Within the narrative of the Book of Acts, Luke speaks of the Berean Jews’ reception of Paul’s teaching: “Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so”  (Acts 17.11 – NASU). For several generations Henry Thayer’s New Testament Greek lexicon was within every preacher’s reach as he studied his Greek New Testament. This man was a renowned scholar and had few equals. Although dated in many respects, gems of truth are still mined from his lexicon, and I still pull his work off […]