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How Many Times Was Jesus Tempted?

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May 12, 2024

In Matthew 4:1-11, we read about the devil tempting Jesus. Then, we don’t read about any more temptations after that. Therefore, some people think Jesus was only tempted those three times. However, does it make sense to say that Jesus was only tempted those three times, given what we are told in Hebrews 4?

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

Hebrews 4:15 (NIV)
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Did the Disciples Drink Jesus’ Blood?

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May 10, 2024

Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom” (emphasis added).

Matthew 26:27-29 (NIV)

I was surprised today when I was investigating a question about Matthew 26:29 and stumbled across the idea that Jesus offered up his literal blood for the disciples to drink at the Last Supper. Either he (Jesus) opened up a vein or changed the wine into blood as he did with the water and wine (John 2). 

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Did Absalom Have Any Sons or Not?

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May 8, 2024

In 2 Samuel 14:27, we’re given this insight about Absalom. 

Three sons and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar, and she became a beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 14:27 (NIV)

However, in 2 Samuel 18:18, we’re given this information.

During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, “I have no son to carry on the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.

2 Samuel 18:18 (NIV)

These verses appear to contradict one another. Did Absalom have three sons or not? If there is no contradiction, why do we read two different things? 

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What Was Jesus Saying in Matthew 22:45?

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May 7, 2024

In Matthew 22, we see an exchange between Jesus and some Pharisees. 

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”

“The son of David,” they replied.

He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

“‘ The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”‘

If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions. (emphasis added).

Matthew 22:41-46 (NIV)
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