Funeral, Part 3

Posted on September 4, 2021 by admin

A friend asked for the transcript of the prayer I prayed at my mother’s funeral. I should apologize to my sister. She asked for the same thing many months ago and I never got around to it. So, finally, here it is.

It is a prayer that Jesus has taught, and continues to teach, me. I pray it back to Him every day. It alludes to, paraphrases or quotes from various Scriptures. It changes from time to time as He teaches me more.

After I prayed it at Mom’s funeral a man commented on it and invited me to his church. His church has become my church. This version is slightly altered from the prayer I prayed at the funeral because the Pastor has been teaching Matthew 6:9-15 for the past three weeks.

Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored^[1] as holy by me, by all who believe and by all. [M]ay your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven^[2] in and through me, in and through all who believe and in and through all. Give us this day our daily bread.^[3] [F]orgive us our debts, as we…have forgiven our debtors.^[4] Lead us not into temptation,^[5] but deliver us from the evil…^[6] For…the kingdom and the power and the glory [are Yours] forever.^[7]

My persistent prayer for justice^[8] is for the mercy on which everything depends, for it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on [You] who shows mercy.^[9] And You have consigned all to disobedience, [so] that [You] may have mercy on all.^[10]

Grant us according to the wealth of [your] glory…to be strengthened with power [by the Holy] Spirit in the inner person,^[11] that Christ [dwells] in [our] hearts through faith, [that we being] rooted and grounded in love,^[12] comprehend with all the saints^[13] the height, the depth, the length, the breadth, and…know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge…that [we] will be filled up to all the fullness of God.^[14]

Thank you for this eternal life.

Thank you for people. I pray for all people, especially those in authority, from the least to the greatest across every field of human endeavor all over the world, that we lead quiet, peaceful lives with all dignity and godliness.^[15] I ask that we know by faith^[16] your love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control^[17] [Table] springing up within us to eternal life from your Holy Spirit.^[18]

I ask on behalf of those who have not yet received^[19] you, or have wandered off,^[20] please open the eyes blinded^[21] by the prince of the power of the air.^[22] Please send laborers into your harvest.^[23] Thank you for those who are already there. Please convince,^[24] convict,^[25] prove the world wrong concerning sin, righteousness and judgment.^[26] Please return, Lord Jesus.^[27]

I am believing you. Thank you. Please continue to help my unbelief.^[28] Thank you.

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^[1] Matthew 6:9b (NET)

^[2] Matthew 6:10 (NET) Table

^[3] Matthew 6:11 (KJV)

^[4] Matthew 6:12 (NET) Table

^[5] Matthew 6:13a (ESV)

^[6] Matthew 6:13b (NET) Table

^[7] Matthew 6:13c (NKJV) The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had οτι σου εστιν η βασιλεια και η δυναμις και η δοξα εις τους αιωνας αμην (KJV: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[8] Luke 18:1-8

^[9] Romans 9:16 (NET) Table

^[10] Romans 11:32 (ESV)

^[11] Ephesians 3:16 (NET) Table

^[12] Ephesians 3:17 (NET)

^[13] Ephesians 3:18b (NET) Table

^[14] Ephesians 3:19 (NET)

^[15] 1 Timothy 2:1-6

^[16] Hebrews 11

^[17] Galatians 5:22b, 23a (NET)

^[18] John 4:14

^[19] John 1:12, 13

^[20] 1 Timothy 6:10, 20-21

^[21] 2 Corinthians 4:3, 4

^[22] Ephesians 2:1-3

^[23] Matthew 9:37, 38

^[24] John 16:7, 8 (Douay-Rheims)

^[25] John 16:7, 8 (ESV)

^[26] John 16:8 (NET)

^[27] Revelation 22:20

^[28] Mark 9:14-24

Funeral, Part 2

Posted on July 17, 2021 by admin

This is the first Scripture reading from my mother’s funeral. I selected passages that contained forms of ἀνίστημι to describe resurrection from the dead:

I have come down from heaven [Jesus said] not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. Now this is the will of the one who sent me—that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up (ἀναστήσω, a form of ἀνίστημι) at the last day. For this is the will of my Father—for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up (ἀναστήσω, a form of ἀνίστημι) at the last day.”^[1]

Jesus began to teach [his disciples] that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again (ἀναστῆναι, another form of ἀνίστημι) [Table]. He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter^[2] and said,^[3] “Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”^[4]

As^[5] they were coming down from^[6] the mountain [after Jesus’ transfiguration], he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen (ἀναστῇ, another form of ἀνίστημι) from the dead. They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising (ἀναστῆναι, another form of ἀνίστημι) from the dead meant.^[7]

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem,^[8] and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on. They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again (ἀναστήσεται, another form of ἀνίστημι).” But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.^[9]

Now on the first day of the week [after Jesus’ crucifixion], at early dawn,^[10] the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.^[11] They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, but^[12] when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were perplexed^[13] about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.^[14] The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces^[15] to the ground, but the men said^[16] to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but^[17] has been raised (ἠγέρθη, a form of ἐγείρω)! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again (ἀναστῆναι, another form of ἀνίστημι).” Then the women remembered his words, and when they returned from the tomb, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest….

