What is meant in Isaiah 53:8 by: "For he was cut off out of the land of the living"? Read on to find out in this interesting post by Gerald Sigal.
What is meant in Isaiah 53:8 by: "And his life's history who is able to relate?" Read on to find out in this interesting post by Gerald Sigal
Does "By oppression and judgment he was taken away," refer to Jesus? Read this interesting post by Gerald Sigal.
Is it true (as Christians claim) that Jews at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple believed that Isaiah 53 spoke of a suffering messiah...
How does Isaiah 53:8 show that the death of Jesus should not be considered as atonement for the sins of humankind? Read on to find out.
Isaiah 53:4 says that the suffering servant was considered "stricken" by his enemies. Does this describe Jesus in any way? Read on to find out..
Isaiah 53:7 says that the suffering servant "humbled himself and opened not his mouth" as a lamb about to be slaughtered or a sheep dumb before its...
Does the Gospel's representation of Jesus show fulfillment of the description of the suffering servant: "he was despised and we esteemed him not" (...
Isaiah 53:2 describes the suffering servant as one who "had no form nor comeliness, that we should look upon him, nor appearance that we should del...
Did Jesus fulfill the role of the asham, "guilt-offering," that's used to describe the suffering servant in Isaiah 53:10: "If he would offer himsel...
In Isaiah 53:10, God's promises concerning the suffering servant are conditional: "If he would . . . he shall see. . . ." Does this apply to Jesus?
Did Jesus fulfill Isaiah 53:7 that describes the suffering servant "as a lamb that is led to the slaughter" and as someone who "opened not his mouth"?
Who is the narrator in Isaiah 53? Who is to be astonished by the ascendancy of he who was formerly despised? Let's find out.
How does the passage of time effect the Christian claim of a "second coming of Christ"? Let's find out in this interesting article.
Why do Christians claim there will be a second coming of Jesus? Let us find out in this interesting post by Gerald Sigal.
What does "this generation" mean in the verse, "Truly I say to you this generation will not pass away until all these things take place" (Matthew 2...
Is it true that Jews interpreted Isaiah 53 as referring to the Messiah until the medieval commentator Rashi explained it as referring to the people...
How does the author of the second epistle of Peter attempt to deal with the problem occasioned by the delay in Jesus' return?
When speaking of Jesus' second coming what does Paul mean by the word "shortly" in Romans 16:20 or the author of Revelation 22:10, 12, 20 by "the t...
How can we be sure that Jesus' promises to return are false prophecy?
According to the Book of Revelation, Jesus promised to return "quickly." What does "quickly mean"? Let's find out in this interesting article by Ge...
What are the implications of the Christian doctrine of original sin? Let's find out.
Question: Isn't it true that humans are so innately sinful that they need an outside sinless agent to redeem them from sin?
Do Jews believe in the doctrine of original sin? Find out in this interesting post by Gerald Sigal where he talks about the original sin.
Did a Roman soldier shed Jesus' blood? Let's find out in this article written by Gerald Sigal.
What difference does it make if Jesus did or did not undergo serious blood loss while being prepared for or undergoing execution? Let's find out.
As a human being, Jesus certainly had very little. Yet, because he was allegedly God, he could expect, on reassuming his heavenly role, to exercise...
In John 19:37, Zechariah 12:10 is quoted with a significant change. What does this verse mean in Zechariah? Does John 19:37 misquote Zechariah 12:10?
Jewish and Christian renderings of Psalms 22:17 have different translations for the word Ka'ari. Why is it so? Let's find out.