Douglas Jacoby Podcast

NT Characters: Agabus & Rhoda

January 27, 2021 14:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Agabus (Acts 11:27-29) A Jerusalem prophet, like Judas and Silas (Acts 15) Hagabos means "locust"—which is interesting, given the connection of locusts with famines. The famine prediction was made 43/44 AD. The "whole world" is the Roman world, as in Luke 2:1. Claudius was emperor 41-54 AD. Suetonius and Tacitus, Roman historians, refer to this famine. The apostle Paul organized the famine relief collection (2 Cor 8-9)...

NT Characters: Lydia

January 25, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background Lydia is from Asia (Thyatira), but resident in Europe (Philippi). She is the first convert from Europe in the book of Acts. Philippi is a Roman colony—there's no synagogue. Still, Jews and those Gentiles attracted to Judaism had regular places of prayer, typically outside the city and out of doors—like at rivers. Paul (and Luke) visit the river on the Sabbath, expecting to find worshippers of God. And so they did! ...

NT Characters: Silas

January 22, 2021 14:00 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction Silas is mainly referred to in Acts 15-18. “Silas” first appears in Acts 15:22. He is referred to by his full name, Silvanus, in 2 Cor 1:19; 1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1; and 1 Pet 5:12. His ministry is rich: Silas is a prophet—one of two who encourage the faithful in Antioch (15:32). In some sense, bringing the Word of God—or a word from God. He's also a writer. He assisted both Paul (1 Thess 1:1; 2 Thess 1:1) and ...

NT Characters: Titus

January 20, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction Titus was a major figure in Paul’s life, although not mentioned in Acts (which is selective). We come across him 13x in NT, 8 times in 2 Cor—also Gal, 2 Tim, Titus. Unlike Timothy, he had no Bible background. A true gentile! Paul, we notice, was effective at working with people from biblical background as well as with those who had no biblical conditioning—that is, pagans. Galatians 2:1-3 1 Then after fourteen...

NT Characters: Timothy

January 18, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction Most biblical figures give us few insights into the heart or the personality. Timothy is one of the persons about whom we know much more, mentioned some 30x in the N.T. He was in the circle of persons trained by the apostle Paul. ACTS 161Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers at Lystra and Ic...

NT Characters: Phoebe

January 15, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes - 12.9 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Major text: Rom 16:1-2 Supporting texts: Acts 15:22-23; 30-32; Rom 12:3-8; 1 Tim 3:4; 1 Thess 5:12 Rom 16:1 Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, 2 so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to [a patron of] many, including me. Observations Phoebe means bright—connect...

NT Characters: Anna

January 13, 2021 14:00 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Scripture: Luke 2:36-38 . Bio: Hannah (Hebrew) = Anna (Greek & Latin). In some ways she reminds us of her OT namesake (faith, presence at the house of God, deep spirituality). Luke supplies her father’s name, Phanuel, but not her husband’s. (She is more integral to the biblical story than he is.) Luke mentions her tribe, Asher. She numbers among the very few NT characters identified by tribe: Jesus,—Judah (Luke 2:4; Matt 1...

NT Characters: Simeon

January 11, 2021 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Scripture: Luke 2:25-35 . Bio: Simeon is righteous and devout. He takes the infant Jesus in his arms—suggesting he may have been a priest at the temple. (Jesus was taken there on his 40th day and his parents made the required offering—see Lev 12:1-8.) Having recognized the Messiah, Simeon is now ready to die. (This implies that he is advanced in years.) He served the Lord faithfully, even though he had grown old. Simeon's...

NT Characters: Annas and Caiaphas

January 08, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Orchestrated execution of Jesus Christ. How could the holy priesthood established by Moses and Aaron become the mortal enemy of Jesus, the Messiah? Unrighteous priesthood How does the 1st century priesthood violates the original Levitical plan? It was supposed to be: High priesthood a lifetime appointment (Heb 7:23). Holy — not assimilating to the dominant regional culture, but a shining beacon for all Israel and the watching...

NT Characters: 6. Mary: An Example for All Time

January 06, 2021 14:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Here is the sixth and final lesson (19 minutes) in our special Mary series. We hope you have enjoyed Vicki's lessons on Mary -- which is her favourite biblical character.

NT Characters: 5. Mary, A Woman of Contemplation

January 04, 2021 14:44 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Mary ponders what God is doing, treasuring what he has revealed to her. Her expectations, heart, and thinking are an upward call to us all.