But these^[18] words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them. But Peter got up (ἀναστὰς, another form of ἀνίστημι) and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the strips of linen cloth;^[19] then he went home, wondering what had happened.^[20]

For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise (ἀναστῆναι, another form of ἀνίστημι) from the dead.^[21]

[Later Jesus appeared to them:] he said to them,^[22] “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled [Table].” Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise (ἀναστῆναι, another form of ἀνίστημι) from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high [Table].”^[23]

I chose not to comment as my mother had written in her funeral notes, but did a second Scripture reading instead. My mind scatters in many directions simultaneously when I speak. Besides, my commentary was already embedded in my choice of Scriptures.

[After receiving the Holy Spirit, Peter proclaimed:] “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know—this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles [Table]. But God raised him up (ἀνέστησεν, another form of ἀνίστημι), having released him from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be held in its power. For David says about him,^[24] ‘I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay [Table]. You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’

“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne, David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay [Table]. This Jesus God raised up (ἀνέστησεν, another form of ἀνίστημι), and we are all witnesses of it. So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear. For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,^[25] ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right hand [Table] until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’

Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”^[26]

God raised him up (ἤγειρεν, another form ἐγείρω) on the third day [Peter proclaimed the Gospel to Gentiles] and caused him to be seen [Table], not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose (ἀναστῆναι, another form of ἀνίστημι) from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead [Table]. About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”^[27]

Paul [formerly a persecutor of those who believed Jesus] went to the Jews in the synagogue [at Thessalonica], as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed^[28] them from the scriptures, explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise (ἀναστῆναι, another form of ἀνίστημι) from the dead, saying, “This Jesus^[29] I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”^[30]

The final Scripture reading was graveside:

[Paul was invited to speak at the synagogue in Pisidian Antioch]: But regarding the fact that he has raised (ἀνέστησεν, another form of ἀνίστημι) Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David [Table].’ Therefore he also says in another psalm, ‘You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay [Table].’ For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay [Table], but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay. Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you. Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you: ‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you’” [Table].^[31]

No one can come to me [Jesus said] unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I^[32] will raise him up (ἀναστήσω, a form of ἀνίστημι) at^[33] the last day.^[34] [I never think of this verse without recalling its companion]: And I, when I am lifted up (ὑψωθῶ, a form of ὑψόω) from the earth [Jesus said, to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to^[35] die^[36]] will draw all people to myself.”^[37]

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose (ἀνέστη, another form of ἀνίστημι) again [Paul wrote those who believed Jesus in Thessalonica] so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep [through Jesus]. For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise (ἀναστήσονται, another form of ἀνίστημι) first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.^[38]

According to a note (135) in the NET Acts 13:34b was a quotation from Isaiah 55:3. A table comparing the Greek of Paul’s quotation with that of the Septuagint follows:

Acts 13:34b (NET Parallel Greek) Table	Isaiah 55:3b (Septuagint BLB) Table	Isaiah 55:3b (Septuagint Elpenor)
δώσω ὑμῖν τὰ ὅσια Δαυὶδ τὰ πιστά	καὶ διαθήσομαι ὑμῗν διαθήκην αἰώνιον τὰ ὅσια Δαυιδ τὰ πιστά	καὶ διαθήσομαι ὑμῖν διαθήκην αἰώνιον, τὰ ὅσια Δαυὶδ τὰ πιστά
Acts 13:34b (NET)	Isaiah 55:3b (NETS)	Isaiah 55:3 (English Elpenor)
I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.	I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sacred things of David that are sure.	and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.

According to a note (139) in the NET Acts 13:35b was a quotation from Psalm 16:10 (15:10). A table comparing the Greek of Paul’s quotation with that of the Septuagint follows:

Acts 13:35b (NET Parallel Greek) Table	Psalm 16:10b (Septuagint BLB) Table	Psalm 15:10b (Septuagint Elpenor)
οὐ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιον σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν	οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῗν διαφθοράν	οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν
Acts 13:35b (NET)	Psalm 15:10b (NETS)	Psalm 15:10b (English Elpenor)
You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.	or give your devout to see corruption.	neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

According to a note (154) in the NET Acts 13:41 was a quotation from Habakkuk 1:5. A table comparing the Greek of Paul’s quotation with that of the Septuagint follows:

Acts 13:41 (NET Parallel Greek) Table	Habakkuk 1:5 (Septuagint BLB) Table	Habakkuk 1:5 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἴδετε, οἱ καταφρονηταί, καὶ θαυμάσατε καὶ ἀφανίσθητε, ὅτι ἔργον ἐργάζομαι ἐγὼ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν, ἔργον ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται ὑμῖν	ἴδετε οἱ καταφρονηταί καὶ ἐπιβλέψατε καὶ θαυμάσατε θαυμάσια καὶ ἀφανίσθητε διότι ἔργον ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῗς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται	ἴδετε, οἱ καταφρονηταί, καὶ ἐπιβλέψατε καὶ θαυμάσατε θαυμάσια καὶ ἀφανίσθητε, διότι ἔργον ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ὑμῶν, ὃ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσητε, ἐάν τις ἐκδιηγῆται
Acts 13:41 (NET)	Habakkuk 1:5 (NETS)	Habakkuk 1:5 (English Elpenor)
Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.	Look, you despisers, and watch! And marvel at marvelous things, and be annihilated! For I am working a work in your days that you would not believe if someone should tell it.	Behold, ye despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare [it to you].

Tables comparing Mark 8:33; 9:9; Luke 18:31; 24:1; 24:3-6; 24:11, 12; Acts 17:2, 3 and John 12:33 in the NET and KJV follow.

