TRANSLATION Matthew 4:18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Petros and Andreos his brother throwing a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of people.” Strait away they left their nets […]

MATTHEW 4: 12 Now when Jesus heard that John had been handed over to Herod, he withdrew into Galilee; and leaving Nazareth behind, made his home in Caphernaum beside the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali. This was to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah: Land of Zebulun, land of […]

MATTHEW 4:1 Then Jesus was led off by the Spirit into the desert to be tested by the Devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, after which he was hungry. Then the Tester approached him saying, “If you are the Son of God tell these stones to become bread.” But he replied, “It […]

Matthew 3:13 TRANSLATION Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be dipped by him in the Jordan. He tried to stop him, saying, “I have need of being dipped by you, and you come to me!” But in answer Jesus said, “For this time, allow it; it is fitting for us to fill the […]

Matthew chapter 3 In those days John the Dipper came preaching in the desert areas of Judaea, saying, “Change your lives, for the Rule of Heaven has drawn near!” He is the one mentioned by Isaiah the prophet: A voice sounding in the desert “ Make ready the road for the Lord, Straighten his paths!” […]

Matthew chapter 2 After they had departed, – See this– a bright messenger of the Lord appeared to Iosef in a dream, saying, Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to kill him. So […]

MATTHEW CHAPTER 2: TRANSLATION After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of King Herod, – see this- astrologers from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is the child born King of the Judaeans, for we saw his star at its rising and have come to kneel before him? When he […]

How sure am I of my translation and notes? Not very. There are always alternative ways of translating and understanding a text. Especially at the start of a translation with notes, I am tentative, choosing some ways rather than others but remaining ready to revise in the light of subsequent discoveries. Does Matthew’s mention of […]

If we think that the Gospels are mainly historical facts, then we end up lying about Jesus. This is what your nice fundamentalist or conservative evangelical believer is doing: saying the thing that is not. Such as, Jesus was born of a virgin, fed 5000 men with a child’s lunch box, and walked on water. […]

O true and tried, so well and long,Demand not thou a marriage lay;In that it is thy marriage dayIs music more than any song. Nor have I felt so much of blissSince first he told me that he lovedA daughter of our house; nor provedSince that dark day a day like this; Tho’ I since […]