Commentary on The One-leaf Bible Commentary: Matthew-Revelation

Matthew: 47 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Matthew is Messiah of Israel.

Matthew 1: Tree (Jesus’s family tree) (1631)

Matthew 2: Infanticide (1632)

Matthew 3: Immersed (1633)

Matthew 4: Ordeal (1634)

Matthew 5: Hillside (1635)

Matthew 6: [Be] Genuine (1636)

Matthew 7: Golden (1637)

Matthew 8: Faith (1638)

Matthew 9: Absolution (1639)

Matthew 10: To Israel (1641)

Matthew 11: Trailblazer’s Doubts (1643)

Matthew 12: Terminal Unbelief (1645)

Matthew 13: Till Millennium (1647)

Matthew 14: Dining Royally (1649)

Matthew 15: Distributing Loaves (1651)

Matthew 16: Turnkey Chosen (1653)

Matthew 17: Transfigured Christ (1655)

Matthew 18: Teaching Forgiveness (1657)

Matthew 19: Digamy Pinched (1659)

Matthew 20: Inverted Society (1661)

Matthew 21: Entering Triumphantly (1663)

Matthew 22: Interrogations End (1665)

See Matthew 22:46.

Matthew 23: Honor Humbugs (1667)

Matthew 24: Nutshell [= epitome of the Book of] Revelation (1669)

Matthew 25: Inspecting Livestock (1671)

Matthew 26: Ingesting Jesus (1673)

Matthew 27: Nazarene Crucified (1675)

Matthew 28: Nazarene’s Victory (1677)

Mark: 23 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Messiah is Servant.

Mark 1: Takeoff (1678)

Mark 1: Unroof (1679)

Mark 1: Maroons (1680)

Mark 1: Riddles (1681)

Mark 1: Legion(s) (1682)

Mark 1: John(icide) (1683)

Mark 1: Kosher (1684)

Mark 1: Forecast (1685)

Mark 1: Epiphany (1686)

Mark 10: Digamy Squeezed (1688)

Mark 11: Triumphal Tour (1690)

Mark 12: Dumbfounded Interrogators (see Zechariah 13) (1692)

Mark 13: Destiny Manifest (1694)

Mark 14: Devouring Redeemer (1696)

Mark 15: Dead Lord (1698)

Mark 16: Deserted Shroud (1700)

Luke: 40 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Luke is Likeness of Man.

Luke 1: Dumb (1701)

Luke 2: Nativity (1702)

Luke 3: Mary (1703)

Luke 4: Ordeal (1704)

Luke 5: Alibi(ed) (1705)

Luke 6: Joy (1706)

Luke 7: Query (1707)

Luke 8: Fertility (1708)

Luke 9: Epiphany! (1709)

Luke 10: Two Sisters (1711)

Luke 11: Disciples’ Devotions (1713)

Luke 12: Divestment Instruction (1715)

Luke 13: Tall Mustard (1717)

Luke 14: Drop Riches! (1719)

Luke 15: Dead/Alive (1721)

Luke 16: Three-fold Judgment (1724)

Luke 17: Tribulation Guidance (1726)

Luke 18: Death Foretold (1728)

Luke 19: Triumphant Prince (1730)

Luke 20: Interrogators Silenced (1732)

Luke 21: Unveiling Tribulation (1734)

Luke 22: Ingesting Anointed (1736)

Luke 23: Entombed Messiah (1738)

Luke 24: Nazarene’s Resurrection (1740)

John: 33 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of John is Jesus Is God.

John 1: Advent (1741)

John 2: Wine (1742)

John 3: Womb (1743)

John 4: Harlot (1744)

John 5: Lame (1745)

John 6: Chef (1746)

John 7: Kill (1747)

John 8: Flagrante (1748)

John 9: Blind (1749)

John 10: 23rd Psalm (1751)

John 11: Deserted Tomb (1753)

John 12: Triumphal Entry (1755)

John 13: Towel Ministry (1757)

John 14: Dwellings Readied (1759)

John 15: Top Yield (1761)

John 16: Threefold Judgment (1763)

John 17: Deliverer Glorified (1765)

John 18: Three Verdicts (1767)

John 19: Divine Passion (1769)

John 20: Wonderful Sunday (1771)

John 21: 153 Tilapia (1773)

Acts: 47 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Acts is Advance of Christianity.

