With My Own Eyes

Bo Giertz, Bror Erickson, Bror Erickson

• Publisher: New Reformation Publications
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781945978548
• eBook ISBN:
  9781945978524
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

Bo Giertz wrote this book drawing upon the exegetical insights that he received from his mentor Anton Fridrichsen before, during and after his trip to Palestine in the early 1930's.
The book is a third-person retelling of the gospels that brings into account various Old Testament references and the contemporary interpretations of those passages by the Jews of Jesus' day as well as contemporary events throughout the Roman Empire, but most especially those directly affecting the Jewish people of Israel at the time, so that the gospel stories take on new life and meaning for the reader. It's both a harmonization of the gospels, and a commentary on them, but much richer.
The perspectives change depending on the episode. Sometimes the perspective is from that of a disciple, sometimes from that of a person being healed or a bystander observing. The Christmas story is told from the perspective of Shepherds, the crucifixion scene dwells on the perspective of Simon of Cyrene.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Prelude
• In the Same Place
• Out of Egypt
• The Voice of One Who Cries
• Galilee of the Heathen
• A Baptism of Repentance
• Follow Me
• With Power and Authority
• Everyone Is Looking for You
• The Kingdom of Heaven Is Near
• He Blasphemes
• Not the Righteous, but Sinners
• Greater than the Temple
• By the Finger of God
• Only Believe
• Today This Word Is Fulfilled
• You Have Received for Nothing
• Then Came a Convenient Day
• Five Barley Loaves
• And Jesus Took His Leave
• Bread to the Dogs
• The Thoughts of God and the Thoughts of Man
• Whiter than Snow
• Now When the Time Came
• We Can
• Today Salvation Has Visited This House
• Hosanna to the Son of David
• And Every Day He Instructed in the Temple
• The Kings of the Earth Rise Up
• A Preparation for My Burial
• My Time Is Near
• On the Night When the Lord Jesus Was Betrayed
• Now the Powers of Darkness Prevail
• Deserving Death
• King of the Jews
• He Has Helped Others
• He Came among the Rich First When He Was Dead
• I Have Sinned
• The Day That the Lord Has Made
• While He Blessed Them
• When the Day of Pentecost Had Come