#greeknewtestament #biblestudy #faith
Luke Chapter 7 opens and closes with two contrasting characters who moved Jesus because of their faith in his power but also because of their love for another.
First we have the tale of the Centurion who had a beloved young slave referred to as a pais and doulos
The local synagouge at Capernaum approached Jesus for help for this outsider who was possibly an adult convert because he loved their ethnos - nation / people and had built the synagouge
Jesus however agrees to to help the slave because of the humility and faith of the Centurion.
"not in Israel such faith I have found"
At the end of the chapter we see Jesus dining in the house of a Pharisee called Simon.
Somehow a woman described as a sinner ( the actual sin is not specified) made her way into the house and begun anointing Jesus feet
After some interchange with Simon Jesus says
" set free the sins of her which (are) many that / because she loved much
and the chapter ends with
The faith of you it has saved you Go in peace
So the power of faith and love leading to the power of forgiveness.
Showing posts with label faith. Show all posts
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Sunday, 2 December 2018
Monday, 11 April 2016
FAITH GROUP
The “FAITH” group of words
deriving from a * πιτ
stem is interesting for several reasons whether you are a #biblical or# classical scholar or student.
Faith trust confidence and persuasion
are all related in Greek deriving from a *pVdental stem
πει(σ) πειθ
ποιθ πιστ
Cognate
with Latin #Fides and English #faith which also comes from latin via ME
feith OF feid also the origin of Modern French Foi .
Apart
from the semantics issues of a wide group of words generated from one
stem there's the sound changes aspects as this group also
demonstrates the alternates of o / e and the dentals s t and the
aspirated dental th
that later became a
fricative.
We
have πείθω
and πείθομαι and
the related verbs πιστεύω and πιστόω along with the
adjective πιστός and that adjective used to rebuke the
Disciples ὀλιγοπιστίαν and faith itself, πιστις.
Back
to semantics Faith is an action and a relationship as well as virtue.
One
might obey rely upon trust believe or be persuaded because something
or one is also allegedly and hopefully faithful credible and
trustworthy.
Seeing
πείθ- or πιστ- start a word is like a signpost helping one
establish a possible meaning even if its a verb form or rare variant
you are less familiar with.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
A Woman of Great faith ... who wasn't Christian
#biblestudy #gospelofmatthew #newtestamentgreek
Matthew 15: 21 - 28
Some rather lovely and unusual #participles plus #Jesus reminding us not to be bigots ...
So Jesus went to Lebanon to Tyre and Sidon and a woman described as a Canaanite approached him crying for help for her daughter and he said nothing at first.
Why? I think he was testing both the woman and his disciples.
Now the disciples asked him to send her away because she was crying.
Some people think apoluson the verb used here means they were asking him to "free" heal her daughter from her illness whatever it actually was demonic possession mental health issues some neurological disorder ?
but it could well equally mean the disciples were asking him to tell her to go away to free them from her demands?
Jesus then speaks
Not was I sent if not to the sheep lost of house Israel
Seems rather harsh but as always there's a lesson coming.
She came closer to him and knelt and asked him directly and literally to help her.
Lord Help (give) to me
His response
not is a fine thing to take bread from the children and to throw to the small dogs / pets ...
was she known to be indulge dogs or is he indirectly praising her for being kind to "unclean" animals?
Whatever she stands her ground and points out that the dogs are willing to eat table scraps
was little dog a local insult for pagans ?
Jesus final answer
o woman great of you the faith let it happen to you as you wish!
and healed was the daughter of her from that time
I think Jesus is teaching both the disciples and us a reminder charity is not only for those closest to us.
There are refugees asking for help and we are rejecting them because of their faith.
Now given the variety of cults and sects in that area the canaanite woman may have actually been some kind of monotheist or believed in one god even if she was not jewish by conversion or birth?
The disciples wanted her to go away.
Jesus rewards faith and trust.
He doesn't insist she follow him.
He helps her and her daughter.
Message over may I draw your attention to some interesting and beautiful word forms
note aorist passive apostaleen I was sent (with a message implied)
apoloolota a perfect passive participle
iathee passive form iaomai being used instead of iasis the action is emphasized
FAITH SHOULD BE A CAUSE FOR COMPASSION AND ACTION
Matthew 15: 21 - 28
Some rather lovely and unusual #participles plus #Jesus reminding us not to be bigots ...
So Jesus went to Lebanon to Tyre and Sidon and a woman described as a Canaanite approached him crying for help for her daughter and he said nothing at first.
Why? I think he was testing both the woman and his disciples.
Now the disciples asked him to send her away because she was crying.
Some people think apoluson the verb used here means they were asking him to "free" heal her daughter from her illness whatever it actually was demonic possession mental health issues some neurological disorder ?
but it could well equally mean the disciples were asking him to tell her to go away to free them from her demands?
Jesus then speaks
Not was I sent if not to the sheep lost of house Israel
Seems rather harsh but as always there's a lesson coming.
She came closer to him and knelt and asked him directly and literally to help her.
Lord Help (give) to me
His response
not is a fine thing to take bread from the children and to throw to the small dogs / pets ...
was she known to be indulge dogs or is he indirectly praising her for being kind to "unclean" animals?
Whatever she stands her ground and points out that the dogs are willing to eat table scraps
was little dog a local insult for pagans ?
Jesus final answer
o woman great of you the faith let it happen to you as you wish!
and healed was the daughter of her from that time
I think Jesus is teaching both the disciples and us a reminder charity is not only for those closest to us.
There are refugees asking for help and we are rejecting them because of their faith.
Now given the variety of cults and sects in that area the canaanite woman may have actually been some kind of monotheist or believed in one god even if she was not jewish by conversion or birth?
The disciples wanted her to go away.
Jesus rewards faith and trust.
He doesn't insist she follow him.
He helps her and her daughter.
Message over may I draw your attention to some interesting and beautiful word forms
note aorist passive apostaleen I was sent (with a message implied)
apoloolota a perfect passive participle
iathee passive form iaomai being used instead of iasis the action is emphasized
FAITH SHOULD BE A CAUSE FOR COMPASSION AND ACTION
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