Mark 8:33 (NET)	Mark 8:33 (KJV)
But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”	But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ὁ δὲ ἐπιστραφεὶς καὶ ἰδὼν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἐπετίμησεν Πέτρῳ καὶ λέγει· ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, σατανᾶ, ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων	ο δε επιστραφεις και ιδων τους μαθητας αυτου επετιμησεν τω πετρω λεγων υπαγε οπισω μου σατανα οτι ου φρονεις τα του θεου αλλα τα των ανθρωπων	ο δε επιστραφεις και ιδων τους μαθητας αυτου επετιμησεν τω πετρω λεγων υπαγε οπισω μου σατανα οτι ου φρονεις τα του θεου αλλα τα των ανθρωπων

Mark 9:9 (NET)	Mark 9:9 (KJV)
As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.	And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Καὶ καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους διεστείλατο αὐτοῖς ἵνα μηδενὶ ἃ εἶδον διηγήσωνται, εἰ μὴ ὅταν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ	καταβαινοντων δε αυτων απο του ορους διεστειλατο αυτοις ινα μηδενι διηγησωνται α ειδον ει μη οταν ο υιος του ανθρωπου εκ νεκρων αναστη	καταβαινοντων δε αυτων απο του ορους διεστειλατο αυτοις ινα μηδενι διηγησωνται α ειδον ει μη οταν ο υιος του ανθρωπου εκ νεκρων αναστη

Luke 18:31 (NET)	Luke 18:31 (KJV)
Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.	Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Παραλαβὼν δὲ τοὺς δώδεκα εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς· ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ τελεσθήσεται πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα διὰ τῶν προφητῶν τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου	παραλαβων δε τους δωδεκα ειπεν προς αυτους ιδου αναβαινομεν εις ιεροσολυμα και τελεσθησεται παντα τα γεγραμμενα δια των προφητων τω υιω του ανθρωπου	παραλαβων δε τους δωδεκα ειπεν προς αυτους ιδου αναβαινομεν εις ιεροσολυμα και τελεσθησεται παντα τα γεγραμμενα δια των προφητων τω υιω του ανθρωπου

Luke 24:1 (NET)	Luke 24:1 (KJV)
Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.	Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Τῇ δὲ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων ὄρθρου βαθέως ἐπὶ τὸ μνῆμα ἦλθον φέρουσαι ἃ ἡτοίμασαν ἀρώματα	τη δε μια των σαββατων ορθρου βαθεος ηλθον επι το μνημα φερουσαι α ητοιμασαν αρωματα και τινες συν αυταις	τη δε μια των σαββατων ορθρου βαθεος ηλθον επι το μνημα φερουσαι α ητοιμασαν αρωματα και τινες συν αυταις

Luke 24:3-6 (NET)	Luke 24:3-6 (KJV)
but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.	And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
εἰσελθοῦσαι δὲ οὐχ εὗρον τὸ σῶμα \|τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ\|	και εισελθουσαι ουχ ευρον το σωμα του κυριου ιησου	και εισελθουσαι ουχ ευρον το σωμα του κυριου ιησου

While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire.

And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἀπορεῖσθαι αὐτὰς περὶ τούτου καὶ ἰδοὺ ἄνδρες δύο ἐπέστησαν αὐταῖς ἐν ἐσθῆτι ἀστραπτούσῃ	και εγενετο εν τω διαπορεισθαι αυτας περι τουτου και ιδου δυο ανδρες επεστησαν αυταις εν εσθησεσιν αστραπτουσαις	και εγενετο εν τω διαπορεισθαι αυτας περι τουτου και ιδου ανδρες δυο επεστησαν αυταις εν εσθησεσιν αστραπτουσαις

The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
ἐμφόβων δὲ γενομένων αὐτῶν καὶ κλινουσῶν τὰ πρόσωπα εἰς τὴν γῆν εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτάς· τί ζητεῖτε τὸν ζῶντα μετὰ τῶν νεκρῶν	εμφοβων δε γενομενων αυτων και κλινουσων το προσωπον εις την γην ειπον προς αυτας τι ζητειτε τον ζωντα μετα των νεκρων	εμφοβων δε γενομενων αυτων και κλινουσων το προσωπον εις την γην ειπον προς αυτας τι ζητειτε τον ζωντα μετα των νεκρων

He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
\|οὐκ ἔστιν ὧδε, ἀλλὰ ἠγέρθη.\| μνήσθητε ὡς ἐλάλησεν ὑμῖν ἔτι ὢν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ	ουκ εστιν ωδε αλλ ηγερθη μνησθητε ως ελαλησεν υμιν ετι ων εν τη γαλιλαια	ουκ εστιν ωδε αλλ ηγερθη μνησθητε ως ελαλησεν υμιν ετι ων εν τη γαλιλαια

Luke 24:11, 12 (NET)	Luke 24:11, 12 (KJV)
But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them.	And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ ἐφάνησαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ λῆρος τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα, καὶ ἠπίστουν αὐταῖς	και εφανησαν ενωπιον αυτων ωσει ληρος τα ρηματα αυτων και ηπιστουν αυταις	και εφανησαν ενωπιον αυτων ωσει ληρος τα ρηματα αυτων και ηπιστουν αυταις

But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the strips of linen cloth; then he went home, wondering what had happened.

Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
\|Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἀναστὰς ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ μνημεῖον καὶ παρακύψας βλέπει τὰ ὀθόνια μόνα, καὶ ἀπῆλθεν πρὸς ἑαυτὸν θαυμάζων τὸ γεγονός.\|	ο δε πετρος αναστας εδραμεν επι το μνημειον και παρακυψας βλεπει τα οθονια κειμενα μονα και απηλθεν προς εαυτον θαυμαζων το γεγονος	ο δε πετρος αναστας εδραμεν επι το μνημειον και παρακυψας βλεπει τα οθονια κειμενα μονα και απηλθεν προς εαυτον θαυμαζων το γεγονος

Acts 17:2, 3 (NET)	Acts 17:2, 3 (KJV)
Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures,	And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
κατὰ δὲ τὸ εἰωθὸς τῷ Παύλῳ εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ σάββατα τρία διελέξατο αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν	κατα δε το ειωθος τω παυλω εισηλθεν προς αυτους και επι σαββατα τρια διελεγετο αυτοις απο των γραφων	κατα δε το ειωθος τω παυλω εισηλθεν προς αυτους και επι σαββατα τρια διελεξατο αυτοις απο των γραφων

explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.”

Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
διανοίγων καὶ παρατιθέμενος ὅτι τὸν χριστὸν ἔδει παθεῖν καὶ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ ὅτι οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ χριστὸς [ὁ] Ἰησοῦς ὃν ἐγὼ καταγγέλλω ὑμῖν	διανοιγων και παρατιθεμενος οτι τον χριστον εδει παθειν και αναστηναι εκ νεκρων και οτι ουτος εστιν ο χριστος ιησους ον εγω καταγγελλω υμιν	διανοιγων και παρατιθεμενος οτι τον χριστον εδει παθειν και αναστηναι εκ νεκρων και οτι ουτος εστιν ο χριστος ιησους ον εγω καταγγελλω υμιν

John 12:33 (NET)	John 12:33 (KJV)
(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)	This he said, signifying what death he should die.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν σημαίνων ποίῳ θανάτῳ ἤμελλεν ἀποθνῄσκειν.	τουτο δε ελεγεν σημαινων ποιω θανατω ημελλεν αποθνησκειν	τουτο δε ελεγεν σημαινων ποιω θανατω εμελλεν αποθνησκειν

Funeral, Part 3

Back to The Book of Life, Part 1

Back to Psalm 22, Part 13

Back to Christianity, Part 3

Back to Christianity, Part 4

Back to Christianity, Part 8

Back to The Day of the Lord, Part 3

Back to Who Am I? Part 14

Back to Father, Son and Holy Spirit – Part 11

Back to The Day of the Lord, Part 8

^[1] John 6:38-40 (NET) Table

^[2] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the article τω preceding Peter. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[3] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had καὶ λέγει here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had λεγων (KJV: saying).

^[4] Mark 8:31-33 (NET)

^[5] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Καὶ (not translated in the NET), where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had δε (KJV: And).

^[6] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐκ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had απο.

^[7] Mark 9:9, 10 (NET)

^[8] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had Ἰερουσαλήμ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ιεροσολυμα.

^[9] Luke 18:31-34 (NET)

^[10] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the adverb βαθέως (not translated in the NET) here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had the potentially redundant adjective βαθεος (not translated in the KJV).

^[11] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και τινες συν αυταις (KJV: and certain others with them) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[12] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had δὲ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και (KJV: And).

^[13] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἀπορεῖσθαι here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had διαπορεισθαι (KJV: were much perplexed).

^[14] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ἐσθῆτι ἀστραπτούσῃ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had εσθησεσιν αστραπτουσαις (KJV: shining garments).

^[15] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had τὰ πρόσωπα here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had το προσωπον.

^[16] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had εἶπαν here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ειπον.

^[17] The NET parallel Greek text had ἀλλὰ here, where the NA²⁸, Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had ἀλλ’.

^[18] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had ταῦτα here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτων (KJV: their).

^[19] The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had κειμενα (KJV: laid) here. The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ did not.

^[20] Luke 24:1-9, 11, 12 (NET)

^[21] John 20:9 (NET)

^[22] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had πρὸς αὐτούς here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had αυτοις (KJV: unto them).

^[23] Luke 24:44-49 (NET)

^[24] This quotation is discussed in detail in Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation Revisited, Part 3.

^[25] There is a table comparing the Greek of Peter’s quotation with the Septuagint in Peter’s First Gospel Proclamation Revisited, Part 3.

^[26] Acts 2:22-36 (NET)

^[27] Acts 10:40-43 (NET)

^[28] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had διελέξατο here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus had διελεγετο (KJV: reasoned).

^[29] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had the article ὁ preceding Jesus. The Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text did not.

^[30] Acts 17:2, 3 (NET)

^[31] Acts 13:34-41 (NET)

^[32] The NET parallel Greek text and NA²⁸ had καγὼ here, where the Stephanus Textus Receptus and Byzantine Majority Text had και εγω.

^[33] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Byzantine Majority Text had ἐν here. The Stephanus Textus Receptus did not.

^[34] John 6:44 (NET) Table

^[35] The NET parallel Greek text, NA²⁸ and Stephanus Textus Receptus had ἤμελλεν here, where the Byzantine Majority Text had εμελλεν.

