Jewish

New Testament

Commentary

A companion volume to the

Jewish New Testament

by

David H. Stern

Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc.

Copyright 1993, 1996, David H. Stern.

Electronic Edition, Copyright 1996, David H. Stern.

All rights reserved.

No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form whatsoever,

except for brief quotations in reviews, without written permission

from the publisher.

Published by

Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc.

Post Office Box 615, Clarksville, Maryland 21029, USA

Telephone (410) 764-6144

Israel office: 78 Manahat, 96901 Jerusalem, Israel

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Hardcover ISBN 965–359–008–1

Paperback ISBN 965–359–011–1

Library of Congress catalog card number 92–097129

Other books by David H. Stern also available from

Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc.

* Jewish New Testament

(available in paperback, hardcover, leatherette and on audio cassette)

§ Messianic Jewish Manifesto

Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel

The Good News of Yeshua the Messiah, as Reported by Yochanan (John)

(excerpted from the Jewish New Testament)

Complete Jewish Bible

(forthcoming)

Complete Jewish Bible and Jewish New Testament Commentary on CD-ROM

(forthcoming)

* German edition to be published by
Haenssler-Verlag
Friedrich Haenssler KG
Postfach 1220
W–7303 Neuhasen, Germany

§ Portuguese edition available through
Comunidade Emanuel
Caixa Postal 941
2001 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

For the glory of God,

the salvation of Israel

and the edification of the Messianic Community

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I What is the Jewish New Testament Commentary?

II The Combined JNT-JNTC Project

III What Kinds of Comments are in the JNTC?

IV The JNTC and Messianic Judaism

V Getting the Most out of the JNTC

VI Conventions Used in the JNTC

VII Acknowledgments

COMMENTARY ON BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

The Good News of Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, as Reported by

Mattityahu (Matthew)

Mark

Luke

Yochanan (John)

The Acts of the Emissaries of Yeshua the Messiah

The Letters from Yeshua’s Emissary Sha’ul (Paul) to the Messianic Communities

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

The Letters from Yeshua’s Emissary Sha’ul (Paul) to Individuals

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

Philemon

The General Letters

Messianic Jews (Hebrews)

Ya‛akov (James)

1 Kefa (1 Peter)

2 Kefa (2 Peter)

1 Yochanan (1 John)

2 Yochanan (2 John)

3 Yochanan (3 John)

Y’hudah (Jude)

The Revelation of Yeshua the Messiah to Yochanan (John)

INDEX

About the Author

INTRODUCTION

I WHAT IS THE JEWISH NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARY?

The Jewish New Testament Commentary (JNTC) deals with “Jewish issues” that confront readers of the New Testament—questions Jews have about Yeshua (Jesus), the New Testament and Christianity; questions Christians have about Judaism and the Jewish roots of their faith; and questions Messianic Jews have about being both Jewish and Messianic. It is a companion volume to the Jewish New ...