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NASB | Acts 21:4 After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 21:4 After looking up the disciples [in Tyre], we stayed there [with them] seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the [Holy] Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. |
Bible Question:
Hi, I am a capitalizer. I like to capitalize Deity and love the NASB because of that. Sometimes I disagree with them when they capitalize Spirit when it speaks of an angel. Here in Acts 21:4 I disagree because I think it was the spirit within them that was speaking. I know the Holy Spirit is a Person. I know also that He is Power. I also think that some searchers like the Jehovah's Witness people believe that the Holy Spirit is a power only. Just what would we be filled with as born-again believers? The Holy Spirit or the holy spirit? See Luke l:15; Luke 1:41; Luke 1:67; Luke 4:1; Acts 2:4; Acts 4:8; Acts 4:31; Acts 9:17; and Acts 13:9. |
Bible Answer: It has become customary to capitalize Deity and pronouns referring to Deity, but that is just a custom or tradition. The original Hebrew and Greek make no such distinctions (SOME Greek manuscripts are ALL capital letters!) and it is up to the translators' own knowledge of English grammar and usage when translating to decide which words are capitalized or not. As for Acts 21:4, I feel the use of the capital here is warranted and does indeed refer to the Holy Spirit of God since it agrees with the context of the entire chapter and book of Acts regarding the work of the Spirit. |
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