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NASB | Acts 2:30 "And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:30 "And so, being a prophet and knowing fully that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH THAT HE WOULD SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, [2 Sam 7:12-16; Ps 132:11] |
Subject: Omit or not?To raise up the Messiah? |
Bible Note: Hi Mommapbs, In answer to your quick question: Are you thinking of Matthew 29:18? "And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to (Me) in heaven and earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I/ am with you always, even to the end of the age." We believe in the triune God. We believe that the Holy Spirit came upon the early Christians at Pentecost and they were endued with power, especially for being His witnesses. I haven't talked much with you, I don't believe, about the (h)Holy (s)Spirit. It is in that regard, namely whether we capitalize holy spirit or not, that I have my pencil sharp and my eraser in hand. It is as one concerned with capitalization and as one who counts nouns and pronouns of Deity, that I was looking at this passage in Acts 2. I believe in the Giver and the gift. The Holy Spirit and the holy spirit. The Word and the word. For Acts 2:38 I had for a long time decided on "the gift of the holy spirit" as speaking of the promised gift. For Acts 2:33 I had found agreement with "the promise of the Holy Spirit" until recently. I began to consider that the "gift of the holy spirit" is the same "promise of the holy spirit" for the promise is "for you and your children and for all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself". Acts 2:39. I had for Acts 2:17 penciled in a lower case "spirit". I chose a lower case "spirit' for verse 18 and for Joel 2:29. I am able to see a holy spirit being poured out easier than seeing the Spirit Himself being poured out. It was the identification of this variance in the manuscripts for Acts 2:30 that allowed me to change my mind in favor of a lower case "promise of the holy spirit". If you care to discuss this "power", this "power from on high", this holy spirit; let me know. I believe that the Spirit as the Giver gives us the gift of the spirit. From the heart, Ray |