Condemnation or Judgment? – Part 5

Posted on February 16, 2014 by admin

I want to continue considering the eternal gospel the angel flying directly overhead “evangelized” (εὐαγγελίσαι, a form of εὐαγγελίζω)^[1] in its context. It is one of three messages by three different angels: one “evangelized,” another declared (λέγων, a form of λέγω),^[2] and another declared (λέγων, a form of λέγω) in a loud voice.

Three Angels

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel (εὐαγγέλιον)^[3] to proclaim (εὐαγγελίσαι, a form of εὐαγγελίζω) to those who live on the earth – to every nation, tribe, language, and people. He declared in a loud voice:

Revelation 14:6, 7a (NET)

A second angel followed the first, declaring (λέγων, a form of λέγω):

Revelation 14:8a (NET)

A third angel followed the first two, declaring (λέγων, a form of λέγω) in a loud voice:

Revelation 14:9a (NET)

“Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment (ἡ ὥρα τῆς κρίσεως αὐτοῦ) has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”

Revelation 14:7b (NET)

“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! She made all the nations drink of the wine of her immoral (πορνείας, a form of πορνεία)^[4] passion.”

Revelation 14:8b (NET)

“If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name.”

Revelation 14:9b-11 (NET)

This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints – those who obey God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.

Revelation 14:12 (NET)

At first I included the final statement with the declaration of the third angel only. Then I realized that the eternal gospel the first angel “evangelized” was not exactly “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ before you die or burn in hell for all eternity.” Nor was it 1 Corinthians 15:1-8. In fact, it didn’t mention Jesus at all. It occurred to me that seeing and hearing an angel evangelize an eternal gospel like this might also require some steadfast endurance of those who hold to their faith in Jesus (Galatians 1:8 NET).

But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell (ἀνάθεμα)!^[5]

I assumed that the fall of Babylon might require the same endurance for reasons that were not yet clear. And at present I don’t know whether—those who obey God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus—define the word saints or qualify which saints are under consideration here. I’ll consider the torture of those who worship the beast in its own essay.

I related the two judgments to the three angels like this:

Three Angels

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead…

Revelation 14:6, 7 (NET)

A second angel followed the first…

Revelation 14:8 (NET)

A third angel followed the first two…

Revelation 14:9-11 (NET)

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.

Revelation 14:14 (NET)

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

Revelation 14:17 (NET)

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!”

Revelation 14:15 (NET)

Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe.”

Revelation 14:18 (NET)

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

Revelation 14:16 (NET)

So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth and tossed them into the great winepress of the wrath of God. Then the winepress was stomped outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses’ bridles for a distance of almost two hundred miles.

Revelation 14:19, 20 (NET)

Despite everything I’ve been through I wanted to relate the outcome of the two judgments to the messages of the three angels like this:

Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel (εὐαγγέλιον) to proclaim (εὐαγγελίσαι, a form of εὐαγγελίζω) to those who live on the earth – to every nation, tribe, language, and people. He declared in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment (ἡ ὥρα τῆς κρίσεως αὐτοῦ) has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”

Revelation 14:6, 7 (NET)

A second angel followed the first, declaring (λέγων, a form of λέγω): “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! She made all the nations drink of the wine of her immoral (πορνείας, a form of πορνεία) passion.”

Revelation 14:8 (NET)

A third angel followed the first two, declaring (λέγων, a form of λέγω) in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, that person will also drink of the wine of God’s anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name.”

Revelation 14:9-11 (NET)

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!”

Revelation 15:3 (NET)

…they blasphemed the name of God…and they would not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 16:9b (NET)

“Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Revelation 15:4 (NET)

…they blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it was so horrendous.

Revelation 16:21b (NET)

They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds.

Revelation 16:11 (NET)

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

Revelation 14:14-16 (NET)

Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth and tossed them into the great winepress of the wrath of God. Then the winepress was stomped outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses’ bridles for a distance of almost two hundred miles.

Revelation 14:17-20 (NET)

Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God.

Revelation 15:2 (NET)

Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed).

Revelation 15:1 (NET)

Judgment and condemnation would be easier for me to grasp if:

1) The first angel said, “Fear God and give him glory…and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”
2) Then in response to that people said, “Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations! Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
3) Then in response to that one like a son of man…swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped; that is, those who feared God and gave Him glory.
4) Then those who feared God and gave Him glory were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God.

Or conversely that:

1) Those who did not fear God but worshipped the beast and his image…
2) Were those who blasphemed the name of God, who would not repent and give Him glory…
3) And they were tossed…into the great winepress of the wrath of God…
4) To face the seven final plagues.

But that isn’t what’s revealed here, is it? Those who sang the song of Moses and the song of the Lamb probably conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name^[6] by refusing to worship him, his image or take the mark. What looked to John like their “reaping” by one like a son of man, will probably look like mass executions to their contemporaries on earth. Their “reaping” is immediately preceded by Revelation 14:13 (NET):

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.”

It is after they find themselves standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God^[7] that they give glory^[8] to God—Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways^[9]—and can’t imagine how or why anyone would not fear Him—Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy?^[10]

Meanwhile, back on the earth, those who worshiped the beast, and were tossed…into the great winepress of the wrath of God,^[11] when the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire, and they were scorched by the terrible heat, yet (καὶ)^[12] they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.^[13] When the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain, they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless^[14] (καὶ) they still refused to repent of their deeds.^[15] And finally, when Babylon the great was remembered before God, and was given the cup filled with the wine made of God’s furious wrath,^[16] gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people, but (καὶ) they blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it was so horrendous.^[17]

The Greek word καὶ is usually translated and (see the KJV, NKJV, ASV, DNT, and YLT). Three times the translators of the NET tried to create a contrast that may not be there in the text. Without that contrast there is a very simple and obvious story here. All deserved God’s wrath. Those who received his mercy (albeit through refusing the mark of the beast and suffering execution) feared Him and glorified Him. Those who received the wrath they deserved cursed Him and would not repent of their deeds.

God’s judgment is not about my righteousness. It does not reflect or demonstrate my righteousness, but his. The key here is in the song of Moses and the Lamb: you alone are holy.^[18] Why do you call me good? Jesus answered a question with another. No one is good except God alone.^[19] For a long time I’ve thought that Jesus was asserting his divinity here in a backhanded, double reverse sort of way. Now it seems so clear that He was fully embracing his humanity, walking humbly, led by the Spirit, dependent on the Holy Spirit’s love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.^[20] No one is good except God alone, Jesus said.

We are told explicitly who will worship the beast (Revelation 13:7, 8 NET):

The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation, and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.

In other words, the judgment (and the condemnation, for that matter) was made even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling).^[21] So John on Patmos had a vision confirming the most difficult words Paul wrote (Romans 9:14-18 NET):

What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! For he says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy. For the scripture says to Pharaoh: “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.

My religious mind screams, “That’s not fair!” But Paul heard my religious mind, or maybe his own (Romans 9:19-21 NET):

You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?” But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use?

And my religious mind says, “No! Hell, no!” But the new man following the Spirit, hears the Lord Jesus say, “deny [your]self, take up [your] cross, and follow me,”^[22] and listens as He prays to our Father in heaven, “not my will but yours be done.”^[23] Let God be proven true, Paul wrote, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: “so that you [i.e., God, Paul quoted David at prayer here] will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”^[24] And as I fully embrace my humanity and truly believe that it does not depend on [my] desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy, I can hear something else in a fresh and new way (Romans 11:32-36 NET):

For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all. Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb (Revelation 15:3, 4 NET):

“Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations! Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”

Condemnation or Judgment? – Part 6

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^[6] Revelation 15:2 (NET)

^[7] Revelation 15:2 (NET)

^[8] Revelation 14:7 (NET)

^[9] Revelation 15:3 (NET)

^[10] Revelation 15:4a (NET)

^[11] Revelation 14:19 (NET)

^[12] NET Note: “Here καί (kai) has been translated as ‘yet’ to indicate the contrast present in this context.”

^[13] Revelation 16:8, 9 (NET)

^[14] NET Note: “Grk ‘and they did not repent.’ Here καί (kai) has been translated as ‘but nevertheless’ to express the contrast here.”

