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NASB | Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]--he cannot be My disciple. |
Bible Question:
Hi Emmaus, Thanks for you answer. That would certainly seem to be the general concensus. Can I humbly ask, where do you find that "hate your family" is a Hebrew idiom for "love your family less." I would appreciate seeing clear support for this. Why do I ask? Because I could (if I wanted) use this technique on other scripture: "Jesus claim that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life is a Hebrew idiom that He is one of many ways to God." "Jesus teaching on loving your neighbor as yourself is a Hebrew idiom that says that we are only to love those just like us." "Jesus' teaching on loving your enemies is a Hebrew idiom that means we should respect them but not associate with them." I want to be careful that I don't go too far down the road of saying that Jesus did not mean what He said. So I would appreciate it if you could offer some type of Jewish documentation that supports this view. Please translate it into English first, though. :) (Didn't we meet on the road somewhere? :)) seeking4truth |
Bible Answer: seeking4truth, I hope this is of some help. "26. wife, brothers, sisters -- yes, even his own life: Luke adds this to the form found in Mt 10:37(38); however, no convincing reason can be found to show Jesus did not utter them. hate: the force of the word is Semetic; in Mt the expression "loves father or mother more" shows that hate must be understood in the sense of "love less" Luke's fuller logion corresponds well with 12:51-53 and is supported by the Qumran messianic interpretation of Dt 33:9 (in 4QTest, see J.M. Allegro, JBL, 75 [1956] 182-87). The sacrifice of marriage for the sake of the kingdom is supported by Lukes's addition in 14:20 and by 18:21-22. Just as the kingdom returns life more fully, it will transform the renunciation of marriage into a new, personal fruitfulness." Jerome Biblical Commentary, p 148 Prentice-Hall 1968 See also Gen 29:30-33 See also Mal 1:2-3 which indicates a preference for one over another even before the two were born Gen 25:19-23. Emmaus |