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NASB | Proverbs 5:1 My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 5:1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience], Incline your ear to my understanding; [1 Kin 4:29] |
Subject: Mat 5:27-28. Adultery. |
Bible Note: Hi Edwin, I do believe that the Greek New Testament was inspired, not just the general ideas expresses, but the specific words and word forms used, by the Holy Spirit. This is, as you have also said, true of the autographs, but not so of the copies and translations. I will be happy to look at the passages you have asked me about. Matthew 26:64 Jesus said to him, You said it. I tell you more. From this time you shall see the Son of Man sitting off the right hand of power, and coming on the clouds of the heaven. Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, I AM! And you will see the Son of Man sitting off the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of the heaven. Luke 22:67-69 If you are the Christ, tell us. And He said to them, If I tell you, you will in no way believe. And also if I ask, in no way will you answer Me, or let Me go. From now on the Son of Man will be sitting at the right of the power of God. And they all said, Then are you the Son of God? And He said to them, You say it, because I AM! The chief priests had asked Jesus if He was the Christ, the Son of the Blessed. He answered them saying all of these things. “If I tell you, you will not believe, and if I ask, you will not answer or let me go.” “You say it, because I AM.” “After this you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the power of God, and coming on the clouds of heaven.” While there are minor differences in word order, and not every account is a full account, I don’t see any conflicts. The only account that has timing indicators is Luke’s, as he records a conversation. Matthew and Mark record their question, and Jesus’ response. Mark, for instance, says Jesus said these things, and I believe He did. Mark doesn’t say that this was all Jesus said. If he had written that, there would be a conflict. He doesn’t say that Jesus first said “I AM”, and then said the rest. He simply says Jesus said these things. So I don’t see a conflict with these passages, just that you can gain a greater sense of what happened there that day by reading all the accounts. Matthew 20:20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came near to Him, along with her sons, worshipping, and asking something from Him. Mark 10:35 And coming up to Him, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, said, Teacher, we desire that whatever we may ask You would do for us. Now, this may seem foolish to you, but this is how I approach Scripture. What prevents both of these from being true? When Jesus responded to their question, He addressed His remarks to the sons: Matthew 20:22 But answering, Jesus said, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am to be baptized? They said to Him, We are able. Mark 10:38 But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup which I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with? I don’t doubt but that James, John, and Mom were all in agreement her, and the may well have each voiced the same request. All three come up asking Jesus for something, and He says to them all, “what do you want me to do?” I don’t see a conflict here either. Regarding the inscription posted on the cross: Mat 27:37 And they put up over His head His charge, it having been written: THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Mar 15:26 And the inscription of His charge was written over Him, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Luk 23:38 And also an inscription was written over Him, in Greek and Latin and Hebrew letters: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Joh 19:19 And Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross. And having been written, it was: JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Would not the inscription then have read “This is Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews”? If it had, then each account is correct. So this is how I approach such things. I begin with the presupposition that each is true, and then reconstruct the scene using what each has told us. Love in Christ, Mark |