NT Characters: 4. Mary & the Other Women

January 02, 2021 02:02 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Here you can listen to the fourth lesson in the series (38 minutes). Mary interacts with many other women in the circle of Jesus -- yielding rich insights for us all.

NT Characters: 3. Mary & Elizabeth

December 30, 2020 19:29 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. The lesson is based on Luke 1. Listen to Vicki Jacoby as the series continues...

NT Characters: 2. Mary: Chosen to be Jesus’ Mother

December 30, 2020 19:27 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. The next in the series of Vicki's lessons on Mary (30 minutes). In this podcast, we recommend Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage.

NT Characters: 1. Mary: An introduction, by Vicki Jacoby

December 30, 2020 19:22 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. "How Will This Be?" Mary asks the question of the angel, “How will this be?”, when faced with a seemingly impossible and improbable situation. The answer was equally puzzling to this young woman! So she leaves Nazareth and heads for the hills to see Elizabeth, her older wiser relative (Luke 1). Why? She needs to talk and be heard. For three months these two women walk and talk through life together, experiencing spiritual, emo...

NT Characters: The servant girl who challenges Peter

December 23, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction There are other servant girls in the Bible who play significant roles, like Naaman's (2 Kings 5:2-3) and Rhoda (Acts 12:13). Today we will look at the servant girl who exposed Simon Peter's cowardice--the time he was ashamed of Jesus. She is anonymous -- yet still important. The story is found in all four gospels. (Order: Mark, Matt, Luke, John) Thefouraccounts Mark 14:66-70 And as Peter was below in the cour...

NT Characters: Lazarus (CLEAN Series)

December 21, 2020 14:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introductory For most people, this is far and away the best known reanimation in scripture. In the 7th reanimation podcast, Jesus raises a friend. I recorded an earlier podcast on Lazarus (NT Character Podcast 20). You might want to listen before or after today’s podcast. Hear also Christ Through the Ages, podcast 10. As a result, in order to avoid duplication, I will try to keep my comments to the subject of the reanimatio...

NT Characters: The Woman Caught in Adultery

December 18, 2020 14:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Text: John 8:2-11 Comments Today's study is on a well-known passage, even though it is not in the original manuscripts of John's gospel. Still, it rings true, is of early origin, and is therefore is found in most Bibles. Few scholars doubt its authenticity, even if it was not originally in its present location in John. Sometimes it follows Luke 21:38. Or is found after John 7:36, or John 7:44. Sometimes it's even locate...

NT Characters: Joseph of Arimathea

December 16, 2020 21:30 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Joseph of Arimathea in the N.T.: Matt 27:57-60 Mark 15:43-46 Luke 23:50-53 John 19:38-42 What do we learn from Joseph? Take a stand: sometimes deeds speak more loudly than words. There may be times when our discipleship will be more public. Be invested emotionally and financially in your faith. Find strength in another believer (as Joseph partnered with Nicodemus). Sometimes we need to speak up! Joseph in tradition ...

NT Characters: The Mother & The 7 Brothers

December 14, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes - 18 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Hebrews 11:35 The "Hall of Fame of Faith" of Hebrews 11 mentions a number of men and women by name, yet many persons are only alluded to (Hebrews 11:32-38). Some are known from Bible, others from extrabiblical sources. The courageous martyr who was sawn in two was Isaiah, who traditionally was executed by Manasseh (Martyrdom of Isaiah 1:10, 5:1; also recorded in the Talmud). Probably the best known, and most colorful, instanc...

NT Characters: John the Baptist

December 11, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background information This NT podcast but could just as easily be put into the OT category, since our character appears in both testaments. He lived under the tail end of the old covenant, as the kingdom of God was dawning. Family: married? father? how distant a cousin of Jesus? Levite (Exodus-Deuteronomy) - priestly class, charged with bringing God to the people and the people to God Nazirite (Numbers 6) -- special calli...

NT Characters: The Magi ("Wise Men")

December 09, 2020 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction The word magi Latin for Greek magos (plural magoi) From it we get the word magician Persian, members of the priestly Zoroastrian religion, and almost certainly practitioners of astrology. Most scholars equate them with the sorcerers (Chaldeans) who served at the Babylonian court, as in Daniel 2. They are their spiritual descendants. Wise? Yes. Kings? No, despite the popular song: "We Three Kings" (here a...

