{"id":6760,"date":"2016-05-28T04:12:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T22:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=6760"},"modified":"2023-07-31T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:27:27","slug":"condemnation-or-judgment-part-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=6760","title":{"rendered":"Condemnation or Judgment? – Part 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the movie Twilight<\/a> Edward is a hundred-plus-year-old vampire with the emotional development of a seventeen-year-old boy.\u00a0 Robert Pattinson<\/a> plays Edward a little bipolar, sometimes the wise or world-weary centenarian at other times the soulful or petulant teen.\u00a0 \u201cYou know, your mood swings are kind of giving me whiplash,\u201d Bella (Kristen Stewart<\/a>) says.\u00a0 Mr. Pattinson\u2019s acting choices remind me how I thought Jesus played ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The Long Name of God<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em><\/td>\nThe Lord (ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/a><\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4), the Lord (ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4), the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.<\/p>\n

Exodus 34:6, 7a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children\u2019s children, to the third and fourth generation.<\/p>\n

Exodus 34:7b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/td>\nFirst Advent<\/td>\n\n

Second Advent<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jesus<\/td>\nHere is my servant whom I have chosen the one I love, in whom I take great delight<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations<\/strong>.\u00a0 He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/em>He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 And in his name the Gentiles<\/em><\/strong> will hope<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matthew 12:18-21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

He is dressed in clothing dipped in blood, and he is called the Word of God. \u00a0The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses. \u00a0From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. \u00a0He will rule<\/em><\/strong> them with an iron rod<\/strong>,<\/em> and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.<\/p>\n

Revelation 19:13-15 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This understanding was part and parcel of the deal I made when I returned from atheism.\u00a0 I became an atheist because I could no longer believe<\/a> in an angry punishing god.\u00a0 The idea that his wrath was deferred until the end offered me a window of opportunity to believe again.\u00a0 Of course, the idea that Jesus was an actor (\u1f51\u03c0\u03bf\u03ba\u03c1\u03b9\u03c4\u03ae\u03c2<\/a>) playing ye<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em> doesn\u2019t sit so well with me these days.<\/p>\n

The Greek word translated rule<\/em> in Revelation 19:15 above is \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6 (a form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>; shepherd<\/em>).\u00a0 After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law,<\/em> [King Herod<\/a>] asked them where the Christ was to be born. \u00a0\u201cIn Bethlehem of Judea,\u201d they said, \u201cfor it is written this way by the prophet:<\/em> \u2018And<\/em><\/strong> you, Bethlehem,<\/strong> in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers <\/strong><\/em>(\u1f21\u03b3\u03b5\u03bc\u1f79\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, a form of \u1f21\u03b3\u03b5\u03bc\u03ce\u03bd<\/a>) of Judah,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>for out of you will come a ruler <\/em><\/strong>(\u1f21\u03b3\u03bf\u1f7b\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2, a form of \u1f21\u03b3\u03ad\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) who will shepherd <\/em><\/strong>(\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6, a form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9) my people Israel<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em>\u2019\u201d[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 But I didn\u2019t make too much of it at first.<\/p>\n

I found the following more troubling: And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority<\/em> over the nations \u2013<\/em> he will rule <\/em><\/strong>(\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6, a form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9) them with an iron rod <\/em><\/strong>and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, just as I have received the right to rule from my Father \u2013 and I will give him the morning star<\/em>.[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Who conquers the world (1 John 5:1-5 NET)?<\/p>\n

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him. \u00a0By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey (\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u1ff6\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd, a form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03ad\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> his commandments<\/a>. \u00a0For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down, because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1fb7, a form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9<\/a>)<\/em> the world.\u00a0 This is the conquering power (\u03bd\u1f77\u03ba\u03b7, a form of \u03bd\u03af\u03ba\u03b7<\/a>)<\/em> that has conquered (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1f75\u03c3\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1, another form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9)<\/em> the world: our faith. \u00a0Now who is the person who has conquered (\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd, another form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9)<\/em> the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The words, to the one who conquers<\/em>, are the translation of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u1ff6\u03bd (another form of \u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac\u03c9) in Revelation 2:26 (NET).\u00a0 I take continues in my deeds<\/em> to mean the deeds <\/em>which have been done in God<\/a><\/em>, the deeds which flow from the love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control<\/em> of the Holy Spirit<\/a>.\u00a0 I wondered how believing that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and living by the Spirit qualified someone to rule the nations and break them to pieces like clay jars.\u00a0 Here again, rule<\/em> is shepherd<\/em> in Greek.<\/p>\n