^[36] John 12:33 (NET)

^[37] John 12:32 (NET)

^[38] 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 (NET)

Funeral, Part 1

Posted on July 8, 2021 by admin

My mother went to be with the Lord last month. Per her instructions my brother and I officiated at her funeral service and graveside. She had preplanned everything but had left me free to choose the Scripture reading and some commentary. Her theme verse was Isaiah 57:15.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 57:15 (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 57:15 (NET)	Isaiah 57:15 (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15 (English Elpenor)
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.	For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.	This is what the Lord says, the Most High, who dwells forever in lofty places—Holy among the holy ones is his name, the Lord Most High who rests among the holy ones and gives patience to the faint-hearted and gives life to those who are broken of heart:	Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:

In her notes for the funeral service she had put resurrect in parentheses after both the first occurrence of לְהַֽחֲיוֹת֙ (to revive) and the second וּלְהַֽחֲי֖וֹת (and to revive). I’m recounting my thought process in this essay so the tables I made while studying are included in this site.

First, I broke down the translations clause by clause:

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 57:15a (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 57:15a (NET)	Isaiah 57:15a (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15a (English Elpenor)
For thus saith the high (רָ֣ם) and lofty One (וְנִשָּׂ֗א)	For this is what the high (rûm, רם) and exalted one (nāśā’, ונשׁא) says,	This is what the Lord (κύριος) says, the Most High (ὁ ὕψιστος),	Thus saith the Most High (Κύριος ὁ ῞Υψιστος),

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 57:15b (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 57:15b (NET)	Isaiah 57:15b (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15b (English Elpenor)
that inhabiteth (שֹׁכֵ֥ן) eternity (עַד֙),	the one who rules (šāḵan, שכן) forever (ʿaḏ, עד),	who dwells (κατοικῶν) forever (τὸν αἰῶνα) in lofty places (ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῗς)—	who dwells (κατοικῶν) on high (ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς) for ever (τὸν αἰῶνα),

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 57:15c (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 57:15c (NET)	Isaiah 57:15c (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15c (English Elpenor)
whose name is Holy (וְקָד֣וֹשׁ);	whose name is holy (qāḏôš, וקדוש):	Holy among the holy ones (ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις) is his name,	Holy in the holies (ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις), is his name,

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 57:15d (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 57:15d (NET)	Isaiah 57:15d (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15d (English Elpenor)
I dwell (אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹן) in the high (מָר֥וֹם) and holy (וְקָד֖וֹשׁ) place,	“I dwell (šāḵan, אשכון) in an exalted (mārôm, מרום) and holy (qāḏôš, וקדוש) place,	the Lord (κύριος) Most High (ὕψιστος) who rests (ἀναπαυόμενος) among the holy ones (ἐν ἁγίοις)	the Most High (Κύριος ῞Υψιστος) resting (ἀναπαυόμενος) in the holies (ἐν ἁγίοις),

The Greek word ἀναπαυόμενος (a form of ἀναπαύω) as a translation of אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹן caught my ear: who rests (ἀναπαυόμενος) among the holy ones (NETS), resting (ἀναπαυόμενος) in the holies (English Elpenor). I briefly considered choosing Revelation 14:13-16 (NET) as my text:

Then I heard a voice from heaven say,^[1] “Write this: ‘Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”^[2]

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest^[3] (ἀναπαήσονται, another form of ἀναπαύω) from their hard work, because^[4] their deeds will follow them.”

Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated^[5] on the cloud was one like^[6] a son^[7] of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and start to reap, because the time to reap^[8] has come,^[9] since the earth’s harvest is ripe!” So the one seated on the cloud^[10] swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

But soon I decided it probably wasn’t what my mother had in mind.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 57:15e (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 57:15e (NET)	Isaiah 57:15e (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15e (English Elpenor)
with him also that is of a contrite (דַּכָּא֙) and humble (וּשְׁפַל) spirit (ר֔וּחַ),	but also with the discouraged (dakā’, דכא) and humiliated (šāp̄āl, ושפל; rûaḥ, רוח),

I certainly didn’t want to deal with a missing or added clause during Mom’s funeral service.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 57:15f (Tanakh/KJV)	Isaiah 57:15f (NET)	Isaiah 57:15f (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15f (English Elpenor)
to revive (לְהַֽחֲיוֹת֙) the spirit (ר֣וּחַ) of the humble (שְׁפָלִ֔ים), and to revive (וּלְהַֽחֲי֖וֹת) the heart (לֵ֥ב) of the contrite ones (נִדְכָּאִֽים).	in order to cheer up (ḥāyâ, להחיות; rûaḥ, רוח) the humiliated (šāp̄āl, שפלים) and to encourage (ḥāyâ, ולהחיות) the discouraged (lēḇ, לב; dāḵā’, נדכאים).	and gives (διδοὺς) patience (μακροθυμίαν) to the faint-hearted (ὀλιγοψύχοις) and gives (διδοὺς) life (ζωὴν) to those who are broken (τοῗς συντετριμμένοις) of heart (τὴν καρδίαν):	and giving (διδοὺς) patience (μακροθυμίαν) to the faint-hearted (ὀλιγοψύχοις), and giving (διδοὺς) life (ζωὴν) to the broken-hearted (τοῖς συντετριμμένοις τὴν καρδίαν):

