Explanations of Scripture

Deutscher Text · Book contents 27 December 1843, evening [Ste.01_004,01] Will it be difficult to summon another central sun here? No, not in the least! We have only to set down the first suitable passage from the book of the New Testament, and there before you is a new central sun with the same primal…

Deutscher Text · Book contents 22 January 1844, evening [Ste.01_020,01] ‘And He saw that they were struggling at the oars, for the wind was against them. At the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the lake, and meant to pass by them.’ [Ste.01_020,02] Long verses need a short explanation because…

Deutscher Text · Book contents (Luke 4:20) 26 February 1844, evening [Ste.01_036,01] ‘When He had rolled up the book, He gave it to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed upon Him.’ [Ste.01_036,02] My dear children! In this text only a natural action is depicted, one that…

Deutscher Text · Book contents 28 December 1843, evening [Ste.01_005,01] So that in the end you may not say that only a passage I set before you Myself is a full central sun, choose a passage yourselves, whichever you please. We shall then see whether it does not, as an equal central sun, illuminate the…

Deutscher Text · Book contents 24 January 1844, evening [Ste.01_021,01] ‘But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear!’ [Ste.01_021,02] What do you think this passage means? At once you say, ‘We do not know!’ [Ste.01_021,03] For if you said, ‘We know!’, you would plainly be lying. First you must…

Deutscher Text · Book contents (John 5:42) 27 February 1844, evening [Ste.01_037,01] ‘But I know you. You do not have the love of God within you!’ This verse fits the close of the supplement exactly, as if made to measure. [Ste.01_037,02] I spoke these words to the Jews, for the dead letter of the law…

Deutscher Text · Book contents 29 December 1843, evening [Ste.01_006,01] Here again you may freely choose a passage. Choose, then, and we shall see whether it too serves as a central sun for the matter before us. [Ste.01_006,02] ‘And when they saw Him, they worshipped Him, but some doubted.’ [Ste.01_006,03] You chose this passage and…

Deutscher Text · Book contents 26 January 1844, evening [Ste.01_022,01] ‘And He said to them, “Truly, I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God come in power!”’ [Ste.01_022,02] This is again a somewhat longer passage and therefore needs a somewhat shorter explanation. One…

Deutscher Text · Book contents 2 January 1844, evening [Ste.01_007,01] Here again you are free to choose a central sun from the book of life. Choose a passage, then! [Ste.01_007,02] ‘This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.’ [Ste.01_007,03] You have chosen the passage. I cannot help it if the very…

Deutscher Text · Book contents 27 January 1844, evening [Ste.01_023,01] ‘You blind guides, who strain out the gnats and swallow the camel!’ [Ste.01_023,02] This again is a verse for all times, and its meaning, as with other verses, is immediately plain enough to grasp with the hands. [Ste.01_023,03] Who, then, are these benighted or blind…