NT Characters: Matthias & Joseph (Jackson Cheng)

December 07, 2020 14:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction Jesus chose twelve men from among his disciples to become apostles. The number twelve is symbolic and important; it signifies being chosen. God chose the twelve tribes of Israel to be His chosen people. So after Judas betrayed Jesus and committed suicide, they needed to replace him in order for the number to be complete. Acts 1:12-26 Here we see two men who were proposed to take Judas’ spot as an apostle: Joseph c...

NT Characters: Stephen

December 04, 2020 14:00 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction The word stephanos (crown) appears first in Homer--it's a good Greek name going back 8 centuries before Stephen's time. There seems to be no relation to the Stephanas of 1 Corinthians 1:16, 16:15,17. Stephen was the first martyr for Christ (after Jesus). Every week, a number of men and women are martyred for their faith in Christ. Scripture: Acts 6:1-8:3 Character: Stephen the man of God Wisdom. Specifically...

NT Characters: Demas

December 03, 2020 15:11 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Leaders leave [[Campus minister secret sin atheist died alone Many leaders in my life it serving in other circles in which I moved involved in egregious sin or else gave up their faith altogether]] In scripture, we see that quite a few prominent leaders away from the path: OT: Korah, Saul, Ahab... (Numbers 16;1 Samuel 13; 1 Kings 16; etc). NT: Judas, Hymenaeus & Philetus, Diotrephes... (John 13; 2 Timothy 2; 3 John; etc). ...

NT Characters: Claudia

December 01, 2020 00:16 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. The wife of Pilate Note: If you haven't yet listened to the podcast on Pontius Pilate, please do so now, as this will provide helpful background information so that you may better understand Claudia. What was it like to relocate because of your husband's career? What was it like to move to a distant land? What was it like to move where people didn't speak your language? The text & Claudia's dream Matthew 27:19: Besides, wh...

NT Characters: Pontius Pilate

November 26, 2020 01:16 - 24 minutes - 22 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. The man A Roman, quite possibly Italian. Governor / prefect of Judea 26-36 AD. We can build a composite picture from the N.T., several extrabiblical references, and even archaeology: Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 3,13, 23; Acts 3, 4. 13; John 18, 19; [1 Tim 6]. The writings of Philo (Embassy to Gaius), Josephus (Jewish War and History of the Jews), and Tacitus (Annals). Pilate stone, found in Caesarea Maritima in 1961. Dedicat...

NT Characters: Jesus' Siblings

November 24, 2020 04:04 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background Family of 10 or more: Parents: Yosef, Maria[m] Sons: Yeshua, Ya'akov, Yosef, Yehudah, Shim'on Daughters: 3 or more, all unnamed (see Genesis 5) Not a wealthy family (Luke 2:24; see Leviticus 5:7). Imagine what this family must have been like! The older sibling who always did what was right (!). The loss of the father early on, making the same sibling the de facto family head. Family "secret" -- rumors surroun...

NT Characters: Simon the Sorcerer

November 21, 2020 04:05 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background There are at least 8 Simons in the Bible, not to mention several men named Simeon (a related name). Simon received the epithet Magus, which means magician / sorcerer. Technically speaking, a magus (pl. magi) was a Zoroastrian astrologer. Whether or not this was Simon's religious background, he did make certain claims to esoteric knowledge / power, and thus could be considered a magician or sorcerer. For more on the ...

NT Characters: Apollos

November 21, 2020 04:01 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background The name derives from the name of the sun-god of the ancient Greeks (and Romans), Apollo. He was an Egyptian, and more specifically an Alexandrian. Alexandria was the intellectual capital of Egypt, Africa, and perhaps the entire Mediterranean world at the time. Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, it became the capital of Egypt for a millennium, until the Muslims took over in the 7th century. Like the majorit...

NT Characters: Lazarus

November 17, 2020 03:42 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background If you haven't listened to the podcast on Mary & Martha, it might be good to listen to that one before this lesson on Lazarus, as they're integrally related. He lives in Bethany (2 miles from Jerusalem), with his sisters; apparently there are no parents or children living in the home, but this surmise can never be proven. His name, Greek, comes from the Hebrew Eleazar, which means something like "God is my help." (...

