a continuous and active expression, is “thelo” in the Greek.  Boulomai is a mindful will that can change with a mood swing.  This is exactly what was happening with Joseph.    

58     ενθυμηθεντος  : en - meaning “in”, and thumos - the mind that is racing in agitation, indignation, anger, wrath, etc.  The scribes who are indignant, and think within how that Jesus blasphemes (Matthew 9:4), or those Pharisees who are hateful and indignant in their minds (Matthew 12:25) so as to call Jesus in league with Beelzebub, are further examples are the correctness of my translation of this verse.

59    φοβηθης  -  to terribly frighten.  In the Classical Greek,  Phobeo was used to describe those so terrified, that they ran away out of their minds with fear.  The Hebrew “charada” is closely associated with this type of fear, which also is what is told the women at the Resurrection tomb in Matthew 28:5 - “Do not fear so as to run away!”

60    Isaiah 7:14

61     Actual literal translation of   Μεθ  ημων  θεος.  In this context, as in Matthew 26:58, Peter sits “in the midst of”  the under-officers of the high priest, but not necessarily “with”. 

62     διεγερθεις -  “egeiro” which means ‘to rise up, to awake from sleep,’  -- intensified by “dia” -‘through’.  Mark and Luke use this descriptive word to tell of how deep a slumber Jesus was in during the raging of the wind and sea of Galilee (Mark 4:38; Luke 8:24); while John applies it to the intensity of the sea itself, as if awoken from the sleep of calmness (John 8:18).  This intensive of “egeiro” is  used again in 2 Peter, where Peter is trying to shake the sloth and slumber from the weary minds of those who believe, that they might intensely become awake to the message he  is imparting  before he dies (2 Peter 1:13, 3:1).

63     προςεταζεν  - to arrange by or through commands, and to set in order.  In Matthew 21:6, the disciples follow the command and instruction of this word,  set about to carry out the dictum: “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tied up with a colt, untie them and bring them about and lead them to Me.”  (Matthew 21:2)