I had a minor panic attack here. I couldn’t convince myself that לְהַֽחֲיוֹת֙ (a form of חָיָה; to revive) referred to the resurrection (ἀναστάσει, a form of ἀνάστασις) at the last day ^[11] or the first resurrection (ἡ ἀνάστασις ἡ πρώτη).^[12] It seemed more likely to refer to the many revivals that result from taking up [one’s] cross daily.^[13] That seemed too heady of an argument for a funeral when hope and comfort are the order of the day. And I certainly didn’t want to argue with my mother’s interpretation of Scripture over her corpse. So I began to track the forms of חָיָה through the Old Testament:

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Genesis 5:3 (Tanakh)	Genesis 5:3 (NET)	Genesis 5:3 (NETS)	Genesis 5:3 (English Elpenor)
And Adam lived (וַיְחִ֣י) a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.	When Adam had lived (ḥāyâ, ויחי) 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.	Now Adam lived (ἔζησεν) two hundred thirty years and became a father, according to his form and according to his image and named his name Seth.	And Adam lived (ἔζησε) two hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] after his [own] form, and after his [own] image, and he called his name Seth.

This is one of the more common forms in the Old Testament: וַיְחִ֣י was translated ἔζησε(ν) (a form of ζάω) in the Septuagint. The same form לְהַֽחֲי֖וֹת as was found in Isaiah 57:15, however, was translated saving or sparing when Lot spoke with the angels who rescued his family from Sodom before its destruction.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Genesis 19:19 (Tanakh)	Genesis 19:19 (NET)	Genesis 19:19 (NETS)	Genesis 19:19 (English Elpenor)
behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving (לְהַֽחֲי֖וֹת) my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.	Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing (ḥāyâ, להחיות) my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die.	since your servant has found mercy before you and you have magnified your righteousness—that which you bring about with regard to me—to quicken (τοῦ ζῆν) my soul, but I shall not be able to proceed safely to the mountain, for fear the disasters overtake me and I die;	since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live (τοῦ ζῆν),– but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

I was almost sidetracked here. The Hebrew word חַסְדְּךָ֗ (ḥeseḏ), mercy (Tanakh), kindness (NET), translated δικαιοσύνην (a form of δικαιοσύνη), righteousness in the Septuagint arrested me. I had grown up believing that mercy and kindness were opposed to righteousness. I began to wonder how much theology in the New Testament had tumbled out of this equation. But Mom’s funeral was less than a week away, so I returned to the task at hand.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Genesis 19:32 (Tanakh/KJV)	Genesis 19:32 (NET)	Genesis 19:32 (NETS)	Genesis 19:32 (English Elpenor)
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve (וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה) seed of our father.’	Come, let’s make our father drunk with wine so we can go to bed with him and preserve (ḥāyâ, ונחיה) our family line through our father.”	Come, and let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him and raise up (ἐξαναστήσωμεν) offspring from our father.”	Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up (ἐξαναστήσωμεν) seed from our father.

This seemed promising. Lot’s daughters, looking out from their mountain cave on the devastation of the only world they had ever known, hit on a scheme to preserve (וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה) their family line, to raise up (ἐξαναστήσωμεν (a form of ἐξανίστημι) offspring from [their] father (NETS). But I make alive, God said.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Deuteronomy 32:39 (Tanakh)	Deuteronomy 32:39 (NET)	Deuteronomy 32:39 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 32:39 (English Elpenor)
See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive (וַֽאֲחַיֶּ֗ה); I have wounded, and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand.	“See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, “and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life (ḥāyâ, ואחיה), I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.	See, see that I am, and there is no god except me. I will kill, and I will make (ποιήσω) alive (ζῆν); I will strike, and I will heal, and there is no one who will deliver from my hands.	Behold, behold that I am [he], and there is no god beside me: I kill, and I will make (ποιήσω) to live (ζῆν): I will smite, and I will heal; and there is none who shall deliver out of my hands.

Elisha brought a boy back to life:

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
2 Kings 8:1 (Tanakh)	2 Kings 8:1 (NET)	4 Reigns 8:1 (NETS)	4 Kings 8:1 (English Elpenor)
Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life (הֶחֱיָ֨ה), saying: ‘Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for HaShem hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.’	Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life (ḥāyâ, החיה), “You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”	And Elisaie spoke to the woman whose son he sparked to life (ἐζωπύρησεν), saying, “Get up, and go, you and your household, and sojourn wherever you may sojourn, for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land.”	And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he [had] restored to life (ἐζωπύρησε), saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land [for] seven years.

But neither ἐζωπύρησε(ν) nor any other forms of ζωπυρέω occur in the New Testament. I hit the jackpot back in Isaiah.

Masoretic Text		Septuagint
Isaiah 26:19 (Tanakh)	Isaiah 26:19 (NET)	Isaiah 26:19 (NETS)	Isaiah 26:19 (English Elpenor)
Thy dead men shall live (יִֽחְי֣וּ), together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.	Your dead will come back to life (ḥāyâ, יחיו); your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.	The dead shall rise (ἀναστήσονται), and those who are in the tombs shall be raised, and those who are in the earth shall rejoice; for the dew from you is healing to them, but the land of the impious shall fall.	The dead shall rise (ἀναστήσονται), and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.

Here יִֽחְי֣וּ clearly meant resurrection and was translated ἀναστήσονται (a form of ἀνίστημι) in the Septuagint. Forms of ἀνίστημι were used to describe resurrection in the New Testament. Those passages became my Scripture readings for my mother’s funeral.

