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NASB | Luke 2:16 So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 2:16 So they went in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the Baby as He lay in the manger. |
Subject: Baby or baby (continued)? |
Bible Note: Tim, good observation! While it is true that almost anything in Scripture can be misunderstood by almost anyone, it is equally true that the Bible means what it means, no more and no less. The message of Scripture is always the same, invariable and objective, and stands independent of what its readers may think it means. The message of Scripture was not something different when I was a child from what it is now that I am a mature man. From being a child to becoming a man I changed a great deal, and my perception changed along the way. But John 3:16, for example, meant exactly the same thing when I was 14 as it did when I became 64. Perhaps my preception and appreciation of its meaning became keener and fuller and richer 50 years later, but the meaning was there all the time. I was then and am still, in a certain sense, a work in progress. But God's word is a work, eternal, complete and perfect, once and for all delivered to the saints. Like the Word Himself, it is the same yesterday, today, and forever. [cf. Hebrews 13:8]. --Hank |