NT Characters: Mary & Martha

November 13, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background Martha (Aramaic) means something like "the lady." It comes from the masculine form for master, mar. Miriam, named after the sister of Moses, usually Mary in English, comes from the Hebrew for "bitter." Catholic tradition equates Mary with Mary of Magdala (Mary Magdalene), while in Orthodox and Protestant traditions these are two separate persons. In John 12:1-7 and Luke 7:36-50, the anointing is of the feet, not th...

NT Characters: Barabbas

November 12, 2020 18:41 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. The mystery of Barabbas' name Original pronunciation: Barabbás (accent on last syllable) Bar is Aramaic for son, and is found in names like Bartholomew, Bar-Jonah, Bartimaeus, Barsabbas, Barnabas Meaning of Barabbas Traditional view: this was the son of Abbas Another possibility: Bar-rabban (son of the rabbi) Either way, he must have had a first name; he was more than merely "son of Abbas" or "son of the rabbi." Another J...

NT Characters: Nicodemus

November 09, 2020 15:29 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background Nicodemus is a Greek name, and means "people's victory." He was a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin. Generally speaking, Israel's 6000 Pharisees were highly respected. Nicodemus should have been familiar with the concept of new birth and its connection with water (from the Torah, from the passages about the Messianic age in the major and minor prophets, and from the message of John the Baptist). Scriptural stu...

NT Characters: Samaritan Woman

November 08, 2020 00:28 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction: Women and Jesus He never belittles them. He interacts with them in all purity and respect. He notices them -- viewing them as subjects (persons) and not objects. They are neither sex objects nor servants nor "extras" on the set. They are precious to the Lord, and so should they be to us. He was willing to drink from the (ritually unclean) vessel of a Samaritan. He treats them as equals in the area of disciples...

NT Characters: Matthew…Thaddaeus…Martyrdom

November 04, 2020 19:30 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. This lesson covers the final 5 apostles -- previous podcasts covered the first 7 plus Paul. Note: While we covered Judas Iscariot, we did not discuss Matthias (Acts 1:13,26), who was Judas' replacement. Click here for more on this somewhat obscure addition to the apostolic band. 1. Matthew (Levi) Matthew is mentioned in Matthew 9:9 and 10:3, and comes from Capernaum. His other name is Levi, son of Alpheus (Mark 2:14; Luke 5...

NT Characters: Philip

November 03, 2020 16:09 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Home, name, ministry Lived in Bethsaida (also the home town of Peter and Andrew). Likely a former disciple of John the Baptist. Listed fifth among the apostles. Named after father of Alexander the Great, Philip II of Macedon. His name means "horse-lover." Another piece of trivia: a philippic is any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation. Origin of the term: Athenian orator Demosthenes delivered orations against Philip of...

NT Characters: Thomas

October 30, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Name Judas Thomas Transliteration of Aramaic te'oma' (Hebrew te'om), Greek didymos These words mean "twin" The twin of Matthew (they are often mentioned together)? The twin of Jesus (Gnostic idea)? Highly doubtful. Apostleship Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:38; Luke 6:15; John 11:16, 14:5, 20:24-29, 21:2 ; Acts 1:13. Known for doubt, yet courage is a more predominant characteristic: willingness to die (11:6). His wanting to know ...

NT Characters: Judas

October 28, 2020 20:40 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Intro Judas is hardly the first traitor in the Bible. (For example, consider Joseph's brothers, Doeg, Absalom, and Ziba.) One of the closest parallels is Joab's betrayal (with a kiss) of Amasa (2 Samuel 20:1-13). Yet Judas is the most significant traitor in scripture. Name Named after Judah, patriarch of the tribe of Jesus. Or he may have been named in honor of Judas Maccabee (the political revolutionary of the 2nd centu...

NT Characters: John

October 26, 2020 23:09 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Family Brothers of James and son of Zebedee. For further details, see notes accompanying the James podcast. Ministry Training with Jesus. Focus: Luke 9:46-55 (John's lack of humility and love towards outsiders). Preaching with Peter Acts 3-5). Focus: Acts 4:13,19-20 (powerful preaching, significant knowledge of God and his word). Uneducated, yet courageous. Later he is described as a pillar in the Jerusalem church (Galatia...

