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NASB | Acts 1:3 To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 1:3 To these [men] He also showed Himself alive after His suffering [in Gethsemane and on the cross], by [a series of] many infallible proofs and unquestionable demonstrations, appearing to them over a period of forty days and talking to them about the things concerning the kingdom of God. |
Subject: time |
Bible Note: Hi Tim heres a couple of other translation for concideration.The Jerusalem Bible But there is one thing,my friends, that you must never forget: that with the Lord,a day can mean a thousand years,and a thousand years is like a day. Interlinear Geek and English NT revised Standard Version and Zondervan Parallel NT Greek and English both read But this one thing let not be concealed from you,beloved that one day with the lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years as day one. Now this may not say that a thousand years is a day ,but it does show that God veiws time differant then we do. When I said that a thousand years was a day I was in error as I was making the same mistake I believe that those who say a day is a day and thats all it is ,is making.You cannot put a time limit on the why God looks at a day,it my be 24hrs,in one place,1000yrs in another,or even greater or lesser periods of time. Therefore when you state that a day is 24hrs in Gen. you are putting on God a time table that man relates to,not God. The word day come from the Hebrew word YOWM(stong's lexicon)Now for those that take yowm to be 24hrs in Gen. have to take it to be 24hrs in other books of the bible also.If you don't to my way of thinking you are only tring to make it fit with what you believe not to what the scriptures actualy say.It was because of the study of the word yowm that I seen my error in holding God to a thousand years, one day pricipal,but with God a day can be either longer or shorter then a thousand years,I for one will not hold Him to a thousand years much less a 24hr day. Here are some of the scriptures I came across to change my way of thinking.NU.20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time(yowm); and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:here we have a 400yr day. 1Sa.7:2And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time(yowm) was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.Here we have a 20yr day. 1Ki.11:42And the time(yowm) that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. 40yr day.1Ch.29:2727And the time(yowm) that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.7year plus 33year day.There are others I could quote but this shoul be sufficent to show that no one knows how long a day is with God. Now lets look at evening and morning for in Gen.1:5 these two words make a day.You believe it to be 24hrs but read Da.8:14And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days(evening and morning); then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.Here we have a evening and morning that is 2300days.Do these not all show that a day(yowm)is 24hrs,and much more then 24hrs. Only God knows his time table and if we limit him by our understanding of time we do Him a great diservies by making Him conform to us and not us to Him.In Christ Scott |