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NASB | John 11:6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 11:6 So [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed in the same place two more days. |
Subject: US go... even we, the disciples? |
Bible Note: Hi Angel, I appreciate your openness and the sharing of yourself that you have done on the forum. Your mentioning of a click in which the rest were almost always left out is really in reference to the lack of desire to be as involved as you and the inner circle were involved. The others were not "excluded" per se, but the committment would not have been there. Webster: clique, a small, exclusive circle of people; snobbish or narrow coterie Your group then and the twelve disciples also, were a close-knit inner group but were not keeping anyone out of activities and the general program. They were not "exclusive" as in the Webster definition. It is when we think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think, and think of ourselves as "The Group" or even "The Church" that we should do some reevaluating. As one who looks at capitalization, I will comment on your stress of the Twelve by using the upper case T. It is in that sense that we can think of the disciples and ourselves more highly than we ought. It is one thing for me to consider Jesus saying among Himself, "Let Us go to him" (Lazarus). John 11:15. It would be quite another if I wanted to also interpret verse 16 concerning Thomas and [his] fellow disciples as saying "Let Us go, even We, that We may die with Him." So I am saying that even though we all might sometimes put stress on a word by using an upper-case letter we should beware lest we think more highly of the word used than we ought to think. Be that as it may, and please excuse my fetish for capitalization, I agree with you that the twelve disciples, would most assuredly would want to be with Him. I would think also that Lazarus is their friend as well as the friend of Jesus. 3) I would also like to talk about the third part of my question for this thread. Is Jesus the Light of the world? I would say that we also, even we, are to be lights in the world. Would you capitalize the "Light" of the world in John 11:9,10? From the heart, Ray |