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1 | heap burning coals means what? | Rom 12:20 | CCT | 181162 | ||
Roamsn 12:21 says to"heap burning coals on their heads" What exactly does this mean. I've heard that this is a good thing because "coals" or some type of heat was needed for cooking, etc. | ||||||
2 | heap burning coals means what? | Rom 12:20 | Morant61 | 181163 | ||
Greetings CCT! Paul is quoting from Prov. 25:21-22. Here is what the Bible Knowledge Commentary says about Prov. 25:21-22: ************ Kindness to one’s enemy-giving him food and water-is like heaping burning coals on his head (quoted by Paul in Rom. 12:20). Sometimes a person’s fire went out and he needed to borrow some live coals to restart his fire. Giving a person coals in a pan to carry home “on his head” was a neighborly, kind act; it made friends, not enemies. Also the kindness shown in giving someone food and water makes him ashamed of being an enemy, and brings God’s blessing on the benefactor. Compassion, not revenge, should characterize believers (cf. Prov. 24:29). Alternately, light on this passage may come from an Egyptian expiation ritual, in which a person guilty of some wrongdoing would carry a pan of burning coals on his head as a sign of his repentance. Thus treating one’s enemy kindly may cause him to repent. *********** I have heard some argue that the phrase means that being nice to an enemy heaps judgment upon him. I would lean more toward the first view. Whatever the phrase means, we have an obligation to be kind even to our enemies. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | heap burning coals means what? | Rom 12:20 | kalos | 181164 | ||
Tim, I, too, would lean more toward the first view. The idea of showing kindness to one's enemy as an act of revenge doesn't even make any sense. And the Bible always makes sense when properly understood. The quote from the Bible Knowledge Commentary is excellent. Is the text of the Commentary available online? Gratia vobix et pax, John |
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4 | heap burning coals means what? | Rom 12:20 | Morant61 | 181165 | ||
Greetings John! It is not available that I am aware of! :-( I have it as a part of the Logos Bible Software. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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