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NASB | Acts 15:8 "And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 15:8 "And God, who knows and understands the heart, testified to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; |
Subject: Giving them the holy spirit [sic]? |
Bible Note: Hi LGC, In comparing Acts 15:8 and Acts 2:18 I as a "counter" of pronouns of Deity see two comparisons when the spirit is put in lower case. Acts 15:8, "And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, (giving them the holy spirit), just as **He did to us;" Acts 18:1b, "...I will in those days pour forth of My *spirit and they shall prophesy. And **I will grant wonders in the sky above And signs on the earth beneath, Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke." Also, Acts 15:11,12 and Acts 2:22 Acts 15:11, "'But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.' And all the multitude kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what SIGNS AND WONDERS God had done through them among the Gentiles. And after they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, 'Brethren, listen to me. Simeon has related how God/ first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. And with this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written,...'" Acts 2:22, NKJ, "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, WONDERS, AND SIGNS which God/ did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know--Him, being delivered up by the predetermined plan..." The "Him" that starts verse 23 is "this One" in the Greek and "this Man" in the NASB. The slashes are mine to show comparisons. My point is that the comparison of the poured out spirit and the gift of the holy spirit would not have been made in my personal study if spirit had been capitalized. The comparison of SIGNS AND WONDERS would not have been made if spirit or holy spirit had been capitalized. The significance of "this Man" would not have been noted if spirit had been capitalized. 1) Now may I say some things about your post for I do thank you for continuing our conversation. I have noticed from past posts that you do not like to speak of the Person [sic] of the Holy Spirit and have spoken of "its work". We like to remind people on the forum that this third Person of the Trinity is not an "it". Also, I would say that the Holy Spirit is not a being. There is no strange god or being among us. I note that you wrote here in this post of both the "being of God" and the "living Being of the Trinity". I am sorry if I sound picky, but I just notice these things after years of looking at capitalization. May I note also, that sometimes when anyone on the forum wants to stress a word, the popular thing is to capitalize it or put it in ALL CAPS. This can be confusing, deceptive, or appropriate depending on the situation. In any case, I welcome a continued conversation about these things. Perhaps I can get Tim Moran or some other person knowledgeable in the Greek to address my parenthesis in Acts 15:8. From the heart, Ray |