Acts 1: Taken (1774)

Acts 2: Inflamed (1775)

Acts 3: Moneyless (1776)

Acts 4: Arrest (1777)

Acts 5: Liars (1778)

Acts 6: Churchwardens (1779)

Acts 7: Coronation (1780)

Acts 8: Philip (1781)

Acts 9: Paul (1782)

Acts 10: Twiceborn Centurion (1784)

Acts 11: Outreach Defended (1786)

Acts 12: Trusty Angel (1788)

Acts 13: Début Mission (1790)

Acts 14: Travelers Return (1792)

Acts 15: Dividing Lines (1794)

Acts 16: Transformed Jailer (1796)

Acts 17: Dionysius Converted (1798)

Acts 18: Third Voyage (1800)

Acts 19: Demetrius’s Uproar (1802)

Acts 20: Untimely Sorrows (1804)

Acts 21: Interrupted Devotions (1806)

Acts 22: Universal News (1808)

Acts 23: Hungry Murderers (1810)

Acts 24: Negligent Ruler (1812)

Acts 25: Nero’s Lawcourt (1814)

Acts 26: Insanity Charge (1816)

Acts 27: Unsafe Crossing (1818)

Acts 28: Innocuous Viper (1820)

Romans: 23 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Romans is Righteousness from Jesus.

Romans 1: Outsiders (1821)

Romans 2: Insiders (1822)

Romans 3: Manifest (1823)

Romans 4: Ur (1824)

Romans 5: Ledger (1825)

Romans 6: Jailbreak (1826)

Romans 7: Executed (1827)

Romans 8: Foreknew (1828)

Romans 9: Potter (1829)

Romans 10: OT Salvation (1831)

Romans 11: Two Trees (1833)

Romans 12: Divine Enablements (see also 1 Corinthians 12) (1835)

Romans 13: Throne Mandate (1837)

Romans 14: Don’t Argue! (1839)

Romans 15: Two Linked (1941)

Romans 16: Dodge Agitators! (1843)

1 Corinthians: 23 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 1 Corinthians is Correcting False Religion.

1 Corinthians 1: Turbocharged (1844)

1 Corinthians 2: Knowledge (1845)

1 Corinthians 3: Ministers (see also Numbers 3 and 1 Timothy 3) (1846)

1 Corinthians 4: Rulers (1847)

1 Corinthians 5: Leaven (see verses 7-8) (1848)

1 Corinthians 6: Judges (1849)

1 Corinthians 7: Canopy (1850)

1 Corinthians 8: Foods (1851)

1 Corinthians 9: Apostleship (1852)

1 Corinthians 10: Don’t Ask! (1854)

1 Corinthians 11: Table Talk (1856)

1 Corinthians 12: Divine Enablements (see also Romans 12) (1858)

1 Corinthians 13: TLC’s Meaning (see also Hebrews 13) (1860)

1 Corinthians 14: Tongues Regulated (1862)

1 Corinthians 15: Two Lives (1862)

1 Corinthians 16: Aiding Jerusalem (1866)

2 Corinthians: 17 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 2 Corinthians is Clearing Paul’s Name.

2 Corinthians 1: Detour (1867)

2 Corinthians 2: Enough! (1868)

2 Corinthians 3: Moses (see Joshua 3, 2 Corinthians 3) (1869)

2 Corinthians 4: Earthenware (1870)

2 Corinthians 5: Liftoff (1871)

2 Corinthians 6: Shock (1872)

2 Corinthians 7: Contrite (1873)

2 Corinthians 8: Finish (1874)

2 Corinthians 9: Project (1875)

2 Corinthians 10 Two Standpoints (1877)

2 Corinthians 11: Discerning “Idiot” (ἰδιώτης: see verse 6) (1879)

2 Corinthians 12: Thorn Insight (1881)

2 Corinthians 13: The [Real] McCoy? (1883)

Galatians: 6 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Galatians is Gospel of Liberty.

