In John chapter 6, many of Jesus’ disciples were troubled by his teaching. They said, “This speech is shocking; who can listen to it?” Some stopped following him. Jesus then asked the Twelve, “You do not want to go also, do you?”Peter answered: “Lord, whom shall we go away to? You have sayings of everlasting […]
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John 8:58
“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”(John 8:58 BSB) John’s predicate-less ἐγωˊεἰμι sayings must be interpreted in their individual narrative and scriptural contexts. John 4:26, 6:20, 9:9, and 18:5–8 demonstrate that the phrase can function as ordinary self-identification, sometimes naturally translated “I am he.” The woman said, “I know […]
The pronunciation of the divine name represented by the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, יהוה (YHWH), remains one of the most debated questions in biblical philology. Nehemia Gordon has argued that medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserve the pronunciation Yehovah, while the prevailing scholarly reconstruction has generally been Yahweh. The evidence deserves careful attention—but it does not make the pronunciation Yehovah incontestable. Gordon’s Manuscript […]
As Part of the July 2026 JW Broadcast William Turner, helper to the governing body applies some biblical texts accurately in isolation, but the overall structure of his morning worship talk strongly nudges the listener toward trusting human leadership and organizational directives under the banner of “trusting Jehovah,” and it does so in ways that […]