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NASB | Luke 23:46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 23:46 And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT!" Having said this, He breathed His last. [Ps 31:5] |
Subject: Did Jesus suffer in hell when he died? |
Bible Note: Hi Pastor Glenn, Thank you for these Scriptures for they led me to notice a difference between the NASB and the NKJ versions which I study. I did not realize that the NASB does not include the phrase "let us not fight against God", in Acts 23:9. This difference was a "red light" for me to compare the verses. May I make some comments that might relate to your discussions. A comparison that could be made is between Acts 23:2-11 and Acts 5:40-42. 1) Acts 5:39 gives the topic: fighting against God. Acts 5:34-38 gives the criteria for deciding your battles. It talks about whether the apostles had a plan or action that was of God or whether it was a plan or action that would go away on its own without any action by the Council. If it was like the plan of the man Judas of Galilee (an appropriate name I would think from hindsight), it would be best to leave them alone for it would be overthrown because it also was a plan of men. Acts 5:39, "but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may be found fighting against *God." 2) Acts 23:1, "And Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before *God up to this day." When the high priest Ananias commanded someone to stike Paul on the mouth, Paul was led to speak out against him, not knowing that he was God's high priest. So in a sense he was fighting aginst God and so he said, "I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, "You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people." So he pursued a different argument. The bottom line is found in a comparison of 5:42 and 23:11. Acts 5:42, "And every day, in the temple from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ/. Acts 23:11, "But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, "Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My/ cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness to Rome also." We,too, must preach Jesus as the Christ/ and witness for His/ cause, proclaiming the word of God/ and preaching Jesus/ and the resurrection. The Psalms when compared offers the thought of who the "You" of Psalm 59 is. It suggests that we not try to cast away "Their" cords. We belong to Him and He is not at our beck and call. From the heart, Ray |