Building on the Foundation

There is often a question among Christians about which translation is best to use. The reason this is important is the truth, and what we consider the truth to be. A lot of translations are translated using the translator's idea of what a passage should say, rather than what is actually there. These are called thought-for-thought translations, and they are a tragedy because they change the word of God, either by adding to it or, in many cases, taking away from it. It's obvious why this is a terrible idea, yet some of these translations are quite popular among Christians, mostly because they’ve never looked into them. I myself would have recommended some of these poor translations just a few weeks ago, but I looked into it a little more, and it was shocking what I found.  Essentially all translations commonly used today are thought-for-thought translations, which presents a problem. Unless you have a good translation to compare it to, there is a good chance you will be misled by...

Last edited: February , 2026 Edits: Accuracy in Greek usage. Clarification.  A significant controversy exists in Christianity regarding the length of time Jesus was in the tomb, and the timing of the resurrection is actually quite important for many reasons. One side opts for a literal 3 days and 3 nights; the other opts for parts of 3 days and 2 nights to align His death and resurrection with Good Friday and Easter .  Since we are once again approaching the season of Passover and the memorial of His death and resurrection, today, we are going to take a look at exactly this topic.  God did not leave us without the exact information we need to pin down the timing of His death and resurrection, almost to the very hour. We are told enough information in the Bible to pin down the exact day of the week on which He died and the almost exact hour of His resurrection.  As a side note, this post represents a crash course (mostly for myself) in the Greek language, so bear wit...