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NASB | Matthew 1:19 And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 1:19 And Joseph her [promised] husband, being a just and righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly to shame, planned to send her away and divorce her quietly. |
Subject: What does "send her away" refer to? |
Bible Note: Hank and Justme I have a little sidebar to this discussion. I have a very dear friend that is a chaplain in a beginning stage Alzheimer nursing home. When the New Living Translation came out he fell in love with it and uses it exclusively in his ministry. He holds services for about 15-20 patients each Sunday. Each Sunday he noticed more and more family of the patients showed up. Also the nursing home staff who was dead set against him started appearing. Soon he was asked to do funerals, hospital, weddings, visitations and fill the pastorial role for many non patients. He has become the pastor of about 65-85 people. When he questioned what drew them to him the answer was a resounding “We never understood the Bible before.” “You make it so clear” He has assured me many times the only thing he is doing is keeping it simple and using the NLT. Maybe if we would take the archaic language out of Christianity more people would get interested. EdB |