Comments on: Who Is Your Theophilus?

By: Jerry T

Jerry T — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:51:06 +0000

I have been thinking about this also. I tend to go with the”most excellent” clue, i.e. benefactor or Roman official. I don’t buy the high priest bit. Baruck Ha Shem!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 03 May 2011 08:43:16 +0000

I see Theophilus as a believer. John says at the end of his gospel ‘These things are written that you may believe’ which suggests to me the reader is yet to put his faith in Christ. Theophilus reminds me of John the Baptist when he says ‘Are you the one who is to come or shall we look for another’ He’s believed but now he needs confirmation. I wish more pastors whould recognise the importance of ministering to the Thoephilus’s and not emphasise solely the needs of the unbeliever.
Thanks for the encouragement to be diligent in understaning our faith.
Who is Theophilus – Well, I guess I am!

By: Sara Goldstein

Sara Goldstein — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:27:35 +0000

Wow! What a site. You have a real knack for making a blog readable and easy on the eyes. I am always interested in reading other sites about religion, they give me a lot to think about. I don’t have time to read everything right now, I found this site when looking for something else on Bing, but I’ve bookmarked your homepage and will check back soon to see your latest articles. What is your preferred translation of the Bible? I think they are all good, don’t really have a favorite myself. I have a web site with Biblical passages on it. Please visit it – it as at http://www.GotTB.com. God’s Peace!

By: Nicholas Macarages

Nicholas Macarages — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:27:20 +0000

This is very interesting. I’ve been a believer for a while, but I’ve learned new things from this article alone. I want to accept your challenge to learn more about the different prophecies of Christ so I can better defend my faith.

I Peter 3:15,16
15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.

My wife is part Jewish so she has spent a lot more time in the Old Testament than I have. She is Messianic and she explained to me that she did an in depth study of Christs death when she saw Passion of the Christ. She explained to me that since Christ represents the Passover lamb, He would have had to have been crucified on Passover. The night that He was captured is when Passover would have started (the Hebrews begin their day at night). Before the Jews would slaughter the lamb on Passover, they would have to make preparations for the feast. The beatings that Christ experienced in a way represents the ‘preperation’ part of the feast. Then Christ was crucified at the time of day that the Jews would slaughter the lamb. Also depending on how Passover fell on the Hebraic calendar that year passover would alternate. It could be either three days long or four days long. We know from the scripture that Christ rose after three days. According to the research that my wife did, the year that Christ died Passover was three days long. This would begin the feast mentioned in Leviticus called First Fruits. This is a joyous celebration which represents a new life or new beginning.

This is interesting for many reasons, but I’d like to just present just one thought:

We know not just Biblically, but Historically, that Jesus Christ really existed and was crucified. Now whether you believe He was the Son of God and Messiah takes faith. To me it raised this question, How would a normal man who professed to be the Son of God arrange to be captured when Passover started, beaten or ‘prepared’ to be slaughtered, and crucified or slain at the time they would slaughter the lamb??