Xmas Humor 2017

#christmas 3humor #classics #ancienthistory #nativity

Bible Study is on  Christmas Break ... instead

A look at how Roman bureaucrats saw certain events

and the official version was ...

XMAS ECARDS 2015

It's #christmas I'll be posting ecards for a week or so
some old some new
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I've transliterated the Greek into the Roman ABC

so you can get some idea of what the Greek text SOUNDS like!

well probably ...

And the Angels SPOKE

THE ANGELS SPOKE

One Christmas cliché is a choir of angels hovering over the Stable at Bethlehem or the shepherds out in the fields and their herds but this didn't happen.

Read Luke Chapter 2 carefully.

Luke tells us that first a messenger of the Lord appeared glowing περιλαμψεν in the night bringing the Shepherds a message about a very special child and where to find him … then …

πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου pleeethos stratias ouraniou

a large undefined number of heavenly troops appeared

why did the shepherds think or perceive the angels looked like an army or warriors?

Did something or someone have to be chased away from Bethlehem that night?

Luke also says that the heavenly host were praising god αἰνέω a Greek verb translated into Latin as Laudo and here I think is how the idea of singing angels started with so many Psalms and later Hymns using the phrase Praise God?

Luke then states the angels were speaking praise not singing using λέγω

Δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις θεῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς εἰρήνη ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐδοκίας

A literal translation from the Greek

Glory in highest to God and upon earth peace at this time or perhaps its adverbial moreover especially now to men good will

But then again the Speech of Angels is Music to mere mortals !

Enjoy Christmas 

and the angels spoke 2

Merry Xmas to my readers 

this is the greek text of the Angels message 

transliterated in our ABc for beginners 

see the angels spoke one for an explanation of why I translated the second en as  an adverbial now 

Metousia 2013 Xmas Card

This is a png file with print resolution free to download

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