Greek & Hebrew Reader’s Bible

Why does it say in Mark 6:5 that Jesus was not able to do many works of power while in Nazareth?
XT Mark 6:1-6
6:1 So He went out from there [Capernaum], then He came into His own {native} country [Nazareth]; with His disciples accompanying Him. 6:2 And when {the} Sabbath {day} had come, He began to [...]

I heard a pastor saying that the wine Jesus drank had no alcohol in it, but was just pure grape juice. What is the New Testament word for wine? Does it refer to something with or without alcohol? Was that pastor right? He is a very legalistic person, and I wonder if it has something [...]

The Apostolic Bible includes both the Greek text of the New Testament and an ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament (from the Hebrew text), along with an interlinear English translation and an adapted Strong’s numbering system for both testaments. Accent marks, breather marks, and punctuation marks are absent from the Greek text.
The editors call [...]

Mr. Bluedorn,
What pronunciation style do you follow in your materials? I’ve decided to add Greek to my children’s home schooling curriculum, but would like to use materials which follow the same pronunciation style as other materials my wife and I use (one being Essentials of New Testament Greek by Summers). I’m not sure what [...]

Exposition of John 5-6 by Harvey Bluedorn

In the email you sent me concerning James 4:5 you mention Mark 15:28. Well, that verse simply does not exist in the NIV - both in Spanish and English! Would you know why?
Carolina
A few Egyptian manuscripts form the primary basis for the popular “critical Greek text” favored by many modern scholars who study the [...]

I was looking at interlinear Greek-Hebrew-English Bibles, and wasn’t sure which one I should get. I want to get a reliable manuscript. I thought I had remembered that the Masoretic Text (Hebrew) and the Textus Receptus (Greek) were considered the most authentic. One other choice was the Biblia Hebraica Leningradensia (Hebrew). Can you tell me [...]

I have a great desire for my children to memorize scripture and have signed up the oldest for a spelling bee type competition as I know she will think it great fun. My problem is I want to be consistent with scriptures. The church we go to has them memorize in NIV and NASB but [...]

The meaning of the individual parts of a passage of Scripture (or any other writing) is determined by the larger context in which the parts are found. However, when we happen to have a fixed agenda — a list of things we want to prove from Scripture — we can contort Scripture out of context [...]