^[15] Revelation 16:10, 11 (NET)

^[16] Revelation 16:19b (NET)

^[17] Revelation 16:21 (NET)

^[18] Revelation 15:4 (NET)

^[19] Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19 (NET)

^[20] Galatians 5:22, 23 (NET)

^[21] Romans 9:11 (NET)

^[22] Matthew 16:24 (NET)

^[23] Luke 22:42b (NET)

^[24] Romans 3:4 (NET)

Fear – Genesis, Part 2

Posted on December 8, 2012 by admin

I’m studying fear in the Old Testament to better understand how fear has ended in Christ yet the concept of fearing God continued in the New Testament. Peter wrote, Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear (φοβεῖσθε, a form of φοβέω) God, honor the king.¹ And in Revelation an angel with an eternal gospel to proclaim to² those who live³ on the earth⁴ said, Fear (φοβήθητε, another form of φοβέω) God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!⁵

Abraham moved to Gerar and continued to pass off his beautiful wife Sarah as his sister. So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her.⁶ But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him (Genesis 20:3-7 NET):

“You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else’s wife [Table].” Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, “Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation? [Table] Did Abraham not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!” [Table] Then in the dream God replied to him, “Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her [Table]. But now give back the man’s wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don’t give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you” [Table].

Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified (yârêʼ, וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ).⁷ The rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose ἐφοβήθησαν (plus σφόδρα, very) here, the 3^rd person plural form of φοβέω. The first occurrence of this form in the New Testament is in Matthew’s account of the healing of the paralytic (Matthew 9:2-8 NET).

Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven.” Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming!” When Jesus saw their reaction he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? [Table] But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority (ἐξουσίαν, a form of ἐξουσία) on earth to forgive sins” – then he said to the paralytic – “Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home.” And he stood up and went home. When the crowd saw this, they were afraid (ἐφοβήθησαν, another form of φοβέω) and honored (ἐδόξασαν, a form of δοξάζω) God who had given such authority (ἐξουσίαν, a form of ἐξουσία) to men [Table].

I have already written ⁸ that I think the repetition of ἐξουσίαν (a form of ἐξουσία) indicates that it was the authority to forgive sins that caused the crowd to fear and to honor God. The word translated honored above is the same glory that those under God’s wrath in Romans 1:21 withheld from God when they did not glorify him.⁹ And this connection of fear and honor gives me a clue to better understanding, especially when I return to Abimelech’s rebuke of Abraham (Genesis 20:9, 10 NET).

Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!” Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”

Abraham replied, “Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears (yir’â, יִרְאַ֣ת) God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’”¹⁰ Here, the rabbis who translated the Septuagint chose a different word entirely, θεοσέβεια. It is a compound of θεός and σέβω. Negated as ἀσέβεια this is the ungodliness that prompted the revelation of God’s wrath.¹¹ In Abimelech and his people, then, I find a fear of punishment that led to obedience and more. Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham untouched. He also gave him sheep, cattle, and male and female servants [Table], and said, “Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please[Table].”¹²

Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children. For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.¹³ And here I think I see the beginning of the fear of punishment that played such a major, albeit imperfect, role in the keeping of the law.

When Ishmael mocked Isaac, Sarah said to Abraham, “Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”¹⁴ Abraham wasn’t happy about this at all, but complied when God said to him, “Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted [Table]. But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”¹⁵

Hagar and Ishmael wandered in the wilderness. When the water Abraham gave her was gone she shoved the child under one of the shrubs,¹⁶ his body apparently limp and lethargic from dehydration. She walked some distance away not wanting to watch her child die. But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid (yārē’, תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י), for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.¹⁷ This was φοβοῦ (another form of φοβέω) in Greek in the Septuagint.

