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NASB | Luke 11:43 "Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 11:43 "Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the best seats in the synagogues and to be respectfully greeted in the market places. |
Subject: How does this vs fit your view of love? |
Bible Note: Greetings Kathy! Keep the flattery coming! :-) Just kidding! Thanks for the kind words though! Easton's take is a new one on me. They seem to be making 'phileo' the stronger term. I have always heard the opposite. Personally, I see them as more synonymous than anything. However, if I were to make a distinction, I would go the other way and make 'agapao' the stronger term. This is the view that A.T. Robertson takes in his 'Word Pictures'. I actually have Richard Trench's book on Synonyms. But, having read both his and Robertson's position, I still think that it is more likely (though not the only possiblity) that the two terms are simply interchanged for variety sake - with no particular deep hidden meaning! :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |