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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
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1 | Creative Misquotation | Eph 4:8 | Just Read Mark | 168113 | ||
This verse begins, "Therefore it says..." This is a cue, that Paul is about to quote scripture. The reference - as close as I can figure - is to Psalm 68:18. The Psalm has a conquering Messiah RECEIVING gifts from faithful and vanquished alike. Paul, however, has the Messiah GIVING gifts to his people. I was listening to Eugene Peterson preaching on this passage, and he called it a "creative misquotation" --- that Paul knew that his readers would know the original psalm, and that his change to the ending would have a powerful rhetorical effect. The surprise ending would show the radical understanding of God that Jesus brings us... setting the context for the discussion of gifts that follows. What do you think? |
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2 | Creative Misquotation | Eph 4:8 | RequestedInfo | 168157 | ||
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3 | Creative Misquotation | Eph 4:8 | kalos | 168163 | ||
You neglected to mention that the verses you quote are from The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (Jehovah's Witnesses). | ||||||