TODAY’S TRANSLATION: CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
NEW TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Matthew 1
Verses: 25
Words: ~528
ORIGINAL TESTAMENT SEGMENT: Exodus 36:8-37:29
Verses: 60
Words: ~1527
WISDOM SEGMENT: Proverbs 17:8-15
Verses: 7
Words: ~111
REFLECTION SEGMENT:
Doxologies, part 2. And Matthew's reason for talking about the sex life of Joseph and Mary.
Sources used today (unformatted references):
Bible(s): CSB
Gundry, Robert H.; Gundry, Robert H. (2012-06-19). A Survey of the New Testament: 5th Edition (Kindle Locations 3918-3920). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.
David W. Music, “Doxology,” ed. Chad Brand et al., Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2003), 441.
Brett Scott Provance, Pocket Dictionary of Liturgy & Worship, The IVP Pocket Reference Series (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009), 50.
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