The second occurrence of this form in the New Testament was found in the story of Zechariah and the angelic announcement of his son’s birth, John the Baptist. Zechariah, a priest, was chosen by lot to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense.¹⁸

An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him. And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear (φόβος). But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid (φοβοῦ, another form of φοβέω), Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John. Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,¹⁹ for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth. He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”²⁰

Zechariah didn’t believe the angel’s message and was struck mute. The text doesn’t say whether or not Hagar believed. But God was with the boy [Ishmael] as he grew,²¹ as surely as John was born to Zechariah and Elizabeth (Luke 1:57-64 NET):

Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father. But his mother replied, “No! He must be named John.” They said²² to her, “But none of²³ your relatives²⁴ bears this name.” So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.²⁵ He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name²⁶ is John.” And they were all amazed. Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God.

Then Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied²⁷ (Luke 1:67-79 NET):

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people. For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the²⁸ house of his servant David,²⁹ as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago, that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us. He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant – the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants that we, being rescued from the hand of our³⁰ enemies, may serve him without fear (ἀφόβως), in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.³¹ And you,³² child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before³³ the Lord to prepare his ways, to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins. Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon³⁴ us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Addendum: December 17, 2024
Tables comparing Genesis 20:8; 20:9; 20:10; 20:17; 20:18; 21:10; 21:13; 21:17 and 21:20 in the Tanakh, KJV and NET, and tables comparing the Greek of Genesis 20:8; 20:9; 20:10; 20:17; 20:18; 21:10; 21:13; 21:17 and 21:20 in the Septuagint (BLB and Elpenor), and tables comparing Revelation 14:6, 7; Luke 1:14; 1:61-63; 1:67; 1:69; 1:74-76 and 1:78 in the KJV and NET follow.

Genesis 20:8 (Tanakh)	Genesis 20:8 (KJV)	Genesis 20:8 (NET)
And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears; and the men were sore afraid.	Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.	Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified.

Genesis 20:8 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 20:8 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ὤρθρισεν Αβιμελεχ τὸ πρωὶ καὶ ἐκάλεσεν πάντας τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησεν πάντα τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι σφόδρα	καὶ ὤρθρισεν ᾿Αβιμέλεχ τῷ πρωῒ καὶ ἐκάλεσε πάντας τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλάλησε πάντα τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν, ἐφοβήθησαν δὲ πάντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι σφόδρα
Genesis 20:8 (NETS)	Genesis 20:8 (English Elpenor)
And Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and spoke of all these matters in their hearing; then all the men were very much afraid.	And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly.

Genesis 20:9 (Tanakh)	Genesis 20:9 (KJV)	Genesis 20:9 (NET)
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him: ‘What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.’	Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.	Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”

Genesis 20:9 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 20:9 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Αβιμελεχ τὸν Αβρααμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας ἡμῖν μή τι ἡμάρτομεν εἰς σέ ὅτι ἐπήγαγες ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν μου ἁμαρτίαν μεγάλην ἔργον ὃ οὐδεὶς ποιήσει πεποίηκάς μοι	καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ᾿Αβιμέλεχ τὸν ῾Αβραάμ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας ἡμῖν; μήτι ἡμάρτομεν εἰς σέ, ὅτι ἐπήγαγες ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν μου ἁμαρτίαν μεγάλην; ἔργον, ὃ οὐδεὶς ποιήσει, πεποίηκάς μοι
Genesis 20:9 (NETS)	Genesis 20:9 (English Elpenor)
And Abimelech called Abraam and said to him, “What is this you have done to us? Surely we have not committed some sin in regard to you that you have brought great sin on me and on my kingdom? You have done a deed to me that no one shall do.”	And Abimelech called Abraam and said to him, What is this that thou hast done to us? Have we sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? Thou hast done to me a deed, which no one ought to do.

Genesis 20:10 (Tanakh)	Genesis 20:10 (KJV)	Genesis 20:10 (NET)
And Abimelech said unto Abraham: ‘What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?’	And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?	Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”

Genesis 20:10 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 20:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἶπεν δὲ Αβιμελεχ τῷ Αβρααμ τί ἐνιδὼν ἐποίησας τοῦτο	εἶπε δὲ ᾿Αβιμέλεχ τῷ ῾Αβραάμ· τί ἐνιδὼν ἐποίησας τοῦτο
Genesis 20:10 (NETS)	Genesis 20:10 (English Elpenor)
And Abimelech said to Abraam, “What did you observe that you did this?”	And Abimelech said to Abraam, What hast thou seen in [me] that thou hast done this?

