PMW 2020-026 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. Article introduction Recently I offered a series on the Disciples’ tendency to be confused at Jesus’ teaching (see March 6, 10, 13, 17 articles). I did this to show the Disciples’ confusion regarding certain issues in Jesus’ eschatological teaching. I was showing that they wrongly assumed that the …
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THE DISCIPLES’ CONFUSION AT OLIVET (4)
PMW 2020-021 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is the fourth and final installment in a series highlighting the tendency for the Disciples to confuse Jesus’ teaching. This is relevant to a study of the Olivet Discourse in that the very question that prompts the Discourse is rooted in the Disciples’ confusion. In their question, …
THE DISCIPLES’ CONFUSION AT OLIVET (3)
PMT 2020-020 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. The Issue before Us This is the third installment in a series highlighting the Disciples’ confusion regarding Jesus’ prophecy of the temple’s destruction. As proud first-century Jews and slow-learning Disciples, they assume that the temple’s destruction would signal the end of the world, that is, that it would …
THE DISCIPLES’ CONFUSION AT OLIVET (2)
PMT 2020-019 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is the second in a series on the confusion of Jesus’ Disciples when they ask him about his prophecy of the temple’s destruction. They assumed that the temple would last until the end of the world. Thus, they understood Jesus’ prophecy of its destruction to be a …
THE DISCIPLES’ CONFUSION AT OLIVET (1)
PMT 2020-018 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. A year ago I published a three-part series of articles noting that the Disciples were often confused about Jesus’ teaching (PMW 2019-002; PMW 2019-003; and PMW 2019-004). This observation is significant for properly understanding the nature and implications of their question, which prompts the Olivet Discourse. Their question …
THE DISCIPLES’ CONFUSION AT OLIVET (4)
PMW 2019-005 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is my fourth and final presentation in demonstrating that the disciples’ question to Jesus in Matt. 24:3 shows that they are confused. You might say that this is my “final judgment” on the matter. When the disciples ask their double question in response to his short prophecy …
THE DISCIPLES’ CONFUSION AT OLIVET (3)
PMW 2019-004 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. This is the third installment in a four-part series on the disciples’ two questions to Jesus in Matt. 24:3: “As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign …
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