Tables comparing Isaiah 57:15; Genesis 5:3; 19:19; 19:32; Deuteronomy 32:39; 2 Kings 8:1 and Isaiah 26:19 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and tables comparing the Greek of Isaiah 57:15; Genesis 5:3; 19:19; 19:32; Deuteronomy 32:39; 2 Kings 8:1 and Isaiah 26:19 in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor), and a table comparing Revelation 14:13-16 in the NET and KJV follow.

Isaiah 57:15 (Tanakh)	Isaiah 57:15 (KJV)	Isaiah 57:15 (NET)
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.	For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.	For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

Isaiah 57:15 (Septuagint BLB)	Isaiah 57:15 (Septuagint Elpenor)
τάδε λέγει κύριος ὁ ὕψιστος ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῗς κατοικῶν τὸν αἰῶνα ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις ὄνομα αὐτῷ κύριος ὕψιστος ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενος καὶ ὀλιγοψύχοις διδοὺς μακροθυμίαν καὶ διδοὺς ζωὴν τοῗς συντετριμμένοις τὴν καρδίαν	Τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ ῞Υψιστος, ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν τὸν αἰῶνα, ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις ὄνομα αὐτῷ, Κύριος ῞Υψιστος ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενος καὶ ὀλιγοψύχοις διδοὺς μακροθυμίαν καὶ διδοὺς ζωὴν τοῖς συντετριμμένοις τὴν καρδίαν
Isaiah 57:15 (NETS)	Isaiah 57:15 (English Elpenor)
This is what the Lord says, the Most High, who dwells forever in lofty places—Holy among the holy ones is his name, the Lord Most High who rests among the holy ones and gives patience to the faint-hearted and gives life to those who are broken of heart:	Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:

Genesis 5:3 (Tanakh)	Genesis 5:3 (KJV)	Genesis 5:3 (NET)
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.	And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:	When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.

Genesis 5:3 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 5:3 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἔζησεν δὲ Αδαμ διακόσια καὶ τριάκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σηθ	ἔζησε δὲ ᾿Αδὰμ τριάκοντα καὶ διακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σήθ
Genesis 5:3 (NETS)	Genesis 5:3 (English Elpenor)
Now Adam lived two hundred thirty years and became a father, according to his form and according to his image and named his name Seth.	And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] after his [own] form, and after his [own] image, and he called his name Seth.

Genesis 19:19 (Tanakh)	Genesis 19:19 (KJV)	Genesis 19:19 (NET)
behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.	Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:	Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die.

Genesis 19:19 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 19:19 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἐπειδὴ εὗρεν ὁ παῗς σου ἔλεος ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἐμεγάλυνας τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου ὃ ποιεῗς ἐπ᾽ ἐμέ τοῦ ζῆν τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ δυνήσομαι διασωθῆναι εἰς τὸ ὄρος μὴ καταλάβῃ με τὰ κακὰ καὶ ἀποθάνω	ἐπειδὴ εὗρεν ὁ παῖς σου ἔλεος ἐναντίον σου καὶ ἐμεγάλυνας τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, ὃ ποιεῖς ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ τοῦ ζῆν τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ δυνήσομαι διασωθῆναι εἰς τὸ ὄρος, μήποτε καταλάβῃ με τὰ κακὰ καὶ ἀποθάνω
Genesis 19:19 (NETS)	Genesis 19:19 (English Elpenor)
since your servant has found mercy before you and you have magnified your righteousness—that which you bring about with regard to me—to quicken my soul, but I shall not be able to proceed safely to the mountain, for fear the disasters overtake me and I die;	since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live,– but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

Genesis 19:32 (Tanakh)	Genesis 19:32 (KJV)	Genesis 19:32 (NET)
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.’	Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.	Come, let’s make our father drunk with wine so we can go to bed with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

Genesis 19:32 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 19:32 (Septuagint Elpenor)
δεῦρο καὶ ποτίσωμεν τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν οἶνον καὶ κοιμηθῶμεν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν σπέρμα	δεῦρο καὶ ποτίσωμεν τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν οἶνον καὶ κοιμηθῶμεν μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν σπέρμα
Genesis 19:32 (NETS)	Genesis 19:32 (English Elpenor)
Come, and let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him and raise up offspring from our father.”	Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.

Deuteronomy 32:39 (Tanakh)	Deuteronomy 32:39 (KJV)	Deuteronomy 32:39 (NET)
See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand.	See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.	“See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, “and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.

Deuteronomy 32:39 (Septuagint BLB)	Deuteronomy 32:39 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἴδετε ἴδετε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς πλὴν ἐμοῦ ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ καὶ ζῆν ποιήσω πατάξω κἀγὼ ἰάσομαι καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐξελεῗται ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν μου	ἴδετε ἴδετε ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι Θεὸς πλὴν ἐμοῦ· ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ καὶ ζῆν ποιήσω, πατάξω κἀγὼ ἰάσομαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐξελεῖται ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν μου
Deuteronomy 32:39 (NETS)	Deuteronomy 32:39 (English Elpenor)
See, see that I am, and there is no god except me. I will kill, and I will make alive; I will strike, and I will heal, and there is no one who will deliver from my hands.	Behold, behold that I am [he], and there is no god beside me: I kill, and I will make to live: I will smite, and I will heal; and there is none who shall deliver out of my hands.