Genesis 20:17 (Tanakh)	Genesis 20:17 (KJV)	Genesis 20:17 (NET)
And Abraham prayed unto G-d; and G-d healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants; and they bore children.	So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.	Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children.

Genesis 20:17 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 20:17 (Septuagint Elpenor)
προσηύξατο δὲ Αβρααμ πρὸς τὸν θεόν καὶ ἰάσατο ὁ θεὸς τὸν Αβιμελεχ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔτεκον	προσηύξατο δὲ ῾Αβραὰμ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ ἰάσατο ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ᾿Αβιμέλεχ καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς παιδίσκας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔτεκον
Genesis 20:17 (NETS)	Genesis 20:17 (English Elpenor)
Then Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female slaves, and they gave birth.	And Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.

Genesis 20:18 (Tanakh)	Genesis 20:18 (KJV)	Genesis 20:18 (NET)
For HaShem had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.	For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.	For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

Genesis 20:18 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 20:18 (Septuagint Elpenor)
ὅτι συγκλείων συνέκλεισεν κύριος ἔξωθεν πᾶσαν μήτραν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Αβιμελεχ ἕνεκεν Σαρρας τῆς γυναικὸς Αβρααμ	ὅτι συγκλείων συνέκλεισε Κύριος ἔξωθεν πᾶσαν μήτραν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ᾿Αβιμέλεχ, ἕνεκεν Σάρρας τῆς γυναικὸς ῾Αβραάμ
Genesis 20:18 (NETS)	Genesis 20:18 (English Elpenor)
For the Lord had, in shutting off, shut off from the outside every womb in the house of Abimelech because of Sarra, Abraam’s wife.	Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarrha Abraam’s wife.

Genesis 21:10 (Tanakh)	Genesis 21:10 (KJV)	Genesis 21:10 (NET)
Wherefore she said unto Abraham: ‘Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.’	Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.	So she said to Abraham, “Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”

Genesis 21:10 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 21:10 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ εἶπεν τῷ Αβρααμ ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην ταύτην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς οὐ γὰρ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου Ισαακ	καὶ εἶπε τῷ ῾Αβραάμ· ἔκβαλε τὴν παιδίσκην ταύτην καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆς· οὐ γὰρ μὴ κληρονομήσει ὁ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης μετὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μου ᾿Ισαάκ
Genesis 21:10 (NETS)	Genesis 21:10 (English Elpenor)
then she said to Abraam, “Cast out this slave-girl and her son; for the son of this slave-girl shall not inherit together with my son Isaak.”	then she said to Abraam, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac.

Genesis 21:13 (Tanakh)	Genesis 21:13 (KJV)	Genesis 21:13 (NET)
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.’	And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.	But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

Genesis 21:13 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 21:13 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ τὸν υἱὸν δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης εἰς ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω αὐτόν ὅτι σπέρμα σόν ἐστιν	καὶ τὸν υἱὸν δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης ταύτης εἰς ἔθνος μέγα ποιήσω αὐτόν, ὅτι σπέρμα σόν ἐστιν
Genesis 21:13 (NETS)	Genesis 21:13 (English Elpenor)
And as for the son of the slave-girl, I will make him also into a great nation, because he is your offspring.”	And moreover I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 21:17 (Tanakh)	Genesis 21:17 (KJV)	Genesis 21:17 (NET)
And G-d heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of G-d called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her: ‘What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for G-d hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.	And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.	But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.

Genesis 21:17 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 21:17 (Septuagint Elpenor)
εἰσήκουσεν δὲ ὁ θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου οὗ ἦν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἄγγελος τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν Αγαρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ τί ἐστιν Αγαρ μὴ φοβοῦ ἐπακήκοεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου σου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου οὗ ἐστιν	εἰσήκουσε δὲ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἦν, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἄγγελος Θεοῦ τὴν ῎Αγαρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· τί ἐστιν ῎Αγαρ; μὴ φοβοῦ· ἐπακήκοε γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ παιδίου ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, οὗ ἐστιν
Genesis 21:17 (NETS)	Genesis 21:17 (English Elpenor)
And God listened to the voice of the child from the place where he was, and God’s angel called Hagar from the sky and said to her, “what is it, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has given ear to the voice of your child from the place where he is.	And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.