Galatians 1: Turncoats! (1884)

Galatians 2: Independent (1885)

Galatians 3: Mentorship (1886)

Galatians 4: Heirs (1887)

Galatians 5: Liberty (1888)

Galatians 6: Share! (1889)

Ephesians: 7 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Ephesians is Exaltation in Christ.

Ephesians 1: Head (1890)

Ephesians 2: Nigh (see Joel 2) (1891)

Ephesians 3: Mystery (1892)

Ephesians 4: Harmony (1893)

Ephesians 5: Love-bound (1895)

Ephesians 6: Shield (1896)

Philippians: 4 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Philippians is Pursue Unity Joyfully.

Philippians 1: Advertised (1897)

Philippians 2: Incarnation (see Colossians 2, Hebrews 2) (1898)

Philippians 3: Monomania (1899)

Philippians 4: Receipt (1900)

Colossians: 4 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Colossians is Church’s Ascended Head.

Colossians 1: Deity (1901)

Colossians 2: Incarnate (see Philippians 2, Hebrews 2) (1902)

Colossians 3: Empyrean (1903)

Colossians 4: Redeeming (1904)

1 Thessalonians: 5 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 1 Thessalonians is Triumph before Return.

1 Thessalonians 1: Waiting (1905)

1 Thessalonians 2: Nurse (1906)

1 Thessalonians 3: Miles (1907)

1 Thessalonians 4: Rapture (1908)

1 Thessalonians 5: Looming (1909)

2 Thessalonians: 3 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 2 Thessalonians is Tribulation before Return.

2 Thessalonians 1: Turnabout (1910)

2 Thessalonians 2: Antichrist (1911)

2 Thessalonians 3: Manifesto (1912)

See the Communist Manifesto, chapter 2: “. . . All to Work.”

1 Timothy: 6 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 1 Timothy is Trust in Timothy.

1 Timothy 1: Discipline (1913)

1 Timothy 2: Intercessions (1914)

1 Timothy 3: Ministers (see also Numbers 3 and 1 Corinthians 3) (1915)

1 Timothy 4: Renegades (1916)

1 Timothy 5: Welfare (1917)

1 Timothy 6: Charges (1918)

2 Timothy: 4 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 2 Timothy is Teach the Church.

2 Timothy 1: Deposit (1919)

2 Timothy 2: Endure (1920)

2 Timothy 3: Modernism (1921)

2 Timothy 4: Ready (1922)

Titus: 3 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Titus is Truthless Teachers Denounced.

Titus 1: Administrators (1923)

Titus 2: Norms (1924)

Titus 3: Empire (1925)

Philemon: 1 Word Summarizes This Book

A possible three-word summary of the book of Philemon is Pardon for Onesimus.

Delivered (1926)

Hebrews: 17 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Hebrews is Hasten to Maturity.

Hebrews 1: Identity (1927)

Hebrews 2: Incarnation (see Philippians 2, Colossians 2) (1928)

Hebrews 3: Moses (see Joshua 3, 2 Corinthians 3) (1929)

Hebrews 4: Rest (1930)

Hebrews 5: Leviritic (1931)

For the word leviritic see the online Oxford English Dictionary under ghost (along with sources such as Murphy 1960, 89; Fortes 1978 [1940], 270; McGee 1988 [1943], 93; Strobel 1993, 357; and Epprecht 2000, 33); see also XXXX. Jesus is not a Levite, but he is our levir—kinsman-redeemer; see the book of Ruth and the online Oxford English Dictionary under levir.

 An alternative heading: levirite. For the nonstandard spelling of levirate as levirite or Levirite, see, for example, XXX.

Yet another alternative heading: Levite (the word Levite crossed out: Jesus is our High Priest, though he is not a Levite).

