Devotions on the Greek New Testament

52 REFLECTIONS TO INSPIRE & INSTRUCT

J. Scott Duvall & Verlyn D. Verbrugge, editors

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Devotions on the Greek New Testament

Copyright © 2012 by J. Scott Duvall

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Devotions on the Greek New Testament / J. Scott Duvall and Verlyn D. Verbrugge, general editors.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-310-49254-2 (softcover)

1. Bible. N.T. Greek—Versions. 2. Bible. N.T.—Meditations. I. Duvall, J. Scott. II. Verbrugge, Verlyn D.

BS1938.D48 2012

242′.5—​dc23

2012002698

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Contents

Introduction

MATTHEW 1:19

Learning from Joseph’s Righteousness

Roy E. Ciampa

MATTHEW 4:23; 9:35; 10:1, 7

Extending Jesus

Scot McKnight

MATTHEW 5:17–20

Jesus and the Law and Prophets

Scot McKnight

MATTHEW 28:19–20A

The Great Commission

Craig L. Blomberg

MARK 1:24

Holy One of God

Gary Manning Jr.

MARK 2:3–5A

Jesus Heals the Paralytic

David Wallace

MARK 5:25–27

Discovering the Main Verb

Dean Deppe

LUKE 2:4–5

Mary and Joseph Travel to Bethlehem

Verlyn D. Verbrugge

LUKE 18:9–14

Whose Righteousness?

J. Scott Duvall

LUKE 23:34

A Close-Up View of Forgiveness

Max J. Lee

JOHN 1:3, 17

γίνομαι in John 1:1–18

Edward W. Klink III

JOHN 1:50–51

You and You

Dean Deppe

JOHN 11:38

Jesus Gets Angry at Death

J. Scott Duvall

JOHN 13:4

Taking Up the Cross

Matt Williams

JOHN 15:2–3

Play on Words

William D. Mounce

ACTS 5:38–39

Conditional Clauses Matter

Darrell L. Bock

ACTS 20:22

Paul: Bound in the Spirit for Jerusalem

Mark W. Wilson

ACTS 26:14

Kicking against the Goads

Ben Witherington III

ROMANS 1:17

Paul’s (Often-Missed) Pointer to an Old Testament Text

Roy E. Ciampa

ROMANS 5:1

Peace with God

Gary M. Burge

ROMANS 8:28

God and Human Tragedy

Craig L. Blomberg

1 CORINTHIANS 3:17A

God Will Destroy Temple Destroyers?

Keith Krell

1 CORINTHIANS 6:11

The Way Some of Us Were

Paul Jackson

1 CORINTHIANS 12:7

Why Is the Body of Christ Important?

Michelle Lee-Barnewall

2 CORINTHIANS 5:16–17

All Things New

Linda Belleville

GALATIANS 1:3–5

The Gospel in Galatians

J. R. Dodson

GALATIANS 3:8...

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About Devotions on the Greek New Testament: 52 Reflections to Inspire & Instruct

Devotions on the Greek New Testament continues on this path of excellence by introducing these devotions—based on a careful reading and study of the Greek New Testament—written by some of the top Greek scholars of today. Contributors include Scot McKnight, Daniel B. Wallace, Craig L. Blomberg, Mark Strauss, and William D. Mounce, among others.

Devotions on the Greek New Testament can be used as weekly devotional or as a supplemental resource throughout a semester or sequence of courses. The main point each devotion offers comes from a careful reading of the passage in the Greek New Testament, not from the English Bible. These authors use a variety of exegetical approaches in their devotions: grammatical, lexical, rhetorical, sociohistorical, linguistic, etc. Each devotion closes with a practical application.

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