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NASB | Matthew 10:33 "But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 10:33 "But the one who denies and rejects Me before men, that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven. |
Subject: Is this an accurate translation? |
Bible Note: Dear Steve, and saints of the forum, Watashi ni totte Girishiya-go desu! (translation-"It's all Greek, to me!") I am no Greek scholar, by any stretch of the imagination! If some professor says it is some tense or another, let it be so. I won't argue tenses with the 'experts.' I prefer to let the 'experts' battle it out, and look at results to see if it makes sense, here and now. I fully trust that the Word of God does make sense here and now. In this particular instance, all I can say is that if the disciples were 'given' the Holy Spirit at this point in time, they were not sensitive to Him at all! Perhaps it is that He was given to them, but their spirits were not 'activated' to know Him. Or, perhaps this was a symbolic 'gesture' to prepare them for the time when He was poured out on the Day of Pentecost, thus causing Peter to proclaim, "This is what (for Ray, 'What') was promised...!" I tend to go with the latter, in view of Acts 19:2. My opinion is that the indwelling by the Holy Spirit, or sensitivity toward the Holy Spirit, or sin-battling strength of the Holy Spirit is not 'automatic' upon knowing (being known by) Christ. Instead, I think that Acts 2:38 is speaking of a subsequent Gift, given freely to those who seek Him. In any case, my opinion aside, I would encourage *every* person naming Christ as Lord to seek after a more perfect relationship with Jesus through the work of the Holy Spirit. Even *mature* saints could (and should!) be closer to Jesus! Sorry, except for the ability to use a Greek lexicon, and several electronic tools, I am not an expert in Greek. I hope what little I could offer was of service to you. In Jesus, charis |