Month: September 2025

New Pascal Biography

There’s a new Blaise Pascal biography out, and I’m looking forward to reading it.  You can listen to the author, Graham Tomlin, discuss it and, especially, its subject here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFeo0LTQONA .  The full title of the new book, by the way, is Blaise Pascal:  The Man Who Made the Modern World.

“Thou Sayest It” and “You Said It”

In all three synoptic Gospels, Jesus is asked by Pontius Pilate if He is king of the Jews, and He responds (KJV), “Thou sayest it” (though Matthew for some reason does not supply the word “it” the way that Mark and Luke do).  See Matthew 27:11, Mark 15:2, and Luke 23:3.   This is generally understood … [Read more…]