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NASB | Matthew 12:32 "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 12:32 "Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit [by attributing the miracles done by Me to Satan] will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. [Mark 3:29; Luke 12:10] |
Subject: What is meant by 'age'? |
Bible Note: Hi Mommapbs, Mt. 12:37 flows very well into the thoughts of Rom 10:9 and Mt 7:21. That is good thinking. Somehow I went from there to Hebrews 2:6, "But one has testified somewhere, saying, "What is man, that Thou rememberest him? Or the Son of Man, that Thou art concerned about Him?" That is my personal interpretation of the verse in Hebrews. It shows to my mind more the difference between a man and the Son of Man for we now see Him. And of course I am looking at capitalization here. If one confesses with his mouth we can not see his/her words concerning whether God is glorified by the use of capitalization. If one says "Lord, Lord" we don't know if they are thinking "lord, lord". We don't know if Judas when he said "Rabbi, Rabbi" whether He recognized Jesus as the One or not. For there is only one Teacher. There are many lords and gods, but only one Lord, only one God. But yes, I see Mt 12:37 and Mt 7:21 as good comparison verses. I might think of them as more a contrast as far as Persons involved. In comparing Mt 12:37 and Romans 10:9, I think it would be good to think in our minds that we should confess with our mouths that this Man is (Holy), Jesus is (Lord). Another passage to compare is John 9:22ff, "His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed, that if anyone should confess Him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give glory to (God); we know that this man [Man, NKJ] is a sinner." He therefore answered, "Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see!" Praise the Lord. From the heart, Ray |