Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Rejecting the Sign of the Covenant

Abstract One of the notorious interpretive cruces within Synoptic Gospels concerns blasphemy against Holy Spirit. According to Jesus, this sin stands apart from and above all others as an unforgivable offense. Attempts explain internal logic these sayings their place Jesus’s teaching have left New Testament scholarship at impasse. The present study advances a fresh perspective: that Spirit means radically rejecting sign Covenant, hence offender experiences covenant sanction irrevocably being “cut off.”