Naked Bible 336: Begotten by the Spirit

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In Matt 1:20 the gospel writer describes Mary’s pregnancy to Joseph this way: “do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” The wording is unusual for several reasons, most notably that the Greek verb translated “conceived” in the ESV means “fathered” or “begotten,” something the Old Testament never has the Spirit doing elsewhere and only rarely has God performing in any context. In this episode of the podcast, we talk about Matthew’s word choice in this verse and its theological implications.

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0:26.3	Welcome to the Naked Bible Podcast, episode 336, but gotten by the Spirit.
0:31.8	The layman, Trace Strickland, and he's the scholar, Dr. Michael Heiser.
0:35.3	Hey Mike, how you doing?
0:37.8	Well, you know, I'm doing better.
0:41.5	A lot of our listeners will know because they subscribe to the McLaughlin newsletter that
0:46.0	my mom passed away.
0:48.5	July 24th was actually the date.
0:51.3	So it'll be easy to remember, not only because it's my mom, but it's the day before my
0:56.2	anniversary.
0:57.2	But, yeah, I was in Delaware for my wife and I took a trip and then we came back home
1:04.8	and then I left a few days later to be my mom's caregiver, which we thought, you know,
1:11.0	I was scheduled to slay it in there for two weeks.
1:13.6	I had to be back here, you know, in August because of the start of the school.
1:18.8	But, you know, just to keep it brief, you know, she passed away during that time.
1:24.2	You know, and it's, I guess it's everything you'd expect, you know, just not a pleasant
1:27.6	experience.
1:28.6	But fortunately, it was brief when it really got bad as far as pain, you know, she only
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