Read Luke 1:38 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on let it be to me according to your word and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Luke 1:46 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on the magnificat and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Luke 2:19 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on treasuring these things and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read John 19:25 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on at the cross and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.