2 Kings 8:1 (Tanakh)	2 Kings 8:1 (KJV)	2 Kings 8:1 (NET)
Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: ‘Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for HaShem hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.’	Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.	Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”

2 Kings 8:1 (Septuagint BLB)	4 Kings 8:1 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ Ελισαιε ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τὴν γυναῗκα ἧς ἐζωπύρησεν τὸν υἱόν λέγων ἀνάστηθι καὶ δεῦρο σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου καὶ παροίκει οὗ ἐὰν παροικήσῃς ὅτι κέκληκεν κύριος λιμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καί γε ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἑπτὰ ἔτη	ΚΑΙ ῾Ελισαιὲ ἐλάλησε πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα, ἧς ἐζωπύρησε τὸν υἱόν, λέγων· ἀνάστηθι καὶ δεῦρο σὺ καὶ ὁ οἶκός σου καὶ παροίκει, οὗ ἐὰν παροικήσῃς, ὅτι κέκληκε Κύριος λιμὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καί γε ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἑπτὰ ἔτη
4 Reigns 8:1 (NETS)	4 Kings 8:1 (English Elpenor)
And Elisaie spoke to the woman whose son he sparked to life, saying, “Get up, and go, you and your household, and sojourn wherever you may sojourn, for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land.”	And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he [had] restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land [for] seven years.

Isaiah 26:19 (Tanakh)	Isaiah 26:19 (KJV)	Isaiah 26:19 (NET)
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.	Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.	Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

Isaiah 26:19 (Septuagint BLB)	Isaiah 26:19 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροί καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῗς μνημείοις καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται οἱ ἐν τῇ γῇ ἡ γὰρ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ἴαμα αὐτοῗς ἐστιν ἡ δὲ γῆ τῶν ἀσεβῶν πεσεῗται	ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροί, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις, καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται οἱ ἐν τῇ γῇ· ἡ γὰρ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ἴαμα αὐτοῖς ἐστιν, ἡ δὲ γῆ τῶν ἀσεβῶν πεσεῖται
Isaiah 26:19 (NETS)	Isaiah 26:19 (English Elpenor)
The dead shall rise, and those who are in the tombs shall be raised, and those who are in the earth shall rejoice; for the dew from you is healing to them, but the land of the impious shall fall.	The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.

Revelation 14:13-16 (NET)

Revelation 14:13-16 (KJV)

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: ‘Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them.”

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λεγούσης· γράψον· μακάριοι οἱ νεκροὶ οἱ ἐν κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἀπ᾿ ἄρτι ναί, λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα, ἵνα ἀναπαήσονται ἐκ τῶν κόπων αὐτῶν, τὰ γὰρ ἔργα αὐτῶν ἀκολουθεῖ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν	και ηκουσα φωνης εκ του ουρανου λεγουσης μοι γραψον μακαριοι οι νεκροι οι εν κυριω αποθνησκοντες απαρτι ναι λεγει το πνευμα ινα αναπαυσωνται εκ των κοπων αυτων τα δε εργα αυτων ακολουθει μετ αυτων	και ηκουσα φωνης εκ του ουρανου λεγουσης μοι γραψον μακαριοι οι νεκροι οι εν κυριω αποθνησκοντες απ αρτι λεγει ναι το πνευμα ινα αναπαυσωνται εκ των κοπων αυτων τα δε εργα αυτων ακολουθει μετ αυτων

Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ νεφέλη λευκή, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν νεφέλην καθήμενον ὅμοιον υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου, ἔχων ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ στέφανον χρυσοῦν καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δρέπανον ὀξύ	και ειδον και ιδου νεφελη λευκη και επι την νεφελην καθημενος ομοιος υιω ανθρωπου εχων επι της κεφαλης αυτου στεφανον χρυσουν και εν τη χειρι αυτου δρεπανον οξυ	και ειδον και ιδου νεφελη λευκη και επι την νεφελην καθημενον ομοιον υιω ανθρωπου εχων επι της κεφαλης αυτου στεφανον χρυσουν και εν τη χειρι αυτου δρεπανον οξυ

Then another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, “Use your sickle and start to reap, because the time to reap has come, since the earth’s harvest is ripe!”

And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ κράζων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης· πέμψον τὸ δρέπανον σου καὶ θέρισον, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα θερίσαι, ὅτι ἐξηράνθη ὁ θερισμὸς τῆς γῆς	και αλλος αγγελος εξηλθεν εκ του ναου κραζων εν μεγαλη φωνη τω καθημενω επι της νεφελης πεμψον το δρεπανον σου και θερισον οτι ηλθεν σοι η ωρα του θερισαι οτι εξηρανθη ο θερισμος της γης	και αλλος αγγελος εξηλθεν εκ του ναου κραζων εν φωνη μεγαλη τω καθημενω επι της νεφελης πεμψον το δρεπανον σου και θερισον οτι ηλθεν η ωρα θερισαι οτι εξηρανθη ο θερισμος της γης

So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

NET Parallel Greek	Stephanus Textus Receptus	Byzantine Majority Text
καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ ἐθερίσθη ἡ γῆ	και εβαλεν ο καθημενος επι την νεφελην το δρεπανον αυτου επι την γην και εθερισθη η γη	και εβαλεν ο καθημενος επι την νεφελην το δρεπανον αυτου επι την γην και εθερισθη η γη