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NASB | Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 4:12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among people by which we must be saved [for God has provided the world no alternative for salvation]." |
Subject: Saved? |
Bible Note: Hi christian7,This is not about Acts 4:12. I want to comment on your post concerning John 10:4. You don't know me, but I am one that has looked at capitalization in a study through the years. I am interested in knowing what you capitalize in this passage of Scripture. I noticed that you capitalized most of the pronouns with the exception of the first one. I would suppose that that would be a typo. Here is my interpretation for this passsage for what it is worth. I believe, along with you that this passage is talking of the Lord Himself and thus, we use the capitalization. I would capitalize all the pronouns except the word "shepherd" which would help to show that this is a figure of speech that Jesus spoke to them. John 10:6, "This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them." My personal copy reads, John 10:1-5, "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But He who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To Him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear His voice, and He calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out. When He puts forth all His own, (He) goes before them, and the sheep follow Him because they know His voice. And a stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." John 10:14, "I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and My own know (Me)." John 9:41, "(Jesus) said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see', your sin remains. John 10:16, "And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear (My) voice; and they shall become one flock with one shepherd." John 10:25, "Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these bear witness of (Me). But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep." John 10:39, "Therefore they were seeking again to seize (Him), and He eluded their grasp." The parentheses are for comparisons. The only contribution that I can make for Acts 4:12 being studied here is a comparison with that verse with another "I am". Acts 4:11, "He [This (One)] is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the very corner stone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved." John 10:9, "(I) am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief came only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep." Who do we listen to; the thief and the robber or the One who loves us and owns us? John 10:15b, "...and I lay down My/life for the sheep. John 18:39, "But you have a custom, that I should release *someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Kews? Therefore they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man/, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber. From the heart, Ray |