Author Archives: Jim H

Luke 1:5-25 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abiah, and his wife was one of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the Lord’s commandments and ordinances. And they had noContinue reading “Encounter 1 – Zacharias”

The version that I’m using for this study is “The Merged Gospels”. I had asked my pastor his opinion on harmonies and chronologies and he lent me his copy, and I subsequently purchased my own version. It was the best I had seen and do prefer hard copy books for studying. You can find itContinue reading “The Merged Gospels”

My first list was created as I marked my Bible by each instance I felt was someone or some group that met my criteria, starting with Matthew. When I went through Mark, I made sure to put parallel passages with the proper instance in Matthew, repeating this for Luke and John. Some people are mentionedContinue reading “The List”

I see this list as an affirmation that we have the proper 4 Gospels in our Bible. Who else but God could have arranged for this to happen? Four different authors where three of them most likely used a common source as notes, but still wrote in their own style with a tangible list ofContinue reading “Affirmation”

I’m trying to get a format of my list that looks presentable, but when importing from Google Docs, the format changes. For now I have a downloadable PDF file that still looks rough, but has the data. Makes it tough for anyone using their phone, but I’m working on that… See it on the ‘List’Continue reading “The List”

Below is the basic criteria I used for including people in my list of 153. Blessed by Jesus Blessed by a miracle of Jesus Supported the ministry of Jesus Played a pivotal role in His ministry An example of faith Part of a lesson Jesus was teaching Proved that Jesus had authority Has to beContinue reading “Criteria”

The below shows how the chronologies are different even between two of the Gospels. Seeing this difference (some may say contradiction) shows that the writers weren’t as concerned with timing but were more intent on getting the facts in their books. Mark Calling the Disciples (1:16-20) Intro to ministry in Capernaum (1:21-22) Casting out aContinue reading “Comparing Chronologies”

I had heard that some authors had come up with lists of possibilities as well as various number schemes, all of which fall short of a meaningful explanation in my opinion. I came to this conclusion after tabulating all the occurrences in the Gospels, cross referencing via a harmony of the Gospels, and then puttingContinue reading “Harmonies & Chronologies”

So why Blog about an obscure verse in the Bible? I had some time to read through the Bible and John 21:11 jumped out at me. Of course many other verses also jumped out at me, but this one was peculiar as it mentioned a very specific number. Being an analytical person, I wondered whyContinue reading “Introduction”