The Authorised Version here does not convey the full meaning of the original. Dr. Adam Clarke writes: “As the mother of birds hover over their young, so shall Jehovah God of Hosts protect Jerusalem; protecting and delivering, passing …
We believe that both reports are true, despite their seeming incompatibility.
The most reasonable explanation seems to be that Salome, Zebedee’s wife, made the request at the instigation of her sons, James and John. The mother …
Although some of the early fathers of the Church, such as Origen and Jerome, distinctly refer to the Samaritan Pentateuch, and the Talmud also alludes to it, its existence was questioned for many centuries; some even contended that it …
A modern writer says, “the Hebrew prophets were intensely political,” and further, “some of them turned their attention to what we should now call ‘social reform.”’ This is quite true, but the approach is not made from the correct angle. …