Random Bible Verse Commentary entries
I published this Random Bible Verse comment for the first time on another blog on August 25, 2012. “. . . but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.” …
This Random Bible Verse comment was first published on June 23, 2012. “. . . in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years …
This Random Bible Verse comment was written April 21, 2012. “And the period that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.” —I Kings 11:42 The reign of King Solomon is a rather bittersweet one. Here he was, the wisest man who had ever lived, ruling over a …
This first appeared on March 31, 2012. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. —Genesis 27:16 This verse appears within the story of Jacob’s tricking of the elderly, blind Isaac into giving him the patriarchal …
First published on March 24, 2012. . . . since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints; . . . —Colossians 1:4 This verse appears in the middle of a longish introductory sentence by which the apostle Paul lays the groundwork …
This was the first Random Bible Verse comment that I composed, originally published February 10, 2012. They break up my path, They promote my calamity; They have no helper. —Job 30:13 This verse appears in the midst of a long response from Job, answering the final argument proffered by Job’s three …
This RBV is from June 29, 2012. “Thus I will do to this place,” says the LORD, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet.” —Jeremiah 19:12 This verse appears as part of what the prophet Jeremiah was to tell the Jews after he performed the sign of …
A few years ago, I began writing short commentaries on verses randomly plucked from Scripture, thus the title of “RBV”: Random Bible Verse. I hope you can profit from these, as I post them from time to time. This one originally appeared on my previous blog on December 15, 2012. …
