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1 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | kalos | 111035 | ||
I'm not sure, but I think there is no puncuation at all in the Greek. Morant61 and others can provide accurate information on this. --kalos |
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2 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | compudex | 111038 | ||
Kalos, I am all for caps, but when you capitalize a quotation that was not directed toward diety, it is wrong. Look at what the Amplified Bible(AB) does to: Mat 13:55 Is not this the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? (AB)shows diety applied to the carpenter by capitalizing "Son" because "son" is used here as the possesive object. All I would like is for people reading the Scriptures to realize that one has to be aware of some of these variances. compudex |
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3 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | Morant61 | 111040 | ||
Greetings Compudex! I would agree! My general practice to to capitalize all pronouns refering to God expect when those pronouns are contained in direct or indirect quotes. In those cases, I try to let the context guide me. So, in the case of the Jewish leaders for instance, I would only use lower case letters. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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4 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | Ray | 111043 | ||
Hi Tim, The passage in quotation marks that you are talking about, Matthew 13:54 is "Where did this man [see NKJ, Man] get this wisdom, and these miraculous powers?" I think that every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a pencil has to decide whether the Greek, if it could use capitalization, would interpret it as "this one" or "this One". Since this is the word of God, I think that the correct rendering is "this One". He knows who He is. 1) Matthew 21:9-11 gives us a challenge in interpretation. That talks about the Son of David. He enters Jerusalem and all the city says, "Who is this?" And the multitudes were saying, "This is the prophet, Jesus." 2) Are we to judge the inner thoughts of others also? Comparing Matthew 12:24 with Luke 11:15-17, do we judge their thoughts to determine whether "He" should be counted in Luke 11:15? We have to determine our own thoughts alone so that we do not blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and say that His is an evil spirit. From the heart, Ray |
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5 | When is it time to say no? | Matt 13:55 | Morant61 | 111051 | ||
Greetings Ray! I think we have discussed this before, if I remember correctly. But, since there isn't capitalization in the Greek, when we do captialize we are adding an element of interpretation to the text. So, I have no problem with capitalizing pronouns which clear refer to the Deity of Christ. However, I don't personally capitalize the pronouns of unbelievers since they don't really understand who He is. Either way, it is a judgement call. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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