This time I pursued it.\u00a0 A note in the NET (90<\/a>) informs that, he will rule them with an iron rod <\/em><\/strong>and like clay jars he will break them to pieces<\/em>, is a quotation of Psalm 2:9.\u00a0 Note 26<\/a> on Psalm 2:9 after the words, You will break them<\/em>, reads: \u201cThe LXX reads \u2018you will shepherd them.\u2019 \u00a0This reading, quoted in the Greek text of the NT in Rev 2:27; 12:5; 19:15, assumes a different vocalization of the consonantal Hebrew text and understands the verb as \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 (ra\u2019ah, \u2018to shepherd\u2019) rather than \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05e2 (ra\u2019a\u2019, \u2018to break\u2019). \u00a0But the presence of \u05e0\u05b8\u05e4\u05b7\u05e5 (nafats, \u2018to smash\u2019) in the next line strongly favors the MT vocalization.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Hebrew words \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 (ra\u2019ah<\/a> H7462) and \u05e8\u05b8\u05e2\u05b8\u05e2 (ra\u2019a\u2019<\/a> H7489) are apparently homographs in some forms, words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.\u00a0 We determine their meanings primarily by context: The wind blows my hair as I wind my watch.\u00a0 Here are some of the instances in the Psalms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Reference<\/td>\nHebrew<\/td>\nNET<\/td>\n\n

Strong\u2019s Number<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Psalm 2:9<\/td>\n\u05ea\u05e8\u05e2\u05dd<\/td>\nbreak<\/td>\nH7489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 22:16<\/td>\n\u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd<\/td>\nevil men<\/td>\nH7489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 27:2<\/td>\n\u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd<\/td>\nevil men<\/td>\nH7489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 28:9<\/td>\n\u05d5\u05e8\u05e2\u05dd<\/td>\nCare for them like a shepherd<\/td>\nH7462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 37:9<\/td>\n\u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd<\/td>\nWicked<\/td>\nH7489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 49:14<\/td>\n\u05d9\u05e8\u05e2\u05dd<\/td>\nas their shepherd<\/td>\nH7462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 64:2<\/td>\n\u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd<\/td>\nevil men<\/td>\nH7489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 78:72<\/td>\n\u05d5\u05d9\u05e8\u05e2\u05dd<\/td>\nDavid cared for<\/td>\nH7462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psalm 92:11<\/td>\n\u05de\u05e8\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd<\/td>\nthe defeated cries of the evil foes<\/td>\nH7489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/a>This is where accountability<\/a> comes into play for me.\u00a0 I can\u2019t stand before Jesus<\/a> and tell Him (Revelation 1:12-20 NET<\/a>) He quoted an erroneous translation of Psalm 2:9 in Revelation 2:27 but the Masoretes<\/a> corrected his mistake.\u00a0 Don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 I thoroughly appreciate the notes in the NET.\u00a0 I long for more.\u00a0 But I can\u2019t follow<\/a> the translators on this point.<\/p>\n

Jesus said shepherd<\/em> (\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6, a form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9).\u00a0 The Septuagint<\/a> implies that the original Hebrew word was shepherd<\/em> (\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2, another form of \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03af\u03bd\u03c9<\/a>) before Israel rejected Jesus as Messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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NET<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Parallel Greek<\/td>\n\n

Septuagint<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

he will rule them with an iron rod<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Revelation 2:27a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c1\u1f71\u03b2\u03b4\u1ff3 \u03c3\u03b9\u03b4\u03b7\u03c1\u1fb7<\/p>\n

Revelation 2:27a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03bc\u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1f7a\u03c2 \u1f10\u03bd \u1fe5\u1f71\u03b2\u03b4\u1ff3 \u03c3\u03b9\u03b4\u03b7\u03c1\u1fb7<\/p>\n

Psalm 2:9a<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I think the Masoretes changed the word with vowel points<\/a>.\u00a0 Their motive[3]<\/sup><\/a> seems fairly obvious, to invalidate Jesus as Messiah: Jesus did not break the Gentile nations with an iron scepter nor smash them like a potter\u2019s jar, therefore Jesus was not the Messiah.\u00a0 But I\u2019m not convinced that believing He will return to do that is the best retort.\u00a0 Perhaps it is the human religious mind\u2019s last desperate hope for vindication.\u00a0 Granted, accepting shepherd<\/em> as the correct homograph in Psalm 2:9 won\u2019t establish that.\u00a0 Shepherd<\/em> was used nearly as ironically in Psalm 49:14 (NET):<\/p>\n

[Fools<\/a>]<\/em> will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd.\u00a0 The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it opens the door to consider other homographs for n\u00e2phats<\/a><\/em> (\u05ea\u05e0\u05e4\u05e6\u05dd) since it caused the NET translators to favor the Masoretes over Jesus.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll turn my attention to a more thorough consideration of \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u1f70 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03b2\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 (like clay jars he will break them to pieces<\/em>) in Revelation.\u00a0 My contention is that the translation of the Greek has been shaded significantly to conform to the image of Jesus using his shepherd\u2019s rod[4]<\/sup><\/a> to shatter the nations like fired pottery in Psalm 2:9<\/a> of the Masoretic text.\u00a0 This shading didn\u2019t begin with the NET translators.<\/p>\n

The King James translators rendered it, as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers<\/em>.\u00a0 There is a word for potter<\/em> in Greek: Has the potter<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a>) no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?<\/em>[5]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The translators of the NET were right to change the translation of \u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u1f70 (a form of \u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2<\/a>) from of a<\/em> potter<\/em> to clay<\/em>.\u00a0 My electronic edition of Strong\u2019s Concordance numbers broken<\/em> and to shivers<\/em> as if two forms of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9<\/a> followed one after the other in the Greek text.\u00a0 But even in the textus receptus<\/a> \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 is the only instance of a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9 in Revelation 2:27.<\/p>\n

The Greek word \u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b7 (a form of \u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1fe6\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) with no modifier was translated property<\/em> in Matthew 12:29<\/a> and Mark 3:27 (NET)<\/a> and goods<\/em> in Luke 17:31 (NET)<\/a>.\u00a0 All are finished products, no doubt.\u00a0 The other occurrences are modified in some way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Reference<\/td>\nNET<\/td>\n\n

Parallel Greek<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Romans 9:22<\/td>\nobjects of wrath<\/td>\n\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b7 \u1f40\u03c1\u03b3\u1fc6\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romans 9:23<\/td>\nobjects of mercy<\/td>\n\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b7 \u1f10\u03bb\u1f73\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 Timothy 2:20<\/td>\ngold and silver vessels<\/td>\n\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b7 \u03c7\u03c1\u03c5\u03c3\u1fb6 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c1\u03b3\u03c5\u03c1\u1fb6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hebrews 9:21<\/td>\nutensils of worship<\/td>\n\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b7 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b3\u1f77\u03b1\u03c2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It occurs to me to ask what the Holy Spirit would need to say beyond \u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b7 \u03c4\u1f70 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u1f70 (objects, vessels, utensils or jars of clay) to make us understand that these objects, vessels, utensils or jars are still malleable, made of clay? \u00a0[6\/11\/16: In the NET it may be \u1f10\u03bd \u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u1f77\u03bd\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u1f7b\u03b5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/a> or\u00a0\u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f71\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1<\/a> (a form of\u00a0\u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>).] \u00a0In fact, isn\u2019t it the translation\u2014broken to shivers<\/em>\u2014which forces us to think otherwise?\u00a0 Why was \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 (a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9) translated broken to shivers<\/em> (KJV) or break them to pieces<\/em> (NET)?\u00a0 Another form was translated crush<\/em> (bruise<\/em>, KJV) in Paul\u2019s letter to the Romans (16:20a NET):<\/p>\n

