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NASB | Matthew 13:33 ¶ He spoke another parable to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 13:33 ¶ He told them another parable, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and worked into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened." [Gen 18:6; Luke 13:21] |
Subject: Significance of three pecks? |
Bible Note: Hi, brother Mark... I did not write that every (original language) word of Scripture was not intended, pure, inspired, necessary, planned, important, or significant. Indeed, on the contrary, I have attempted over time to clearly state the opposite! What I wrote was that God attaches the usual meanings to numbers -- and most words -- that we attach to them. This is called communication. If I send a message to you, my intent is for you to understand, therefore I use a convention called language. When I say "brother Mark" I always mean you, I do not mean "brother Kalos", the chair on which I sit, or the philosophy of epistemology. An alternative meaning behind the three pecks mentioned in Matthew 13:33 is never mentioned anywhere else in Scripture. Why would Christ mean anything more than exactly what He was saying? Jesus often spoke of things commonplace to His hearers (another good communication technique). Indeed, as John Gill points out, the Talmud states that it is traditional for women to make bread using three "measures" of wheat. When the Scriptures explain the significance of a number (as, for example, in Gen 41:26) we can say something conclusive. Anything else is speculation -- albeit interesting -- but still speculation. In Him, Doc PS If you would like to see a concise statement about what I believe regarding Scripture, please read the following link -- parts of which I have quoted in a number of previous posts. http://www.vor.org/truth/1689/1689bc01.html Furthermore, I am very comfortable with the Chicago Statement of Biblical Hermeneutics http://www.origins.org/articles/00site_chicago.html |