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NASB | Acts 10:15 Again a voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 10:15 And the voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy)." |
Subject: Greek use of koinos and akathartos |
Bible Note: Greetings MJH! There is a lot to digest in your posts my friend! :-) I would touch upon one quick point about translation issues in general. Words are not always just plug and play so to speak. One word can have a variety of meanings in different contexts, especially when used with other words. One thing I did notice in your two posts though is that there is not a lot of hard evidence that 'koinos' itself was used by the Jews to refer to food that was made 'unclean' by touching, ect. You present a lot of evidence for 'common' food, but not a lot of evidence that 'kainos' itself meant the same. The LXX evidence is difficult because 'kainos' is never used in reference to food at all in the LXX. The NT evidence is difficult because there is a connection between 'unclean' and 'common', but the text doesn't really spell out what the connection is. For instance, in Acts 'unclean' and 'common' could be two difference categories of food, or two words with the same meaning. The text itself would allow both options. Your posts were interesting reading my friend. As I get time, I will try to dig some more and let you know if I find anything interesting. Let me know if you find anything. :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |