Greetings All: I notice that the term NEPHROUS, in Rev.2:23, is translated "minds" in the NASB, NIV and NRSV, and "reins" in the KJV. My lexicon tells me that NEPHROS means "kidney." How do we get from kidneys to minds? I read somewhere that people of "olden days" believed that various human emotions and traits emanated from different organs in the body. Is this true? Was that Paul's understanding when he so often used the term KARDIA? For example, when he says: "... their foolish hearts were darkened" (Rom.1:21), did he believe that the human condition he is describing somehow involved the human organ called the heart? Mounce says that the heart was "regarded as the seat of feeling, impulse, affection, desire..." (Analytical Lexicon to the Greek NT, p.263). Even today we use such phrases as: "He has a good heart," or "She sure has a lot of gall." Any thoughts? Ted Mann thmann@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu