Friday Photos

A few more photos taken on a day spent walking around San Diego.

A boy and his mom were flying this kite at Marina Park.

Mr. Spreckels was an important figure in San Diego’s history. See a larger version here.

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Recently I began reading and discussing Behind the Scenes of the New Testament by Paul Barnett with a group of friends. In chapter 2 Barnett suggests that Jesus may have known at least 3 different languages; Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek. The first two seem fairly obvious. 1. Aramaic was the common language of 1st century Israel. The Gospels even record a few of Jesus’ statements in Aramaic. 2. As a Jewish boy growing up in 1st century Israel Jesus would have learned to read the Hebrew Scriptures. In the Gospels we read of Jesus reading aloud from the Hebrew Scriptures in the synagogue.

I’d never really thought about the possibility that Jesus would have known Greek though. Barnett says that Jesus’ conversation with a Greek woman (Syro-Phoenecian by birth) is often regarded as evidence that Jesus could speak Greek (see Mark 7:26). We don’t know for sure whether Jesus knew Greek, but it’s interesting to think about nonetheless.

We’ve begun a series through I Samuel at church. In this morning’s sermon the pastor pointed out that the first occurrence of the phrase “Lord of hosts” is in I Samuel 1:3. Now go dazzle your friends with that bit of Bible trivia.

San Diego is blooming. Wildflowers are popping up all over San Diego County especially in areas affected by the fires last fall. Last weekend we visited my parents in Ramona and came across hillsides covered with beautiful flowers near their home. I was thankful to have my camera with me. You can find more information about the different types of wildflowers in San Diego County here.

View On Black.

View On Black.

As always you can find more of my photos at my photoblog and at Flickr.

This first photo was taken at sunrise on Coronado Island looking toward downtown San Diego. It’s such a picturesque spot and I plan to go back to get some night time photos.

The second photo was taken early in the morning at Lake Hodges in North County San Diego. It happened to be quite cold that morning and my hands were beginning to get numb so I snapped a few shots and headed home. If you look closely you can see steam rising off of the surface of the water. If you can’t see it take a look at this larger version.

You can always find more of my photos at my photoblog and on my Flickr photostream.