NT Characters: James

October 24, 2020 19:52 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction James, in its various forms (Jacob, Jacques, Diego, Jaime, Jack), is a common name. He was the brother of John. Jesus thus called at least two sets of brothers. With only one exception in the NT, he is always named before his brother John. This suggests he was older, or else preeminent. Perhaps his preeminence and outspokenness (Mark 10) led to his being martyred first? He was a fisherman, along with his brother ...

NT Characters: Peter

October 21, 2020 22:45 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction In these NT character podcasts, we have already heard a lesson on the apostles Paul and Andrew. We continue our study with the balance of the better known apostles; the lesser known ones we will cover all together in the final podcast on the apostles. For Catholics he is the majestic prince of the apostles, as a visit to the Vatican will quickly remind one. The Orthodox view is nearer that of the Protestants: alth...

NT Characters: Andrew

October 19, 2020 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Background The name Andreas (English Andrew) comes from the Greek word for man (aner / andros), and hence appears to mean "manly." He seems to have been more cosmopolitan (broad-minded and Greek) than the other apostles, and thus figures prominently in John's gospel, which has a more universal focus than the three Synoptic Gospels. Apocryphal writings indicate he was from the tribe of Reuben, and that his mother was Joanna, b...

NT Characters: Drusilla

October 16, 2020 13:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. References Acts 24:24 Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, xx.7.2. NT Character Podcast on Felix Birth Born in Rome (?) 38 AD The youngest of three daughters of Herod Agrippa I (grandson of Herod the Great), who had killed the apostle James (Acts 12). She was apparently quite beautiful. Marriage Married as a teenager. Accepted an invitation to leave her lawful husband to marry Felix. Felix engaged the services of a Jewish Cyp...

NT Characters: Felix

October 14, 2020 13:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. The man Antonius Felix reigned 52-60 AD He was a freedman of the emperor Claudius (41-54 AD) or his mother. His brother was friend of Claudius. Three wives Drusilla of Mauretania (half-Greek, no issue) Felix divorced her to marry a teenage Judean princess of the same name (53 AD) She died in 79 AD -- more about that in the next podcast. He then remarried again. The politician Weakness for bribes. Cruelty: murder of a h...

NT Characters: Paul

October 12, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Introduction Jesus and Paul are beyond question the two persons in the NT about whom we know most. Paul wrote 13 of the 27 NT documents (87 chapters, nearly as many as the 89 of the four gospels). But there is a major difference between him and Jesus. Jesus left nothing directly to us in writing. In Paul’s case, we are able to coordinate his missionary activities (in Acts) with his writing and follow-up ministry (the letter...

NT Characters: Joanna

October 09, 2020 13:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Name, marriage, means Joanna = "God is gracious" Wife of Chuza Chuza was steward (financial controller) of Herod Antipas, son of the Herod (the Great) who'd tried to dispatch Jesus c.6-4 BC. Herod Antipas reigned 4 BC - 39 AD. He had John the Baptist decapitated, and also was part of the process that condemned Jesus. She may be the Junia of Rom 16:7, if New Testament scholars Ben Witherington and Richard Bauckham are on the...

NT Characters: Mary

October 08, 2020 13:20 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Birth & marriage We have information on her over a period of some 36 years. Birth We know nothing of her family, though there is a tradition that her parents were Joachim and Anne. She was named after Miriam (prophetess, leader, singer, sister of Moses). Birth year around 20 BC. Marriage Betrothed (Luke 2:5) -- nearly as binding as a marriage, though the relationship was not consummated until after the wedding. Probably ...

NT Characters: Malchus

October 06, 2020 01:27 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Identity A common name in the Arab kingdoms of Nabatea and Palmyra. Possibly an Arab slave of Caiaphas? As assistant to the most powerful (Jewish) man in Israel, Malchus occupied a position of respect. Walked at the front of the guards, given his close connection to the high priest. Speculation: M. may have been Caiaphas' "ear" in Jerusalem. (C. would have had many enemies.) May have been the one with whom Judas had made th...

NT Characters: Jesus

September 30, 2020 18:28 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ website. Semitic words: Yeshua -- Hebrew name for Joshua (Jesus), meaning "God saves," or "salvation. Yesous -- the Greek word for Jesus and Joshua. Immanuel -- Hebrew for "with-us God" Based on grave inscriptions and other literary sources, the most common names in 1st C. Palestine were, in order: Salome, Simon, Mary, Joseph, Judas, Lazarus, Joezer, John, Martha, and Jesus. (All names Anglicized.) Outline of the class Birth, family...

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