Hebrews 6: Washout (1932)

Hebrews 7: King (1933)

Hebrews 8: Vanishing (1934)

Hebrews 9: Blood (1935)

Hebrews 10: Terminal Sacrifice (1937)

Hebrews 11: Trust Defined (1939)

Hebrews 12: Trek On (1941)

Hebrews 13: TLC Mandate (see also 1 Corinthians 13) (1943)

James: 5 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of James is Jesusites’ Faith Works.

For the word Jesusite, see Lomax 1958, 89; McKinney 2003, 162; Moorcock 2007; Mwangi 2007, 208; and Schama 2013, 139.

James 1: Temptations (1944)

James 2: Unprofitable (1945)

James 3: Mouth (1946)

James 4: Resist (1947)

James 5: Liberation (1948)

1 Peter: 5 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 1 Peter is Patience in Trials.

1 Peter 1: Testing (1949)

1 Peter 2: Anointed (see 2 Samuel 2) (1950)

1 Peter 3: Marriage (1951)

1 Peter 4: Rejoice (1952)

1 Peter 5: Elder (1953)

2 Peter: 3 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 2 Peter is Purge False Teachers.

Testament (1954)

Antinomians (1955)

Mockers (1956)

1 John: 5 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of 1 John is Joy of Fellowship.

1 John 1: Eyewitness (1957)

1 John 2: Antichrists (1958)

1 John 3: Impeccable (1959)

1 John 4: Oracles (1960)

1 John 5: Litmus (1961)

2 John: 1 Word Summarizes This Book

A possible three-word summary of the book of 2 John is Judge False Teacher.

Deceivers (1962)

3 John: 1 Word Summarizes This Book

A possible three-word summary of the book of 3 John is Joy of Hospitality.

Diotrephes (1963)

Jude: 1 Word Summarizes This Book

A possible three-word summary of the book of Jude is Judgment of Apostates.

Dreamers (1964)

Revelation: 36 Words Summarize This Book’s Chapters

A possible three-word summary of the book of Revelation is Revelation of Future.

Revelation 1: Theophany (1965)

Revelation 2: Nightward (1966)

Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, and Thyatira, the locations of the four churches addressed in Revelation 2, all lie nightward, or to the west, of the churches addressed in Revelation 3. The online Oxford English Dictionary attests the use of nightward to mean westward.

Revelation 3: Morningward (1967)

Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea are the easternmost of seven churches of Asia that are addressed in the second and third chapters of Revelation. The online Oxford English Dictionary offers only one example of morningward as a synonym for east; five other sources that make use of this quaint turn are Proctor 1916, 41; Monser 1959 [1910], 1492; Olson 1963; Nickels 2000, 12; and DeLillo 2016 [1991], 216. An alternative heading: mornward, a more common term than morningward; see the online Oxford English Dictionary.

Revelation 4: Rapture (1968)

Revelation 5: Lamb (1969)

Revelation 6: Chargers (1970)

Revelation 7: Gross (1971)

1 gross = 144, so a gross grand = $144,000, and a gross thousand slaves of God from every tribe of the sons of Israel = 144,000 slaves of God.

Revelation 8: Flourishes (1972)

Hosea 8 has the same heading as Revelation 8.

Revelation 9: Abaddon (1973)

Revelation 10: Tasty Scroll (1975)

Revelation 11: Two Witnesses (1977)

Revelation 12: Dragon’s Onslaught (1979)

Revelation 13: Devilish Mark (1981)

Revelation 14: Two Reapers (1983)

Revelation 15: Deadly Holloware (1985)

Revelation 16: Outpoured Judgments (1987)

Revelation 17: Eight Kings (1989)

Revelation 18: Delilah’s Fall (1991)

Revelation 19: To Brim-stone (1994)

For the spelling brim-stone, see the online Oxford English Dictionary under bird’s eye, sulphuring, and tinder-box.

Revelation 20: Anointed Sovereign (1996)

Revelation 21: Universe Two (1998)

Revelation 22: Any Instant (2000)