Re: Mt.1:17(14x3)

From: Ben Crick (ben.crick@argonet.co.uk)
Date: Sun Dec 28 1997 - 14:21:55 EST


On Sun 28 Dec 97 (00:46:03), wmhboyd@aol.com wrote:
> Now here is one the Greeks. - Why was hEWS translated (in KJV) first
> "to", then "until" and then "unto?" All in one verse!

 hEWS is a sort of conjunction of "time up to". It is usually translated "to"
 or "till" or "until". There is not just one English word that will cover
 all the shades of meaning in every context. See Strong's 2193.

 Thank you for your very interesting post on the three 14s. Your professor
 taught you well (you *remembered* it!). Did he also suggest that 14 was
 the numerical value of DaViD 4+6+4=14?

> William the Barbarian
> (formerly BanjoBoyd)

 Surely a gentle Gentile, not a barbarous Barbarian? Strictly, a Barbarian
 was one who could not speak Greek; to the Greeks his language sounded like
 "Baa-baa-baa", a bleating of the sheep in their ears. Of course, returning
 the compliment, the language of Greece was "all Greek" to the Barbarians.

 Compare the Russians, who could vaguely understand the other Slavonic
 languages like Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croat, Czech, Polish, etc.
 But when they got to East Prussia and Germany, they could make no sense
 at all of the Teutonic tongue; so they called the Germans NYEMYETZKIYE,
 the Dumb ones! Not so dumb...

 Happy New Year.

-- 
 Revd Ben Crick, BA CF
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