The God of peace will quickly crush (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9, another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9)<\/em> Satan under your feet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To crush<\/em> is an apt description of what a potter does as he begins to refashion a ruined vessel of clay.<\/p>\n

Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar<\/em> (\u1f00\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd<\/a>) of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. \u00a0After breaking open<\/em> (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03c8\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1, another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9) the jar<\/em> (\u1f00\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd), she poured it on his head<\/em>.[6]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Did she break the \u1f00\u03bb\u1f71\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> to pieces?\u00a0 Or did she take its body in one hand, its lid in the other and rub (\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>) them together (\u03c3\u03cd\u03bd<\/a>), or twist them to break the wax seal?<\/p>\n

The Greek word translated \u201calabaster box\u201d in the KJV, as well as \u201cflask,\u201d \u201cjar\u201d and \u201cvial\u201d in other translations, is\u00a0alabastron, which can also mean \u201cperfume vase\u201d\u2026.The boxes were often sealed or made fast with wax, to prevent the perfume from escaping.[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A man described his son to Jesus: A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth.\u00a0 It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing<\/em> (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u1fd6\u03b2\u03bf\u03bd, another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9) him severely<\/em>.[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 How the spirit crushed him isn\u2019t readily apparent in the text, but it didn\u2019t break him to pieces.\u00a0 Another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9 (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2) was in the prophecy Jesus read from Isaiah in the textus receptus<\/a>: The Spirit of the Lord<\/em>\u00a0is<\/em> upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal <\/em>(\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9, a form of \u1f30\u03ac\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9<\/a>) the brokenhearted<\/em> (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bc\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2[9]<\/sup><\/a> \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd)\u2026[10]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed <\/em>(\u1f30\u1f71\u03c3\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf, another form of \u1f30\u03ac\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9) the boy<\/em> who was tortured, crushed, bruised or broken, and gave him back to his father<\/em>.[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

But I can\u2019t make this a slam dunk, not without the correct homograph for the Hebrew word n\u00e2phats<\/em> (\u05ea\u05e0\u05e4\u05e6\u05dd). \u00a0I can\u2019t tell, for instance, if the man with the unclean spirit had broken <\/em>(\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u1fd6\u03c6\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9, another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9) the shackles in pieces<\/em> (Mark 5:4 NET<\/a>) or rubbed them together until he wriggled free.\u00a0 A form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9 was contrasted to a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9 in Matthew 12:20 (NET): He will not break<\/em> (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u1f71\u03be\u03b5\u03b9, a form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9<\/a>) a bruised<\/em> (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bc\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd, another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9) reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory<\/em>.\u00a0 But in the Septuagint<\/a> \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 (another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9) was used in place of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u1f71\u03be\u03b5\u03b9 and \u03c4\u03b5\u03b8\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd<\/a> was used in place of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03bc\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd.<\/p>\n

That wouldn\u2019t be particularly problematic.\u00a0 I\u2019m perfectly willing to prefer the New Testament to the Septuagint.\u00a0 My primary interest in the Septuagint is as corroboration of the instances where the Masoretes altered the Hebrew of the Old Testament.\u00a0 In John 19, however, forms of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9 were used interchangeably with a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9 (John 19:31-33, 36 NET):<\/p>\n

Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims\u2019 legs broken (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03b1\u03b3\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd, another form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9)<\/em> and the bodies taken down. \u00a0So the soldiers came and broke (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03b1\u03be\u03b1\u03bd, another form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9)<\/em> the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other. \u00a0But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break (\u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u1f73\u03b1\u03be\u03b1\u03bd, another form of \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u03b3\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b9)<\/em> his legs.<\/p>\n

For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, \u201cNot a bone of his will be broken<\/em><\/strong> (\u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9, another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9)<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Each of the Old Testament prophecies used a form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9 for broken<\/em> in the Septuagint:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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NET<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Parallel Greek<\/td>\nSeptuagint<\/td>\nSeptuagint<\/td>\n\n

Septuagint<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Not a bone of his will be broken<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