Genesis 21:20 (Tanakh)	Genesis 21:20 (KJV)	Genesis 21:20 (NET)
And G-d was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.	And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.	God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Genesis 21:20 (Septuagint BLB)	Genesis 21:20 (Septuagint Elpenor)
καὶ ἦν ὁ θεὸς μετὰ τοῦ παιδίου καὶ ηὐξήθη καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐγένετο δὲ τοξότης	καὶ ἦν ὁ Θεὸς μετὰ τοῦ παιδίου, καὶ ηὐξήθη. καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐγένετο δὲ τοξότης
Genesis 21:20 (NETS)	Genesis 21:20 (English Elpenor)
And God was with the child, and he grew up. And he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.	And God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

Revelation 14:6, 7 (NET)	Revelation 14:6, 7 (KJV)
Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language, and people.	And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

Revelation 14:6 (NET Parallel Greek)	Revelation 14:6 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Revelation 14:6 (Byzantine Majority Text)
Καὶ εἶδον ἄλλον ἄγγελον πετόμενον ἐν μεσουρανήματι, ἔχοντα εὐαγγέλιον αἰώνιον εὐαγγελίσαι ἐπὶ τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν ἔθνος καὶ φυλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ λαόν	και ειδον αλλον αγγελον πετωμενον εν μεσουρανηματι εχοντα ευαγγελιον αιωνιον ευαγγελισαι τους κατοικουντας επι της γης και παν εθνος και φυλην και γλωσσαν και λαον	και ειδον αγγελον πετομενον εν μεσουρανηματι εχοντα ευαγγελιον αιωνιον ευαγγελισαι τους καθημενους επι της γης και επι παν εθνος και φυλην και γλωσσαν και λαον

He declared in a loud voice: “Fear God and give him glory because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!”

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

Revelation 14:7 (NET Parallel Greek)	Revelation 14:7 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Revelation 14:7 (Byzantine Majority Text)
λέγων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· φοβήθητε τὸν θεὸν καὶ δότε αὐτῷ δόξαν, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα τῆς κρίσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσκυνήσατε τῷ ποιήσαντι τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν καὶ πηγὰς ὑδάτων	λεγοντα εν φωνη μεγαλη φοβηθητε τον θεον και δοτε αυτω δοξαν οτι ηλθεν η ωρα της κρισεως αυτου και προσκυνησατε τω ποιησαντι τον ουρανον και την γην και θαλασσαν και πηγας υδατων	λεγων εν φωνη μεγαλη φοβηθητε τον θεον και δοτε αυτω δοξαν οτι ηλθεν η ωρα της κρισεως αυτου και προσκυνησατε τω ποιησαντι τον ουρανον και την γην και την θαλασσαν και πηγας υδατων

Luke 1:14 (NET)	Luke 1:14 (KJV)
Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,	And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.

Luke 1:14 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:14 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:14 (Byzantine Majority Text)
καὶ ἔσται χαρά σοι καὶ ἀγαλλίασις καὶ πολλοὶ ἐπὶ τῇ γενέσει αὐτοῦ χαρήσονται	και εσται χαρα σοι και αγαλλιασις και πολλοι επι τη γεννησει αυτου χαρησονται	και εσται χαρα σοι και αγαλλιασις και πολλοι επι τη γεννησει αυτου χαρησονται

Luke 1:61-63 (NET)	Luke 1:61-63 (KJV)
They said to her, “But none of your relatives bears this name.”	And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name.

Luke 1:61 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:61 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:61 (Byzantine Majority Text)
καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς αὐτὴν ὅτι οὐδείς ἐστιν ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας σου ὃς καλεῖται τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ	και ειπον προς αυτην οτι ουδεις εστιν εν τη συγγενεια σου ος καλειται τω ονοματι τουτω	και ειπον προς αυτην οτι ουδεις εστιν εν τη συγγενεια σου ος καλειται τω ονοματι τουτω

So they made signs to the baby’s father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son.

