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NASB | Romans 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. |
Subject: Visit other churches? |
Bible Note: Dear CDBJ, Not only does a Japanese Bible read right-to-left, but up-to-down first. Thus a 'center column' Bible has the 'column' running right-to-left in the horizontal center of the page! If you think this is confusing, the Japanese language is also commonly read left-to-right first, then up-to-down. Sometimes it is right-to-left first, then up-to-down. But NEVER down-to-up! (I can't explain the 'inconsistency' :-)) If you see a taxi with "TAXI" (ta-ku-shi) written on the side, it will be written front to back, so left-to-right on the left side, and right-to-left on the right side. Did you get that? I could go over it again if you like. :-) Did I tell you there are three types of characters? One type is Kanji, similar to Chinese writing. But fortunately, unlike Chinese, there are only about 2,000 in common usage (Chinese has over 7,000). Then there are two 'alphabets,' one used for Japanese words, mostly grammar and verb endings, including tense and dialect. The other is mostly used for foreign words, and sometimes for accent. The problem is that they are not true alphabets, because there are 5 vowels, and then 41 'combined sounds' similar to a syllable. All this plus two 'modifiers' makes for entertaining pronunciation. Bible equals Ba-i-bu-ru in English, Sei-sho (holy book) in Japanese. Christ is Ki-ri-su-to. Jesus is I-e-su. First lesson FREE! In Christ Jesus, charis |