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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: Wayne My saying that the by the fact you asked the question must mean you know the answer, wasn’t an attempt to be a wise guy. I meant you had to have suspected Matt 1:19 was a hard to understand phrase or you wouldn't have asked about it. I further noticed in your survey each passage in question could be considered confusing because they all have double meanings. In fact you gave as a possible survey answer the alternate meaning in most cases. Therefore to me I would conclude you must be already aware of the problem, you must also understand what the problem is. And may even have a solution in mind. If that happens to be true then why ask? If you suspect a passage is hard to understand or does not convey the clearest understanding why not just change it forget the survey and get on with it? Forgive me I come from a corporate background and we only used surveys when we didn’t know if there were problems, or if we didn’t have an understanding of what the problem was. Both of which you seem to have a grasp of. That is why I’m having a hard time understanding what you attempting to do. Not that you owe me a explanation I’m just being curious. In my statement of NASB translators using sent her away was more accurate than saying divorce was based on the fact that in our society divorce is a term used once the marriage has been consummated in the marriage bed. I think the NASB translators wanted to once again underscore the fact Mary was a virgin at this time and had not had marital relations with Joseph. Possibly annulment could have served the purpose. I was aware that in the Jewish society Joseph and Mary were considered betrothed and a divorce would be needed for them to separate, but thank you for mentioning that for the benefit of those that might not. The problem is not the multiple choice it is the answers you provide. In this case you I would think a better selection would be. A. He was going to send her to another location. B. He was going to send her on vacation C. He had decided to divorce her. D. none of the above. In this case we supply both the correct and the wrong answer and make them choose between them. Or you could do it like True or false this passage means Joseph was going to divorce Mary? Or True or false this passage means Joseph was going to break his betrothal to Mary? I too have taught and did course development and I have spent many hours rewriting tests in an attempt to fine tune them or to remove ambiguities that I didn’t see the first time. So I understand your plight. I pray God’s richest blessing upon you and your task EdB |