Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. Of course it’s a garden. We’ve seen at several points...

These things occurred so that the scripture might be fulfilled, “None of his bones shall be broken.” And again another passage of scripture says, “They will look on the one whom they have pierced.” It’s not just the details leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion or even his death that...

After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), ‘I am thirsty.’ A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. Two themes that have been important to John...

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah. My first reaction is that Matthew should be ashamed of himself. He doesn’t even mention Bathsheba. Rather, he calls her only “the wife of Uriah.” It may be that Matthew is embarrassed by this story. Little wonder. It is the story...

Jesus was about thirty years old when he began his work. He was the son (as was thought) of Joseph son of Heli, son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph, son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai, son of Maath, son of Mattathias,...