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What if the moments when Jesus pulls Peter, James, and John aside aren’t favoritism at all — but covenant law in action?

In this episode of The Semi-Seminarian, Pastor Jim Wilhelm walks through Deuteronomy 19:15–21 and the ancient command that “a matter shall be established by two or three witnesses.” That courtroom rule doesn’t stay in the Old Testament. It quietly shapes the way Jesus reveals His identity in the New Testament.

Watch closely and the pattern appears everywhere.

At Jairus’ house, when a dead girl rises. On the Mount of Transfiguration, when heaven names the Son. In Gethsemane, when obedience crushes the Savior like olives in the press.

Each time, Pete ...