Bible Study

St. Matthew’s gospel, symbolized by the man of the Cherubim, represents the Lord as humble Prophet. St. Mark’s, symbolized by the lion, represents Him as conquering King. St. Luke’s, the ox, represents Him as great High-Priest. St. John’s, the eagle, as Most High God.

St. Mark wrote the first gospel-book on behalf of St. Peter. St. Matthew then expanded & translated this into Hebrew. St. Luke then wrote his gospel-book on behalf of the Mother of God. St. John then wrote his gospel-book (& the Apocalypse) with the help of St. Prochorus at the isle of Patmos.

Translations

The text types received & passed down by the Church are: for the Old Testament, the Septuagint (save for Theodotion’s Daniel), for the New Testament, the Majority Text.

The only available English translations of these are: Lancelot Brenton’s Septuagint, & the King James Version’s New Testament—with a few errors. All others are based on corrupted Jewish texts the Old Testament & miscopies from dung-hills for the New Testament. More on Bible translations.

The Textus Receptus, used for the King James Version, deviates in certain places from the Majority Text. Usually it’s just word order, e.g. “Christ Jesus” instead of “Jesus Christ”. These are the notable sections:

• Acts 8:37, 1 John 5:7 – Not in the canonical text.
• Romans 16:25-27 – Should be read between 14:23 & 15:1.
• Apocalypse 22:19 – “book of life”, should read “tree of life.”

The King James Version also translates high priest as chief priest, bishop as overseer, priest as elder, & deacon as servant or minister.

Names

Persons

Old Testament

New Testament

Locales

Generations

At age 130, Jacob died in Ægypt. Thus began Israel’s servitude.

At age 80, Moses the God-seer lead Israel out of Ægypt. It needs must be laid out the order of the other sons of Jacob:

But Levi, being the tenth son from the last, was set apart as a tithe. Therefore counted in the place of Levi & Joseph are his two sons:

One may search the Scriptures for how long each of these men lived in total.

Verse Notes

Old Testament

• Genesis
  • 1:5 – The Angels were created either on the 1st or 5th day.
  • 1:11 – kind, génos, i.e. genus.
  • 2:4 – generation, the ancients used generate, beget, & create interchangeably (cf. Ac. 17:28). Only after the First Œcumenical Council were the terms restricted.
  • 7:13 – the wife of Noe, i.e. Haycel, or, according to some, Barthenus.
  • 7:13 the three wives of his sons, i.e. Nalat, Salit, Arisisa.
  • 11:31 – And Thare … led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, i.e. during the next chapter, not prior; cf. Ac. 7:2-4.
  • 12:15 – Pharao, i.e. Rhamessameno.
  • 41:1 – Pharao, i.e. Aphophis.
• Exodus
  • 2:5 – the daughter of Pharao, i.e. of Thermuthis.
  • 2:10 – Pharao, i.e. Amosis.
  • 3:14 – THE BEING, ho ṓn, i.e. the Existing.
  • 5:1 – Pharao, i.e. Misphragmuthosis.
  • 25:9 – the pattern, tò parádīgma, i.e. the form.
  • 26:30 – the fashion, tò eîdos, i.e. species; cf. Ex. 25:9.
• Esther
  • 1:1 – Artaxerxes, i.e. Astyages.
• Proverbs
  • 8:22 – created, meaning begotten, cf. 8:25, but some of the Church Fathers say this is in reference to Christ’s human nature, cf. 1 Cor. 2:7 & Col. 1:26.
• Sirach
  • 1:4 – created, cf. Pro. 8:22.
  • 24:9 – created, cf. Pro. 8:22.
• Daniel
  • 6:1 – Darius the Mede, i.e. Astyages.
  • 9:24 – seventy weeks, i.e. 70*7=490 years.
  • 9:25 – seven weeks, i.e. 7*7=49 years.
  • 9:25 – sixty-two weeks, i.e. 62*7=434 years.

New Testament

• Matthew
  • 1:16 – of whom, ē̂s, “whom” is feminine.
  • 6:11 – daily, epiúsion, i.e. supra-substantial.
  • 6:13 – evil, should read, the evil one.
  • 10:34 – cf. Jer. 32:16.
  • 18:2 – a little child, i.e. St. Ignatius Theophorus.
  • 27:54 – the centurion, i.e. St. Loginus.
• Mark
  • 1:1 – gospel, euangelíu, good-news, also used of a military triumph.
  • 6:50 – cf. Mat. 14:27.
  • 13:32 – neither the Son, i.e. of man, & voluntary ignorance as a man; but some say, refusing to make it known.
  • 25:39 – cf. Mat. 27:54
• Luke
  • 3:1 – fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, i.e. 5539 AM
  • 3:23-38 – Joseph’s adoptive lineage, cf. Mat. 1:2-16.
  • 11:3 – cf. Mat. 6:11.
  • 23:40 – the other, i.e. St. Dismas.
• John
  • 1:4 – cf. Ex. 3:2;13:21, Esa. 6:1-5.
  • 4:7 – woman of Samaria, i.e. St. Photina.
  • 8:24,58 – cf. Mat. 14:27.
  • 10:35 – the Word, i.e. the Lord.
  • 14:2 – house, e.g. tent.
  • 14:2 – mansions, e.g. partitions.
  • 19:14 – The evening before was an early Pascha meal.
  • 21:15 – love me, ágapâs me; love you, philō̂ se.
  • 21:17 – love me, philī̂s me.
• Acts
  • 16:16 – spirit of divination, pneûma pýthōnos, Python is associated with Phœbus.
  • 17:30 – winked act, archaicism, read as if ignored.
  • 20:13 – fetched a compass, archaicism, read as if turned back.
• 1 Peter
  • 3:20 – cf. Gen. 7:13.
  • 5:13 – Marcus, i.e. St. Mark the Evangelist.
• Jude
  • 1:15 – cf. Deut. 33:2.
• 1 Corinthians
  • 11:14 – long hair, i.e. referring to styling.
• Galatians
  • 1:8 – accursed, anáthema.
• Ephesians
  • 1:19 – working, enérgīan.
  • 3:7 – effectual working, cf. Eph. 1:19.
  • 4:16 – cf. Eph. 3:7.
  • 3:21 – cf. Eph. 1:19.
• Colossians
  • 1:29 – cf. Eph. 1:19.
  • 2:12 – operation, cf. Eph. 1:19.
• Hebrews
  • 13:10 – cf. Exo. 25:30 & Lev. 16:5.

References

• Irenæus of Lyons, St. Against Heresies.
• John of Damascus, St. “An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith” in: The Fount of Knowledge.