And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.

Luke 1:62 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:62 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:62 (Byzantine Majority Text)
ἐνένευον δὲ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ τί ἂν θέλοι καλεῖσθαι αὐτό	ενενευον δε τω πατρι αυτου το τι αν θελοι καλεισθαι αυτον	ενενευον δε τω πατρι αυτου το τι αν θελοι καλεισθαι αυτον

He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

Luke 1:63 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:63 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:63 (Byzantine Majority Text)
καὶ αἰτήσας πινακίδιον ἔγραψεν λέγων· Ἰωάννης ἐστὶν ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐθαύμασαν πάντες	και αιτησας πινακιδιον εγραψεν λεγων ιωαννης εστιν το ονομα αυτου και εθαυμασαν παντες	και αιτησας πινακιδιον εγραψεν λεγων ιωαννης εστιν το ονομα αυτου και εθαυμασαν παντες

Luke 1:67 (NET)	Luke 1:67 (KJV)
Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied,	And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

Luke 1:67 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:67 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:67 (Byzantine Majority Text)
Καὶ Ζαχαρίας ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ἐπλήσθη πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ ἐπροφήτευσεν λέγων	και ζαχαριας ο πατηρ αυτου επλησθη πνευματος αγιου και προεφητευσεν λεγων	και ζαχαριας ο πατηρ αυτου επλησθη πνευματος αγιου και προεφητευσεν λεγων

Luke 1:69 (NET)	Luke 1:69 (KJV)
For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,	And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;

Luke 1:69 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:69 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:69 (Byzantine Majority Text)
καὶ ἤγειρεν κέρας σωτηρίας ἡμῖν ἐν οἴκῳ Δαυὶδ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ,	και ηγειρεν κερας σωτηριας ημιν εν τω οικω δαβιδ του παιδος αυτου	και ηγειρεν κερας σωτηριας ημιν εν τω οικω δαυιδ του παιδος αυτου

Luke 1:74-76 (NET)	Luke 1:74-76 (KJV)
that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,	That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

Luke 1:74 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:74 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:74 (Byzantine Majority Text)
ἀφόβως ἐκ χειρὸς ἐχθρῶν ρυσθέντας λατρεύειν αὐτῷ	αφοβως εκ χειρος των εχθρων ημων ρυσθεντας λατρευειν αυτω	αφοβως εκ χειρος των εχθρων ημων ρυσθεντας λατρευειν αυτω

in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Luke 1:75 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:75 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:75 (Byzantine Majority Text)
ἐν ὁσιότητι καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πάσαις ταῖς ἡμέραις ἡμῶν	εν οσιοτητι και δικαιοσυνη ενωπιον αυτου πασας τας ημερας της ζωης ημων	εν οσιοτητι και δικαιοσυνη ενωπιον αυτου πασας τας ημερας της ζωης ημων

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

Luke 1:76 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:76 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:76 (Byzantine Majority Text)
Καὶ σὺ δέ, παιδίον, προφήτης ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ· προπορεύσῃ γὰρ ἐνώπιον κυρίου ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ	και συ παιδιον προφητης υψιστου κληθηση προπορευση γαρ προ προσωπου κυριου ετοιμασαι οδους αυτου	και συ παιδιον προφητης υψιστου κληθηση προπορευση γαρ προ προσωπου κυριου ετοιμασαι οδους αυτου

Luke 1:78 (NET)	Luke 1:78 (KJV)
Because of our God’s tender mercy, the dawn will break upon us from on high	Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

Luke 1:78 (NET Parallel Greek)	Luke 1:78 (Stephanus Textus Receptus)	Luke 1:78 (Byzantine Majority Text)
διὰ σπλάγχνα ἐλέους θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἐν οἷς ἐπισκέψεται ἡμᾶς ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους	δια σπλαγχνα ελεους θεου ημων εν οις επεσκεψατο ημας ανατολη εξ υψους	δια σπλαγχνα ελεους θεου ημων εν οις επεσκεψατο ημας ανατολη εξ υψους