John 19:36b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/p>\n

John 19:36b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03c8\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u1f00\u03c0\u1fbd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/p>\n

Exodus 12:46b<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f40\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u1f77\u03c8\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd \u1f00\u03c0\u1fbd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6<\/p>\n

Numbers 9:12<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\u1f13\u03bd \u1f10\u03be \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03b9\u03b2\u1f75\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/p>\n

Psalm 34:20<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I haven\u2019t found a way to search Hebrew homographs online.[12]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 I definitely need help from someone who knows Hebrew extremely well.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often quipped to friends, if there is anything left of me when I see Him face to face, my first question will be: a written language without vowels?\u00a0 Dr. Thomas M. Strouse, arguing for the necessity and inspiration of vowel points in an essay titled \u201cA Review of and Observations about Peter Whitfield’s: A Dissertation on the Hebrew Vowel-Points<\/a>,\u201d gave me a glimpse into the beauty and economy of biblical Hebrew.\u00a0 After eliminating the options that could be disregarded by context, Dr. Strouse proposed three options for Genesis 1:26: \u201cDid Jehovah say \u2018let us make\u2019 man, or man \u2018he was made,\u2019 or \u2018we will be made\u2019 man?\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether God said, let us make man or man he was made, is inconsequential to me as it pertains to meaning, though I suspect that the latter may be eliminated by context in the very next verse<\/a>.\u00a0 But the realization that the Hebrew, without vowel points, means that God said let us make man and<\/em> we will be made man in one and the same verb, is too beautiful a prophetic truth for mere words.<\/p>\n

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Condemnation or Judgment? – Part 15<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Romans, Part 76<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Fear – Deuteronomy, Part 8<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Fear – Deuteronomy, Part 9<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Atonement, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Atonement, Part 6<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Atonement, Part 10<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to Who Am I? Part 9<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
Back to A Monotonous Cycle Revisited, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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Back to Christianity, Part 3<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/a>[1]<\/sup> Matthew 2:4-6 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[2]<\/sup> Revelation 2:26-28 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[3]<\/sup> I might do the same if I believed that Jesus was not the Christ.\u00a0 I was surprised to learn (though now I wonder why) that some believe the Hebrew vowel points are inspired.\u00a0 Thomas D. Ross in an article titled \u201cEvidences for the Inspiration of the Hebrew Vowel Points<\/a>\u201d wrote that the Greek word \u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u1f77\u03b1 meant the vowel points were already part of Scripture before Jesus\u2019 earthly ministry: I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter <\/em>(\u03ba\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u1f77\u03b1<\/a>) will pass from the law until everything takes place<\/em> (Matthew 5:18 NET).\u00a0 The \u201cLord Jesus,\u201d Mr. Ross wrote, \u201caffirmed the inspiration and preservation of all the Hebrew consonants and vowels through His statement that not the smallest of the consonants (the yod<\/em>) or vowels (the chireq<\/em>) would be corrupted.\u201d\u00a0 Even if this is true it doesn\u2019t account for the discrepancy between the Masoretic text of Psalm 2:9 and Jesus\u2019 words in Revelation 2:27.<\/p>\n

<\/a>[4]<\/sup> NET note 27<\/a>: \u201cThe Hebrew term \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05d1\u05b6\u05d8 (shevet) can refer to a \u2018staff\u2019 or \u2018rod,\u2019 but here it probably refers to the Davidic king\u2019s royal scepter, symbolizing his sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>[5]<\/sup> Romans 9:21 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[6]<\/sup> Mark 14:3 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[7]<\/sup> \u201cWhat is an alabaster box?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>[8]<\/sup> Luke 9:39 (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[9]<\/sup> another form of \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03af\u03b2\u03c9<\/p>\n

<\/a>[10]<\/sup> Luke 4:18a (KJV)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[11]<\/sup> Luke 9:42b (NET)<\/p>\n

<\/a>[12]<\/sup> Addendum:<\/b> December 2, 2019 – I found a site called morfix<\/a>.\u00a0 It slows down my computer if I leave it open but for a quick look it’s helpful.\u00a0 Copy and paste the Hebrew word into the box at the top and click \u201cTranslate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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