In this article, I suggest that the tree that Zacchaeus climbed was actually a type of fig tree, the sycamore-fig. If this is so, then the Zacchaeus narrative in these verses may have a place in the wider typology of… Read More ›
Genesis
The Restoration of Sodom in Ezekiel Ch. 16 – a Proposed Interpretation
One of the difficulties in the exegesis of Ezekiel Ch. 16 concerns the “restoration of the fortunes” (v. 53), and the “return to an original state” (v. 55), of three cities, Jerusalem, Samaria and Sodom. The main difficulty here concerns… Read More ›
Christ in Genesis Chs. 1-2 and John 1:1-2:11
A recent video by Alastair Roberts looks at the likelihood of a “creation week” at the start of John’s Gospel which “tracks” the creation week at the start of Genesis, and thus links the new creation in Christ with the… Read More ›
